50th Anniversary of The Second City

The Second City celebrated it's 50th anniversary the weekend of December 11-13, 2009 in Chicago. Southwest airlines chartered about 100 alumi to Chicago on Friday to celebrate the big event.

The schedule included lineups of SCTV, The Colbert Report and other goodies.

The big event was at 7pm on Saturday and featured performances from, take a deep breath, and here we go....Scott Adsit, Jim Belushi, Danny Breen, Frank Caeti, Larry Joe Campbell, Steve Carell, Dan Castellaneta, Stephen Colbert, Kevin Dorff, Robin Duke, Brian Gallivan, Martin Garcia, Jeff Garlin, Ian Gomez, Peter Grosz, Mike Hagerty, Isabella Hoffman, Bruce Jarchow, Fred Kaz, Tim Kazurinsky, Keegan Michael Key, Richard Kind, Robert Klein, David Koechner, Mina Kolb, Bob Martin, Jack McBrayer, Susan Messing, Colin Mochrie, Jane Morris, Bob Odenkirk, David Pasquesi, Harold Ramis, David Rasche, Horatio Sanz, Jim Staahl, Betty Thomas, Nia Vardalos, George Wendt, Fred Willard and many, many more.

For those who aren't aware, The Second City produced all the talent listed above, plus a host of others, listed below. Some of the biggest names to come out of the comedy troupe are: Jim Belushi, John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, John Candy, Steve Carell, Steven Colbert, Andy Dick, Tina Fey, Bonnie Hunt, Eugene Levy, Mike Meyers, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, Amy Sedaris, Martin Short, Jerry Stiller, Nia Vardalos and George Wendt. Though I am pretty positive I missed a few.

With so much talent residing in Los Angeles, we often forget the amount of talent that was born out of Chicago. Take time to review the full list at the bottom and appreciate the hilariousness that our city produces!

The Second City filmed the entire weekend, including the plane ride, and plans to put together a documentary on the weekend and history in the near future.

Below are pictures from The Second City on opening night of the anniversary weekend.

