Monday, June 17, 2013

Second City co-founder brought intellect to comedy




This 2001 photo provided by The Second City shows Bernard Sahlins, the co-founder of Chicago's Second City theater. Sahlins, who nurtured the early careers of many of the earliest stars of "Saturday Night Live," died Sunday, June 16, 2013. He was 90. Sahlins and business partners Howard Alk and Paul Sills opened The Second City in December 1959, and it quickly gained national attention and helped establish Chicago as a vibrant comedy town. (AP Photo/'Courtesy The Second City, Thomas Englund) CHICAGO (AP) — Second City fans and alumni are remembering Bernie Sahlins, who co-founded the Chicago comedy club more than a half-century ago.






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