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<p>« News of the World | Main| Who's Behind This UCBT Missed Connection? » Tuesday Jun 22 2010  Just for Laughs Chicago Wrap-up – Day Two</p>
<p>Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 1:16PM  John Mulaney drops in for the second Drinking Buddies show With more than seventeen venues over five days boasting one hundred performers, TBS Presents a “Very Funny” Festival: Just for Laughs was a veritable comedy whirlwind across the city of Chicago last week. Due to the sheer impossibility of hitting everything (or even close to everything), I decided to focus on the local stand-up showcases and see Chicago performers within the visiting energy of the festival.</p>
<p>After the opening festivities Tuesday, the plan for Wednesday was to visit with TJ Miller and the rest of the Drinking Buddies (Mike Bridenstine, James Fritz, and Kyle Kinane), at the Lincoln Lodge. Earlier in the day on Wednesday, a missive went out to announce a last minute warm-up “secret show” of Team Coco Presents the Conan Writers Live, to take place before Drinking Buddies at the Lodge. Being that the regular show of the writers was to be at a massive venue downtown the next evening, this was an exciting treat for those of us privy to the event. Unfortunately, there was no Andy Richter to be found in the house, but the incomparable Reggie Watts treated the audience to a much-too-short musical interlude, and Never Not Funny’s Jimmy Pardo kept the audience delighted throughout the evening as host (and even got a few cracks in on local comedy personality Fuzzy Gerdes, to the delight of those of us that know Fuzzy and his role here in the Chicago scene).</p>
<p>Writers Brian Kiley, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Andres Du Bouchet, Matt O’Brien, and Chicago’s own Deon Cole (who effortlessly ended the showcase, leaving the audience in stitches and visibly wanting more), performed stand-up sets to the intimate room, beginning what was to be an increasingly discordant yet hilarious evening with the Drinking Buddies and their two sold out shows.</p>
<p>Reggie Watts performs with the Conan writers</p>
<p>Chicago expat Deon Cole closes out the writers show with huge laughs Kyle Kinane is seen everywhere throughout the fest last week</p>
<p>--Kristy Mangel</p>
<p>kristymangel | Post a Comment | 1 Reference tagged Conan O'Brien , John Mulaney , Reggie Watts , deon cole , jfl chicago , kyle kinane in Show Recap References (1)</p>
<p>References allow you to track sources for this article, as well as articles that were written in response to this article.  *  Response: Fotos with Fuzzy at FuzzyCo on June 23, 2010 The Chicago Just for Laughs festival has started and tonight I got to go to a special semi-secret warm-up show...</p>
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