The Second City unscripted
Subtitle: revolution and revelation at the world-famous comedy theater
By: Mike Thomas.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Villard
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780345514226
Subjects: Second City (Theater company); Comedians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Anecdotes; Actors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes
Description: Descriptions of Chicago's Second City comedy theater group as told to the author by troup members and historical information collected by the author.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1959/61: Coffee and comedy, Hanging with Hef, and The birth of a sensation / Alan Arkin, Barbara Harris, Paul Sills; title: 1961/67: Big Apple bound, Naked sonatas, and The reign of King David / Robert Klein, Joan Rivers, David Steinberg, Fred Willard; title: 1967/74: How to speak hippie, Return of the guru, and A bowl full of fuck / John Belushi, Del Close, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Betty Thomas; title: 1973/78: Livin' large with Johnny Toronto, The fury of Murray, and Taking off in the great white north / Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Dave Thomas; title: 1975/84: SCTV : Count Floyd, Johnny LaRue, and a Couple of Hosers, eh / John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas; title: 1975/80: Saturday Night Live, the Brothers Belushi, and A mom away from mom / Jim Belushi, Tim Kazurinsky, Shelley Long, George Wendt; title: 1975/85: Mummy opium, Death of a hero, and The end of an era / Dan Castellaneta, Mary Gross, Richard Kind; title: 1978/91: Triumphs in Toronto, Shake-ups in Chicago, and A van down by the river / Chris Farley, Bonnie Hunt, Mike Myers; title: 1988/95: Out with the old, in with the new, and A sweet talker in sweatpants / Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris; title: 1995/2007: Renaissance on Wells Street, Chaos in Canada, and The falls of giants / Scott Adsit, Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Jack McBrayer; title: 2007/present: Offing Obama, Liberal leanings, and A still-beating heart; title: Epilogue.