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Out of the Loop

So I framed one dollarfrom that $20. Yeah, I worked at a gas station, so I'd just readall...

So I framed one dollar
from that $20. [chuckles] Yeah, I worked at a gas station, so I'd just read
all the newspapers, and, like, in the Daily Herald,
there was "Open Casting Call for Comedians
for HBO Aspen Comedy Festival." I was like, "Well,
this is the time to try it." And I went to, uh, Zanies
for a three-minute spot at, I think,
ten in the morning on a weekday

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So I framed one dollar from that $20. [chuckles]
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Yeah, I worked at a gas station,
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so I'd just read all the newspapers,
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and, like, in the Daily Herald, there was
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"Open Casting Call for Comedians for HBO Aspen Comedy Festival."
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I was like, "Well, this is the time to try it."
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And I went to, uh, Zanies for a three-minute spot
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at, I think, ten in the morning on a weekday.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:38
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

Chicago comics talk about the trials and tribulations of developing their acts in the Windy City.
-Not drugs, but demonic. -[audience laughter] - Out of the Loop 00:10
-Not drugs, but demonic. -[audience laughter]
[audience laughter] - Out of the Loop 00:11
[audience laughter]
'Cause Chicago, you just keep puttin' em - Out of the Loop 00:05
'Cause Chicago, you just keep puttin' em
Zanies was started by three partners in 1978, - Out of the Loop 00:13
Zanies was started by three partners in 1978,
So they had a great idea, - Out of the Loop 00:05
So they had a great idea,
So Rick took over in 1980, and then that was really - Out of the Loop 00:08
So Rick took over in 1980, and then that was really
[Larry Reeb] When we first started, - Out of the Loop 00:07
[Larry Reeb] When we first started,
And then he made me house emcee here in '82, - Out of the Loop 00:09
And then he made me house emcee here in '82,
Rick was like a second father to me. - Out of the Loop 00:05
Rick was like a second father to me.
We'd go to dinner whenever I came to town - Out of the Loop 00:05
We'd go to dinner whenever I came to town
[laughing] I'm on stage, - Out of the Loop 00:07
[laughing] I'm on stage,
Rick Uchwat shot a rat while I was on stage! - Out of the Loop 00:07
Rick Uchwat shot a rat while I was on stage!
[laughing] I just thought, "Was that line that offensive?" - Out of the Loop 00:16
[laughing] I just thought, "Was that line that offensiv...
[Lil Rel] We couldn't talk about sex, we couldn't curse, - Out of the Loop 00:06
[Lil Rel] We couldn't talk about sex, we couldn't ...
And it was tough watching the white comedians go on stage - Out of the Loop 00:07
And it was tough watching the white comedians go on stage
The last of my showcase there, I heard those rules, - Out of the Loop 00:12
The last of my showcase there, I heard those rules,
Uh, you know, maybe you can learn how to do that, you know? - Out of the Loop 00:06
Uh, you know, maybe you can learn how to do that, you know?
And-- and maybe you look at comedians, - Out of the Loop 00:17
And-- and maybe you look at comedians,
We don't have that right, wear anything we want to, - Out of the Loop 00:06
We don't have that right, wear anything we want to,
You can't come walkin' in a Black neighborhood - Out of the Loop 00:05
You can't come walkin' in a Black neighborhood