The fine folks at Second City have decided to help soothe us from Colbert withdrawal by releasing footage of Stephen’s last night at the theatre on May 22, 1994. Introduced by Steve Carell, who effusively praised Stephen’s work and said “I think he’s put up some of the best scenes done here…he’s an exceptional improvisor with an exceptional reference level.” (“And he has funny ears!” yelled Amy Sedaris, helpfully, from off-stage.) Stephen, joined by Paul Dinello on guitar, and other notable troupe members such as Mitch Rouse and David Razowksy were on hand to perform songs from various revues during Stephen’s tenure.
I really want to hear the whole “Fish Tank” song. They put a lot of feeling into that one. After the jump there is another great SC video for us to “look back” on.
It’s pretty remarkable to observe that Stephen has maintained working relationships with many people from Second City throughout his career, most notably Paul Dinello. They are still besties after all these years, and capable of coming up with odd and hilarious musical numbers at a moment’s notice. I witnessed this myself when I attended a TCR taping last April, and there was Paul helping Stephen along with “The Ballad of Cliven Bundy.”
Bonus feature: here are Stephen, Steve Carell, Paul Dinello, and David Razowsky performing “The Obvious Song.”
Stephen Colbert's Last Night at Second City
The fine folks at Second City have decided to help soothe us from Colbert withdrawal by releasing footage of Stephen’s last night at the theatre on May 22, 1994. Introduced by Steve Carell, who effusively praised Stephen’s work and said “I think he’s put up some of the best scenes done here…he’s an exceptional improvisor with an exceptional reference level.” (“And he has funny ears!” yelled Amy Sedaris, helpfully, from off-stage.) Stephen, joined by Paul Dinello on guitar, and other notable troupe members such as Mitch Rouse and David Razowksy were on hand to perform songs from various revues during Stephen’s tenure.
I really want to hear the whole “Fish Tank” song. They put a lot of feeling into that one. After the jump there is another great SC video for us to “look back” on.
It’s pretty remarkable to observe that Stephen has maintained working relationships with many people from Second City throughout his career, most notably Paul Dinello. They are still besties after all these years, and capable of coming up with odd and hilarious musical numbers at a moment’s notice. I witnessed this myself when I attended a TCR taping last April, and there was Paul helping Stephen along with “The Ballad of Cliven Bundy.”
Bonus feature: here are Stephen, Steve Carell, Paul Dinello, and David Razowsky performing “The Obvious Song.”