Alumni from 1959 - 2009

• Abdoo, Rose
• Adams, Donald
• Adams, Fran
• Adams, Marty
• Adsit, Scott
• Albert, Renee
• Albert, Sam
• Alda, Alan
• Aldis, Will
• Alexander, Andrew
• Alexander, Jane
• Alk, Howard
• Allen, Liz
• Allen, Rebecca Sage
• Allman, Scott
• Alton, Bill
• Andersen, Dana
• Anderson, Jon
• Andrews, Pat
• Annan, Jim
• Anthony, Christina
• Applebaum, Bill
• Archibald, Ryan
• Arkin, Alan
• Arrick, Larry
• Arrick, Rose
• Ash, Lauren
• Asner, Ed
• Assad, Steve
• Aykroyd, Dan
• Aykroyd, Peter
• Bainborough, Bob
• Baird, Elizabeth
• Baker, Rob
• Baker, Scott
• Baker, Tom
• Bakkedahl, Dan
• Balcovske, Sandra
• Banks, Jack
• Baram, Matt
• Barnes, Chris
• Baron, Sandy
• Barry, J. J.
• Bassie, Joan
• Bates, Paul
• Battista, Lloyd
• Baxter, Carlie
• Beakel, Walter
• Behnan, Lorraine
• Belden, Madeleine
• Belden, Mark
• Bell, Mindy
• Beltzman, Mark
• Belushi, Jim
• Belushi, John
• Belushi, Rob
• Benedetti, Robert
• Berman, Shelley
• Bernson, Haym
• Best, Christopher
• Bick, Tamara
• Bills, Jen
• Birkett, Bernadette
• Black, Eric
• Blake Davis, Amanda
• Bland, Joey
• Bloom, Michael
• Blum, David
• Boardman, Eric
• Boland, Brian
• Botting, Ashley
• Bowen, Roger
• Boyer, Dale
• Boyle, Peter
• Brackett, Lee
• Brady, Martin
• Breen, Danny
• Brent, John
• Broh, Michael
• Bromfield, Valri
• Bronstein, Rob
• Brooke, Lisa
• Brooks, Hildy
• Brown, R. Victor
• Browne, Aurora
• Bucci, Robin
• Buckman, Dave
• Bugg, Susan
• Bullard, Dexter
• Burns, Jack
• Burns, Megan Moore
• Burns, Peter
• Burr, Mona
• Butterfield, Maggie
• Bynum, John
• Cackowski, Craig
• Cackowski, Liz
• Caeti, Frank
• Caleodis, George Pete
• Camp, Hamilton
• Campbell, Ken
• Campbell, Larry Joe
• Canaan, Alex
• Canale, Joe
• Candy, John
• Cannon, Kay
• Caponera, Cynthia
• Carell, Steve
• Carlson, Jim
• Carney, Aaron
• Caron, Sondra
• Carroll, James
• Casimiri, Luc
• Cassis, Carol
• Castellaneta, Dan
• Catlin, Alan
• Caussin, Katie
• Cavalenes, Cynthia
• Cawley, Adam
• Chambers, Rob
• Chiljian, Loretta
• Close, Del
• Cobb, Andy
• Cochrane, Sally
• Cockerill, Nate
• Cohen, Gabe
• Colbert, Stephen
• Constable, Paul
• Corell, Maria
• Costello, John
• Cotsirilos, Stephanie
• Coughlan, Robert
• Coven, Larry
• Craig, Matthew
• Crawford, Gavin
• Creary, Catherine
• Crone, Neil
• Crowley, Kevin
• Cunningham, Dennis
• Currie, Andrew
• Curry, Bob
• Cusack, Bill
• Dana, Barbara
• Danz, Cassandra
• Darden, Severn
• David, Kornel Michael
• Davidson, Ian
• Dawson, Tracy
• de Maat, Martin
• DeCarlo, Mark
• DelBalso, Steven
• DePollo, Don
• Derkach, Bob
• Descoteaux, Mike
• Diamond, Joshua
• Dick, Andy
• Dickinson, Don
• Dillon, Melinda
• Dinello, Paul
• Dishy, Bob
• Dixon, MacIntyre
• Dollar, Andrew
• Donohue, Brenda
• Dooley, Paul
• Dorff, Kevin

