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Out of the Loop

Chicago comics talk about the trials and tribulations of developing their acts in the Windy City.

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Michael Alexander

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Uh, I got the request, uh, - Out of the Loop

Uh, I got the request, uh,

Um, I-- Here's what, uh, I-- - Out of the Loop

Um, I-- Here's what, uh, I--

Uh, however, I--
I don't really want to be - Out of the Loop

Uh, however, I-- I don't really want to be

But I've kind of
done a lot of 'em, - Out of the Loop

But I've kind of done a lot of 'em,

So, um, I'm excusing myself - Out of the Loop

So, um, I'm excusing myself

So thank you for
the request, uh, - Out of the Loop

So thank you for the request, uh,

I-- I know that.
I don't-- I don't know - Out of the Loop

I-- I know that. I don't-- I don't know

I fall asleep
watching the Masters, - Out of the Loop

I fall asleep watching the Masters,

[interviewer 1] No, you can
set it there, but just, uh, - Out of the Loop

[interviewer 1] No, you can set it there, but just, uh,

-[interviewer 2] B mark.
-[interviewer 3] All right, so, - Out of the Loop

-[interviewer 2] B mark. -[interviewer 3] All right, so,

Makes me have
great confidence in - Out of the Loop

Makes me have great confidence in

That's right! You better
buckle up, studpuppet! - Out of the Loop

That's right! You better buckle up, studpuppet!

But, uh, I didn't think
I could afford - Out of the Loop

But, uh, I didn't think I could afford

And I had one aunt
who had some property - Out of the Loop

And I had one aunt who had some property

She was like, "No." [chuckles] - Out of the Loop

She was like, "No." [chuckles]

[John Riggi] To me, going to
Chicago was like going to... - Out of the Loop

[John Riggi] To me, going to Chicago was like going to...

There's a reason why
there's so many great comedians - Out of the Loop

There's a reason why there's so many great comedia...

[John Caponera] We're in
the middle, and I think we have - Out of the Loop

[John Caponera] We're in the middle, and I think we hav...

That Midwestern honesty, - Out of the Loop

That Midwestern honesty,

We got a little bit
of country in us, - Out of the Loop

We got a little bit of country in us,

You know, from Iowa,
from, you know, the plains. - Out of the Loop

You know, from Iowa, from, you know, the plains.

And then we go to the city
to try to get an education, - Out of the Loop

And then we go to the city to try to get an education,

So, yeah, there's definitely-- - Out of the Loop

So, yeah, there's definitely--

[laughs] Like, there's also,
like, that incredible-- - Out of the Loop

[laughs] Like, there's also, like, that incredible--

I wish we had a Weather Channel
that was like, - Out of the Loop

I wish we had a Weather Channel that was like,

So your titties will be
completely stuck to your body - Out of the Loop

So your titties will be completely stuck to your body

We don't have a certain - Out of the Loop

We don't have a certain

We're authentic.
Uh, we're great joke writers, - Out of the Loop

We're authentic. Uh, we're great joke writers,

Just lots of
great comics and writers - Out of the Loop

Just lots of great comics and writers

And Arsenio Hall got his start - Out of the Loop

And Arsenio Hall got his start

The amount of guys
that are now showrunners - Out of the Loop

The amount of guys that are now showrunners

It's a lot of Chicago influence - Out of the Loop

It's a lot of Chicago influence

Not stand-up,
but as far as improv goes, - Out of the Loop

Not stand-up, but as far as improv goes,

When I started comedy, everybody
assumed I was doing Second City. - Out of the Loop

When I started comedy, everybody assumed I was doing Second ...

"Oh, you're a comic?
You must be doing Second City." - Out of the Loop

"Oh, you're a comic? You must be doing Second City...

There was improv
and there was stand-up, - Out of the Loop

There was improv and there was stand-up,

I told myself
that stand-up was, like, - Out of the Loop

I told myself that stand-up was, like,

I wanted to be a film star
and a television star, - Out of the Loop

I wanted to be a film star and a television star,

I thought
"I need Second City for that." - Out of the Loop

I thought "I need Second City for that."

[speaking Spanish] - Out of the Loop

[speaking Spanish]

[Ella Galt] The ripples of
which are kind of, like, - Out of the Loop

[Ella Galt] The ripples of which are kind of, like,

And I suppose
what's happening now is, - Out of the Loop

And I suppose what's happening now is,

And Zanies gets a, "Oh, yeah.
Oh, you're at Zanies?" - Out of the Loop

And Zanies gets a, "Oh, yeah. Oh, you're at Zanies...

