
The Second City Unscripted
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Copping its iconic name from a New York journalist's disparaging remark, Chicago's Second City theater brashly defied the role of runner-up and single-handedly made the Windy City North America's cradle of comedic brilliance from which generations of household names would spring. Now, in The Second City Unscripted, a Who's Who of the celebrated comedy camp's alumni-including Alan Arkin, David Steinberg, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy, Amy Sedaris, and Stephen Colbert-tell it like it was in the house that hilarity built.
Here are candid tales of John Belushi's raw ambition and chemical experimentation, Bill Murray's heckler-pummeling and lady-killing, superstar Mel Gibson's roof-raising appearance in Braveheart regalia, and legendary director Del Close's shuttling between the comedic asylum he ruled over and the real one he rehabbed in.
In this unvarnished, unexpurgated, and unprecedented account, what happened onstage, backstage, and offstage at Second City isn't staying there anymore. From the smash hits and near misses to the love affairs and the bitter feuds, from the showbiz politics and pitfalls to the inspired tomfoolery and heartbreaking tragedy, The Second City Unscripted is part memoir of a cherished era, part time capsule from a comedic renaissance, and part valentine to the exquisite art of being funny. It captures like never before the history of the men and women who caught lightning-and laughter-in a bottle.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Author's Note
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 - Coffee and Comedy, Hanging with Hef, and the Birth of a Sensation: 1959-61
- Chapter 2 - Big Apple Bound, Naked Sonatas, and the Reign of King David: 1961-67
- Chapter 3 - How to Speak Hippie, Return of the Guru, and a Bowl Full of Fuck: 1967-74
- Chapter 4 - Livin' Large with Johnny Toronto, the Fury of Murray, and Taking Off in the Great White North: 1973-78
- Chapter 5 - SCTV: Count Floyd, Johnny LaRue, and a Couple of Hosers, Eh: 1975-84
- Chapter 6 - Saturday Night Live, the Brothers Belushi, and a Mom Away from Mom: 1975-80
- Chapter 7 - Mummy Opium, Death of a Hero, and the End of an Era: 1975-85
- Chapter 8 - Triumphs in Toronto, Shake-ups in Chicago, and a Van Down by the River: 1978-91
- Chapter 9 - Out with the Old, In with the New, and a Sweet Talker in Sweatpants: 1988-95
- Chapter 10 - Renaissance on Wells Street, Chaos in Canada, and the Falls of Giants: 1995-2007
- Chapter 11 - Offing Obama, Liberal Leanings, and a Still-Beating Heart: 2007-Present
- Epilogue
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Short Biographies of Second Citizens
- Bibliography
- About the Author
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