• Dove, Cody
• Dowden, Lauren
• Dowling, Brendan
• Downing, Debra
• Doyle, Colleen
• Doyle, Jimmy
• Doyle, Kevin Michael
• Doyle Murray, Brian
• Dratch, Rachel
• Drysdale, Rebecca
• Dubois, Patrick
• Duffy, Amy
• DuFort, Nate
• Duke, Robin
• Duncan, Andrew
• Dunne, Christina
• Dunne, Murphy
• Dwyer, Matt
• Earle, Christopher
• Eastwood, Jayne
• Eaton, Bekka
• Edwartowski, John
• Edwartowski, Margaret
• Ehrlick, Steve
• Elder, Ann
• Ellis, Melissa
• Ellis, Todd Jeffrey
• Empry, Gino
• Enriquez, Ithamar
• Erdman, Molly
• Erhart, Tom
• Estlin, Jennifer
• Farahnakian, Ali
• Farley, Chris
• Farley, John
• Farrell, Mary Pat
• Faulk, Ken
• Fay, Jim
• Fay, Meagen
• Fendrich, Alex
• Ferguson, Colin
• Fey, Tina
• Finn, Pat
• Fisher, Jim
• Flaherty, Joe
• Flanigan, Tom
• Flicker, Theodore J.
• Flores, Derek
• Flynn, Miriam
• Flynn, Neil
• Ford, Kristin
• Forsberg, Josephine
• Frank, Kevin
• Freeman, Aaron
• Freidberg, Martin Harvey
• Fritz, Jeff
• Funk, Joshua
• Funk, Nyima
• Furman, Ed
• Gallant, Cathy
• Gallivan, Brian
• Ganzel, Teresa
• Garcia, Martin
• Garlin, Jeff
• Garnier, Kerry
• Gauthier, Susan
• Gee, Sarah
• Gellman, Michael
• Gianas, Tom
• Gillan, Sue
• Gillogly, Dan
• Gilson, Piers
• Glaser, Jon
• Goldberg, Deborah
• Goldenberg, Carey
• Gomez, Ian
• Goodhue, Jennifer
• Goodman, Ed
• Goran, Mike
• Gordon, Barbara "Bobbi"
• Gordon, Ben
• Gordon, Mark
• Gossman, Shelly
• Gouine, Suzan
• Graci, Karen
• Graham, Andrew
• Graham, June
• Grano, Megan
• Graubart, Judy
• Greenberg, Ed
• Greene, Kim
• Greenwood, Kathryn
• Gregoropoulos, Noah
• Grey, Laura
• Griffin, Kerry
• Griffin-Irons, Dionna
• Gross, Mary
• Grossfeld, Sid
• Grosz, Peter
• Guttman, Allan
• Hagel, Jenny
• Hagerty, Michael G.
• Hall, Geri
• Hall, Laura
• Hall, Philip Baker
• Hall, Rick
• Hamilton, Rachel
• Hammond, Robin
• Handlon, Shawn
• Hankin, Larry
• Hanley, Kirk
• Haran, Kelly
• Harmon, Deborah
• Harper, Valarie
• Harr, Randall
• Harris, Barbara
• Harris, Jackie
• Harris, Judy
• Hart, Melissa "Sally"
• Hayden, Nancy
• Healey, David
• Hemminger, Fred
• Hemphill, John
• Henderson, Christine
• Henderson, Jo
• Herman, Nate
• Heyman, Burt
• Hickox, Marc
• Hicks, Quintin
• Hicks, Shatha Faraj
• Hildreth, John
• Hinds, Darryl
• Hines, Karen
• Hirsch, Mo
• Hoffman, Isabella
• Hoffman, Jackie
• Hoffman, Pamela
• Holland, Anthony
• Hollett, Shari
• Holly, Norm
• Holt, Sandy
• Holtson, John
• Hopkins, Wendy
• Hourigan, Jack
• Hovde, Matt
• Howden, Caitlin
• Howell, Albert
• Huband, David
• Hunt, Bonnie
• Hunt, Kenna
• Hunter, Bruce
• Innes, Ken
• Insana, Tino
• Irwin, Jennifer
• Jackson, Marc Evan
• Jacokes, PJ
• Jacques, Mollie
• Jaglom, Henry
• Jagodowski, T.J.
• James, Ron
• Janas, Robert
• Janes, Joe
• Janisse, Reid
• Jarchow, Bruce