Years later, I would be hired
to Second City Tour Co., - Out of the Loop

Years later, I would be hired to Second City Tour Co.,

[Pete cackles] - Out of the Loop

Well, I have a little bit
of a weight problem! - Out of the Loop

Well, I have a little bit of a weight problem!

For a while we worked in,
like, the-- the improv sphere. - Out of the Loop

For a while we worked in, like, the-- the improv sphere.

They were, you know, they were - Out of the Loop

They were, you know, they were

"We don't do improv,
we do sketches." - Out of the Loop

"We don't do improv, we do sketches."

-Oh, yeah!
-[audience laughter] - Out of the Loop

-Oh, yeah! -[audience laughter]

We're very loyal,
we're very blue-collar, - Out of the Loop

We're very loyal, we're very blue-collar,

Chicago is the most segregated
city on planet Earth. - Out of the Loop

Chicago is the most segregated city on planet Earth.

I was sort of
taken aback at the-- - Out of the Loop

I was sort of taken aback at the--

It's segregated economically. - Out of the Loop

It's segregated economically.

Gangs, culture. - Out of the Loop

Gangs, culture.

Anything in Chicago
is also segregated. - Out of the Loop

Anything in Chicago is also segregated.

Well, we got that very
controversial deep dish pizza. - Out of the Loop

Well, we got that very controversial deep dish pizza.

I think that diversity in pizza
should be celebrated, okay? - Out of the Loop

I think that diversity in pizza should be celebrated, okay?

We have thick pizza,
skinny bitch pizza. - Out of the Loop

We have thick pizza, skinny bitch pizza.

[waves crashing] - Out of the Loop

[waves crashing]

We were just sitting
in the car, chillin', - Out of the Loop

We were just sitting in the car, chillin',

"What's the matter, - Out of the Loop

"What's the matter,

So to me, that's just a mirror
of the dynamics of comedy. - Out of the Loop

So to me, that's just a mirror of the dynamics of comed...

All those ethnic, uh, - Out of the Loop

All those ethnic, uh,

It has to shape
people's points of view - Out of the Loop

It has to shape people's points of view

-[audience laughter]
-[blows into microphone] - Out of the Loop

-[audience laughter] -[blows into microphone]

Tim Reid and I
were America's first - Out of the Loop

Tim Reid and I were America's first

[audience laughter] - Out of the Loop

[audience laughter]

[audience applause] - Out of the Loop

[audience applause]

And it had a singer,
and then a comic, - Out of the Loop

And it had a singer, and then a comic,

We're standing in front of
what was the site - Out of the Loop

We're standing in front of what was the site

If Tom Dreesen says
that this is the first - Out of the Loop

If Tom Dreesen says that this is the first

We'd go to Provident Hospital - Out of the Loop

We'd go to Provident Hospital

Like the High Chaparral
was a tavern - Out of the Loop

Like the High Chaparral was a tavern

If Muddy's done,
can I go up on stage?" - Out of the Loop

If Muddy's done, can I go up on stage?"

It was close to midnight,
Bob Zmuda goes, - Out of the Loop

It was close to midnight, Bob Zmuda goes,

After I got offstage,
I said, "I can't believe it, - Out of the Loop

After I got offstage, I said, "I can't believe it,

I was 20 years old, - Out of the Loop

I was 20 years old,

And there was a feature
in the Sunday Sun-Times. - Out of the Loop

And there was a feature in the Sunday Sun-Times.

[Judy] Tom Dreesen is hosting - Out of the Loop

[Judy] Tom Dreesen is hosting

I was recently divorced, - Out of the Loop

I was recently divorced,

So I told my friend I was goin',
and I never went. - Out of the Loop

So I told my friend I was goin', and I never went.

And one night she came
and picked me up and said, - Out of the Loop

And one night she came and picked me up and said,

Each act would do
maybe eight minutes, - Out of the Loop

Each act would do maybe eight minutes,

He said "Okay, you're a virgin, - Out of the Loop

He said "Okay, you're a virgin,

Some of those nights,
those virgin spots, - Out of the Loop

Some of those nights, those virgin spots,

My opening line was, uh, - Out of the Loop

My opening line was, uh,

I think the first place I ever
went on stage was Who's On 1st? - Out of the Loop

I think the first place I ever went on stage was Who's ...

It was a warm environment,
but not a warm club. - Out of the Loop

It was a warm environment, but not a warm club.

It was a lodge of some sort, - Out of the Loop

It was a lodge of some sort,

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Chicago comics talk about the trials and tribulations of developing their acts in the Windy City.

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Director: Michael Alexander

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

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Released: 11 Apr 2023

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