1/30 Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood

This was my second time seeing these "Whose Line?" guys at Jorgensen, and it was still pretty funny. Even with the same basic show, the material was different because it was improv. (I can't say the same for Lewis Black, who was funny, but seeing him the second time was just too predictable.) Mochrie and Sherwood still did the "guess the crime" that the audience made up gig, and it's totally worth the 25 minutes it takes to play this game because Sherwood got Mochrie to say, word for word, that he was wearing lederhosen, duct tape and handcuffs and that he retrieved a gerbil and painted black spots on cows. I don't even remember the wacky town name he was able to get from Sherwood's clues. So that part was fun. But when they walked on mousetraps, it was kind of the same as last time, and that part, plus some others, was funnier the first time seeing it.

1/3 Second City in Toronto

We were going to Toronto for the International Bowl, so we had to stop in The Second City theatre. I hadn't heard much about the improv group until recently, but when I started looking into it, I was interested. So many famous people have come out of Second City, which has resident theaters in Chicago and Toronto and a few smaller mainstages. From Second City Toronto, we got John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers and Colin Mochrie.

The current variety show right now is called "Barack to the Future," and it was hilarious. The actors were great from their rehearsed scenes to their late-night improv after show. Someone from the show is bound to become famous.

Some notable scenes: It started with a Barack Obama impersonator ending the war at his "inauguration" and changing the national anthem to "Sexual Healing." There was some mother f*ckin' ping pong complete with techno beats and strobe lights. There was an dancing and singing troupe at a catholic school assembly promoting very liberal ideas to the dismay of the school principal. And there was a "Too Far" contest where the comedians had to cross the line with their jokes.

Of course, I can't do the jokes justice here in print. I couldn't stop laughing, and this was definitely worth going to see.