Comedy Chicago: “Second City Etc”

Episode of Comedy Chicago focusing on Second City Etc, featuring several performers from the early 1990s.

0:10Copy video clip URL Color bars. Comedy Chicago title screen. 

1:00Copy video clip URL Comedy Chicago introduction sequence and opening remarks. He walks through the Second City Etc. theater, and talks about the group. He talks about the second theater opened by the company when there were too many performers. Cut to black. 

3:50Copy video clip URL Cut back to Clinger explaining the theater’s signature wall and director’s lounge. He walks around on stage and back stage, talking about how things work during performances. He talks with the piano player for the group, and how she adjusts her music to the improvised performances. 

9:35Copy video clip URL Footage of performances.

12:40Copy video clip URL Cut to black. Return to footage of the group preparing for a show backstage. He talks to the man who controls the lights about the show and his history with the group. 

16:50Copy video clip URL The show starts, and Clinger is introduced. Footage of the show with Clinger performing with the cast. 

25:54Copy video clip URL Cut to black. 

27:54Copy video clip URL Clinger gives show times and locations. Clinger signs off. Credits. 

29:43Copy video clip URL Tape ends.