Blogpost #6

Greetings from Chicago, home of The Second City! This week's show is a collection of highlights from the Second City archives. From the first opening night in 1959, every show has been taped and transcribed for copyright purposes. For those who wished they could've been there to see history being made on stage, this show is the next best thing.

I've chosen to focus on the performers that I idolized as a kid. You may recognize their names; Belushi, Ackroyd, Murray, Candy, Ramis, and Flaherty. I watched them faithfully every week on Saturday Night Live and SCTV in the seventies, and I had no idea at the time that they had all performed live here in Chicago.

All of the clips used in this week's show come from Sheldon Patinkin's anecdotal history book on the theatre as published in 2000. Visit Amazon.com to get your own copy.

Is anyone interested in a followup show covering the eighties and nineties? I think there's enough material from the likes of Mike Myers, Bonnie Hunt, Chris Farley and Tina Fey to fill an hour. How about a retrospective on Saturday Night Live in the 70's or SCTV?

Next week: our first repeat show of the year. The Dick Biondi tribute is back by popular demand, and you can read all about it in Blogpost #4 below.

Thanks for listening in. Check in next Sunday to find out what's coming up on May 10. If you have a favorite episode of my show you'd like to hear again, let me know.