• Jobin-Bevans, Sandy
• Johne, Nick
• Johnson, Brandon
• Johnson, Cheri Lynne
• Johnson, Melody
• Johnston, Sparky
• Jolovitz, Jenna
• Jones, K. McPherson
• Jones, Tiffany
• Kadish, Eugene
• Kampmann, Steven
• Kapelos, John
• Karch, Jerrold
• Kash, Linda
• Kaz, Fred
• Kazurinsky, Tim
• Keane, Madelyn
• Keefe, Joe
• Keleghan, Peter
• Kelly, Joe
• Kelly, Maureen
• Kelly, Pat
• Kennard, Michael
• Kent, Karol
• Kerbel, Gail
• Key, Keegan-Michael
• Kimmett, Deborah
• Kind, Richard
• Kinsey, Lance
• Klein, Robert
• Kligerman, Beth
• Kloss, Bridget
• Knight, Keith
• Koechner, David
• Kolb, Mina
• Krafft, Laura
• Krause, Grant
• Krueger, Chad
• Kurt, Elvira
• Kurtzman, Richard
• Lake, Don
• Lamont, Don
• Lampert, Zohra
• Laskey, Kathleen
• Latessa, Joe
• Lavin, Linda
• Lavut, Martin
• Lazard, Sid
• LeBlanc, Anthony
• Leese, Lindsay
• LeGlaire, Mickey
• Lehrer, Michael
• Leonard, Kelly
• LeRoy, Tommy
• Levenson, Mark
• Levy, Eugene
• Libera, Anne
• Libertini, Richard
• Liebman, Ron
• Lindgren, Niki
• Lipton, Lynne
• Liss, Joe
• Long, Shelley
• Lukas, Mike
• Lyden, Mona
• Maguire, Roberta
• Malic, Tamar
• Mann, David
• Manston, Freya
• Margolis, Nicky
• Marino, Nancy
• Martin, Andrea
• Martin, Bob
• Mason, Timothy Edward
• Masterson, Sean
• Mathieu, "William" Allaudin
• Mattingly, Paul
• May, Elaine
• Mazursky, Paul
• McAnulty, Frank
• McBrayer, Jack
• McCabe-Kelly, Nancy
• McCarthy, Michael
• McCarthy, Seamus
• McCulloch, Robin
• McGrath, Debra
• McGrath, Derek
• McKay, Adam
• McKay, Antoine
• McKenna, Patrick
• Meadows, Tim
• Meara, Anne
• Melewski, Beth
• Melinn, Lisa Maxine
• Merrell, Emily Rose
• Messing, Susan
• Michalski, Jeff
• Michalski, John
• Miller, Ira
• Miller, Michael
• Minnerle, Lucy
• Minor, Jerry C.
• Mochrie, Colin
• Moncada, Raul
• Monroe, Maribeth
• Monteith, John
• Montgomery, Scott
• Morel, Steve
• Morency, Doug
• Morgan, Judy
• Morris, Brad
• Morris, Jane
• Morrison, George
• Morrison, Sue
• Mosshammer, Jack
• Moyer, Jaime
• Mullaly, Kat
• Muller, Barbara
• Mulligan, Theresa
• Murphy, Harry
• Murray, Bill
• Murray, Joel
• Murrieta, Aliza
• Myers, Mike
• Myerson, Alan
• Nakamura, Suzy
• Napier, Mick
• Nasso, Lori
• Neenan, Audrie
• Neff, Katie
• Nelson, Jeanette
• Newberg, Andrew
• Newton-Breen, Nonie
• Nichols, Mike
• Nida, Tara
• Northan, Rebecca
• Novich, David
• O'Brien, Michael Patrick
• Odenkirk, Bob
• O'Hara, Catherine
• O'Horgan, Tom
• Okkerse, Lyn
• O'Malley, Tim
• Oman, W. Shane
• O'Sullivan, Paul
• Owen, Topher
• Parker, Karen
• Parsons, Jenny
• Pasquesi, David
• Patinkin, Sheldon
• Patry, Jim
• Patterson, Quinn
• Patton, Robert
• Paulsen, David
• Pavlinek, Teresa
• Pearson, Gary
• Perkins, Lawrence J.
• Pidgeon, Denise
• Pinnock, Arnold
• Pirrie, Bruce
• Plewa, Joseph
• Poce, Karen
• Pompeii, David
• Ponder, Nancy
• Pories, Mary Jane

