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(idea) by Woundweavr (4 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:28:42

The junior partner to a larger city. Some examples are Ft. Worth to Dallas, Cambridge to Boston, Oakland to San Francisco, and Brooklyn to New York before it was assimilated.

(idea) by pingouin (4.3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:28:42

Founded in Chicago in 1959, an offshoot of the improvisational Compass Players, Second City has launched the careers of numerous great comic and character actors. It's the North American equivalent of the "Oxbridge Mafia" family tree that produced Sir David Frost, Monty Python, and numerous other phenomena. The Toronto branch has given us SCTV and, with Chicago, various SNL cast members. Many SCTV/SNL folks have gone on to greater fame than the first-generation SC-ers, but...

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SCTV Amy Sedaris The Not Ready for Prime Time Players Toronto
Severn Darden People's Republic of Cambridge Paul Sills improvisation
Brian Doyle-Murray You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray as funny as hell Dan Aykroyd
Dan Castellaneta John Candy John Belushi Italian beef sandwich
Rick Moranis Kathryn Greenwood Gavin Crawford Linden Lab
Bill Murray Windy City Peter Boyle Queens' College, Cambridge
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