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In 1952 The New Yorker Magazine published an article about Chicago and mockingly titled “The Second City”. Who could have foreseen the irony that the publication that was started by and published the great wits of their day, Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, James Thurber and George S. Kaufman would end up christening the greatest incubator of comedy talent in show biz history? In 1959 on North Wells Street in that famed “second city”, for the price of $1.50 you could watch a revolution. The Second City has written and re written the history of comedy in America. It has been creating comedy and comedians whose influence would reach far beyond the walls of the theater into American culture. Beyond being a laboratory for modern improvisation they have also set the standard for contemporary satire in America AND Canada. But they are best known for the countless comedy geniuses who have cut thier teeth while working for the second city. From Alan Arkin to Bill Murray to Tina Fey to Tim Robinson and on and on, the list of comedy giants with ties to the Second City is seemingly endless. On The second citizens podcast, we interview Alums of the second city stages about their time working at the theater. Friendships made, lessons learned both good and bad, we set out to chronicle the formative years of our comedy heroes, before they were household names and try to get to the beating heart of an institution that thrives on creatives, but has been consumed by the corporate world. Join us as we talk to these talented second citizens.
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Dave Razowsky
For our Season Two finale, Second City "Jack of all trades" Dave Razowsky talks with us about......nearly everything you can regarding The Second City. And with good reason, considering that Dave performed on the Northwest Stage as well as the ETC and Main Stage in Chicago AND he directed shows in Chicago AND was the first Artistic Director of the Second City Los Angeles! (RIP). I've even left out a bunch of stuff so you'll have to listen to find out!-And talk about timing! Mr. Razowsy has ju...
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Rebecca Allen
Rebecca Allen is part of a mounting pile of evidence that suggests the best thing to do at the Second City is to get sent away early on and brought back shortly afterwards which I would think gives one a sense of satisfaction (of course our host has a way of finding that sense often). She describes her up and down and up and wha? journey at the Second City, as well as correcting any errors in Joe's version of their second city touring company audition, from which they were both hired. S...
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Inessa Frantowski
Throughout our rollicking conversation Inessa reminded me of so many of my Second City friends. We explored more of the Toronto Comedy Scene before ping ponging into a number of comedy topics that Inessa tackles with her tremendous energy. It really was a great time and hopefully now that we've had a few Canadians on it will prime the pump so we can bring you more stories from Toronto, which is nice because our host can't pretend like he knows what he's talking about. Instagram: https://...
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Jason Derosse
We welcome our first Canadian Second citizen of the 21st century with Jason Derosse, who reminds Joe of their improbable first meeting on the Toronto Main Stage and also gives us a great account of what the comedy scene in Toronto was in the 2010's. Later on Joe gets envious about the respect improvisers are paid up north and makes a big deal about remembering the name of a comedy producer in Toronto. Did you remember to rate and review us? (I'm assuming you are a subscriber at this poin...
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Emily Wilson
Emily Wilson comes on to trade insults with the host, in order to maintain consistency in their relationship. She also talks about her non-typical road to the main stage, the pressure to perform (especially for the 50th anniversary show) and the various ways we go about motivating ourselves. *Trigger Warning: this episode contains scenes of alcohol consumption and also one of the most touching and simultaniously disgusting stories in the history of backstage pranks. You know what isn't a...
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Tracy Thorpe
Tracy Thorpe delights us with sooooo many great stories from her years at the Second City, including our second eyewitness account of the TourCo van that almost went over the Mountain! In fact, she had so many great stories that we didn't even GET to talking about the most epic bizco gig in history, we may need a part 2! *Tracy also corrected our host (off air) on the authorship of the brilliant song "Helium". Apologies to John Hildreth, the writer of the greatest song ever about a noble gas....
Klantrecensies
So good
Joe is a hilarious host and, truth be told, a real insider, but he has the ability to let everyone in, both practitioners of the art of improv, and non-practitioners, and not just them, also general fans of comedy, and fans of genuinely interesting human beings. Joe knows whereof he speaks. The world he chats about with his guests is very niche, and also relatable and fascinating. Thumbs way up.