The Second City unscripted
Subtitle: revolution and revelation at the world-famous comedy theater
By: [edited  by Mike Thomas].
Contributors: Thomas, Mike.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Villard
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780345514226
Subjects: Second City (Theater company); Comedians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Anecdotes; Actors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Anecdotes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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: 1961/68 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 Meyers; 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.