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Author:

Patinkin, Sheldon, author.

Title:

The Second City : the essentially accurate history / the Second City ; with Sheldon Patinkin and Liz Kozak ; foreword by Catherine O'Hara ; lastword by Harold Ramis.

Edition:

Second edition.
Sixtieth anniversary edition.

Publisher:

Midwayan Agate imprint,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Second City (Theater company)--History.
Second city television (Television program)--History.
Comedy sketches--Chicago--Chicago--History.

Other Authors:

Kozak, Liz, author.
O'Hara, Catherine, writer of foreword.
Ramis, Harold, writer of afterword.
Second City (Theater company), issuing body.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

But first, before the Second City -- 1959 : a comedy revolution begins -- The 1960s : coming out swinging -- The 1970s : new blood, new horizons -- SCTV, 1976-1984 : welcome to Melonville -- The 1980s : triumphs and tragedies -- The 1990s : changing the format -- The 2000s : laughter by land and by sea -- The 2010s : the Second City on fire.

Summary:

"New and updated second edition of The Second City, which tells the story of the comedy institution in with photos and stories from the cast"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1572842814
9781572842816

LCCN:

2019026836

Locations:

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)