Our Trip To Second City by Lori
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008I think I mentioned last week that Amy and I were making a pilgrimage to Second City this past weekend and I am telling you now that I sure wasn’t lying. A year ago, my sweetie gave me tickets to see the improv group as a Valentine’s Day gift and we finally got around to using them this year … as part of a Valentine’s Day trip. Two, two, two gifts in one!
So we got up early this past Saturday (a pretty big deal for us, two people who really, really value their sleeping-in time on the weekends) hopped in the car and made the five hour drive to Chicago, with only one stop to pee, one stop for gas, and one stop to switch drivers. We checked into our hotel, grabbed some deep dish pizza for lunch, made a trip to the Art Institute, and then went back to the hotel for a quick nap, as we had tickets for the 11PM show, and I know I’m too damn old to get up at 7am and keep going until well, well after midnight without a nap.
After the nap and dinner we grabbed a cab and headed over to the Second City theatre at North and Wells and I have to say I was pretty excited as the cab turned the corner and I saw the marquee.
After we got in and the nice lesbian host sized us up and then seated us at a table right by the stage (even though we were at least a third of the way back in line). And then I started my usual fidgety behavior, because even when I show up to a show thirty minutes early, I decide that “hey, I’M HERE, so why can’t this get started now?”
So the show finally got started and was really enjoyable and funny. I won’t try to recreate any of it here, because I know I can’t do it justice and because you should really try to go see it yourself. But suffice it to say, I saw some really funny stuff regarding Barak Obama, You Tube and Evite, conception, playing the race card, blowing off your vagina with firecrackers, and a cursing llama (just to name a few.) And I was expecially thankful for the drunk people at the next people who repeated all the funny lines right just in case anyone missed them. THANKS DRUNK PEOPLE YOU SUCK.
Because we were there for the second show, we were lucky enough to be able to stay late and watch the players practice some new material they are currently writing, plus watch them play a quick few rounds of the improv game “Freeze.” All in all, a fabulous night of comedy. And who knows, someone we saw on that stage this month may be the next Tina Fey and next season be on Saturday Night Live or MADTv or some sitcom that will last two episodes and get canceled.
