Where are my notes?
I’m inserting this stub into my blog, for all the world to see. Not going to publish it as “private”, as I’ve done with posts in the past while I waited for myself to complete them. This is an embarrassing reminder that I should write up my full review already.
I took a trip to Chicago from 7/11 – 7/13 to visit my old friend Eric. While there, we saw a Second City best-of show and the Second City Mainstage show (No Country for Old White Men) on Saturday night (7/12). Both were excellent. Both made me feel like the Groundlings really let me down on 7/5. Both made me feel better about the state of sketch comedy today. These are the best sketch professionals working at THE sketch comedy institution. The Second City did not disappoint. Correction: I was disappointed, but only that they sold out the 8pm show so we were unable to see the Second City ETC show, and I hear that’s excellent as well. Next time.
I liked: The simplicity of their costumes (almost nothing other than the Second City “uniform”), quick scene changes, good balance of lengths of sketches, clever premises, great execution, general unpredictability
I disliked: The improv (they seemed off that night, and Joe Canale was even blocking)