Second City’s Long Reach

ALUMNI: In addition to those pictured, the following is an abbreviated list of Second City alums drawn from a roster of nearly 300:

Jane Alexander, Alan Arkin, Ed Asner, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Jack Burns, John Candy, Severn Darden, Andrew Duncan, Peter Elbling, Philip Baker Hall, Valerie Harper, Barbara Harris, Zohra Lampert, Linda Lavin, Eugene Levy, Ron Leibman, Shelley Long, Andrea Martin, Paul Mazursky, Ann Meara, John Monteith, Catherine O’Hara, Tom O’Horgan, Gilda Radner, Harold Ramis, Suzanne Rand, Paul Sand, Diana Sands, Avery Schreiber, Martin Short, David Steinberg, Betty Thomas, Dave Thomas, Richard Thomas, Fred Willard.

INFLUENCES: Second City’s influence has been seen in these other areas of endeavor:

Television: “Saturday Night Live,” “SCTV,” “MASH,” “Lou Grant,” “Valerie,” “Laugh-In,” “Hill St. Blues,” “Fernwood Tonight,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Cheers.” Movies: “Ghostbusters,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” “Down and Out in Beverly Hills,” “Tootsie,” “Heaven Can Wait,” “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “The Blues Brothers.” Theater: “An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May,” “Monteith and Rand,” “They’re Playing Our Song,” “Hurlyburly,” “Paul Sills’ Story Theater.”