• Pryor, Tim
• Purtan, Jackie
• Pusztai, Lyn
• Quercioli, Dana
• Radcliffe, Rosemary
• Radner, Gilda
• Rajaram, Anand
• Ramis, Harold
• Randall, Jan
• Randall, Phil
• Rasche, David
• Rauch, Caroline Syran
• Razowsky, David
• Reid, Matt
• Rhodes, Aaron
• Rich, Mert
• Richmond, Jeff
• Ricossa, Maria
• Riley, Alison
• Riley, Rob
• Riordan, Irene
• Rivers, Joan
• Robbin, Harv
• Robinson, Carol
• Robinson, Tim
• Rosato, Tony
• Ross, Eric
• Ross, Jamillah
• Ross-Leming, Eugenie
• Rouse, Mitch
• Rowell, Amy
• Rubano, John
• Rudnick, Ruth
• Ruffin, Amber
• Ruffner, Joseph
• Ryan, Dee
• Ryerson, Ann
• Sagher, Tami
• Sahely, Ed
• Sahlins, Bernard
• Salsberg, Gerry
• Samuels, Al
• Sand, Paul
• Sands, Diana
• Santoni, Reni
• Sanz, Horatio
• Saviano, Anne Marie
• Schaal, Dick
• Schmoll, David
• Schoening, Brooke
• Schoettle, Jane
• Schreiber, Avery
• Schuller, Klaus
• Scott, Judith
• Sedaris, Amy
• Segal, Linda
• Seiler, Leslie
• Selkirk, Blaine
• Shank, Jon
• Shapli, Omar
• Shelton, Angela
• Shepard, Suzanne "Honey"
• Shepherd, David
• Sher, Abby
• Sherk, Peter
• Sherman, George
• Sherman, Jim
• Shields, Alana
• Shirley, Peg
• Shopsowitz, Sam
• Shore, Nathan David
• Short, Martin
• Shortall, Brian
• Silliman, Charlie
• Sills, Paul
• Simon, Cyril
• Simon, Kelly "Jelly"
• Sims, Tim
• Sinclair, Carol
• Sisson, Kim
• Sloane, Cheryl
• Sloane, Joyce
• Slutsky, Wendy
• Smaron, Ed
• Smart, Lee
• Smith, Brian
• Smith, Chris
• Smith, Elaine (Hendriks)
• Smith, Kevin
• Smith-Special, Claudia
• Snieckus, Naomi
• Sohn, Rebecca
• Soloway, Faith
• Sood, Veena
• Sorell, Gina
• Spolin, Viola
• St. Clair, Andy
• Staahl, Jim
• Stack, Brian
• Stark, Leslie J.
• Stashwick, Todd
• Steckler, Doug
• Steinberg, David
• Stiles, Ryan
• Stiller, Jerry
• Stone, Trey
• Stratton, Doug
• Streak, Ruby
• Stuart, Len
• Sudeikis, Jason
• Talarico, Rich
• Talley, Jill
• Taylor, Carolyn
• Taylor, Craig
• Taylor, Paul
• Tenute, Dorothy
• Theaker, Deborah
• Thies, John
• Thomas, Betty
• Thomas, Dave
• Thomas, Michael
• Thomas, Rick
• Thompson, Dave
• Thorpe, Tracy
• Tolan, Miriam
• Torokvei, Peter
• Troobnick, Eugene
• Truss, Adrian
• Uhlir, Craig
• Van De Graaff, Janet
• Vanden Heuvel, Kiff
• Vardalos, Nia
• Villepique, Jean
• Vinette, Mary
• Wade, Rico Bruce
• Walker, Holly
• Wallace, Barbara
• Wallace, Claudia Michelle
• Walls, Nancy
• Walsh, David
• Warzecha, Marc
• Watkins, Mike
• Webb, Audrey
• Weir, Stephnie
• Wendt, George
• West, Ron
• Weyand, Ron
• Whalen, Jennifer
• White, Penny
• Wilcox, Collin
• Wilcox, Jeremy
• Wilcox, Mary Charlotte
• Wilkins, Megan
• Willard, Fred
• Wilson, Emily
• Wilson, Jonathan
• Wilson, Mark
• Wilson, Mary Louise
• Wortell, Holly
• Worth, Catherine
• Yorton, Tom
• Zahradnick, Peter
• Zegler, Paul
• Ziskie, Dan
• Zulevic, Jim