Maria Raffaela

Maria Raffaela
Great-Grandmom

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Second City skits


I was in a good mood yesterday.  Then last night, an encounter with a crackpot relative ruined it.  In any case, for some reason I awoke yesterday and remembered a couple of skits from Second City back when I was in College.  We would go occasionally to the shows.  Some great people came from Second City.
In the first one I remember, Severin Darden was a tour guide at the Art Institute taking a group through a gallery.  They stop at a painting and someone from the group calls out, “I don’t like it.”  Darden quickly replies, “Well, you’re wrong!”

In the second one, Avery Scriber limps onto the stage in an oil slicker.  He steers using a large ship’s wheel.  He calls out, “Ahoy, there!  Have you seen a white whale?”  A voice replies, “Aye.  Two weeks ago.  We killed it.”  Blackout!
I am not sure why I remember these two skits from the several shows I was privileged to see.  They have just stuck with me as funny, stupidly clever routines

1 comment:

  1. Second City will be in Chicago in May. You should get tickets!!!http://www.mccarter.org/ticketoffice/eventdetail.aspx?page_id=7&event_id=9746

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