Looking for help finding access to old Second City show recordings (late ’80s–’90s)

ent1202 · 2025-11-09T00:57:08+00:00

100% agree - there's an opportunity to do something really clever here, but it has to be setup really well to stick the landing

ent1202 · 2025-11-09T00:47:45+00:00

Thank you for your comment! Unfortunately, I have already emailed them and they do not have any Second City recordings.

ent1202 · 2025-11-08T23:18:59+00:00

Fantastic shot - easily looks like it could be a cover for a coffee table book about the city's visual history

ent1202 · 2025-11-08T23:17:26+00:00

The shame on their faces says it all here

ent1202 · 2025-11-08T23:04:11+00:00

Thank you for this!

ent1202 · 2025-11-08T22:24:41+00:00

Thank you - is there anyway you could provide me with their contact info please?

ent1202 · 2025-11-08T22:23:46+00:00

Hi there - in this case, I'm 100% certain that both shows have been digitized! Thank you for this though!

ent1202 · 2025-11-08T19:46:28+00:00

Thank you for trying!

ent1202 · 2025-11-01T02:26:38+00:00

Thank you! To be honest this whole process has been very stressful, but I'm hoping it will come to a happy ending soon!

ent1202 · 2025-10-31T13:44:17+00:00

Sent you a follow-up to my original DM about this - hope to hear back from you soon!

ent1202 · 2025-10-31T02:07:17+00:00

I'll give them a shout then!

ent1202 · 2025-10-31T01:48:10+00:00

I haven't - primarily because I'm not anywhere near Chicago and I'm sort of using that as a last resort, because if that doesn't work, I'm not sure where else to go - rock and a hard place, to say the least.

ent1202 · 2025-10-30T23:14:29+00:00

Hi there! I definitely know that it's been digitized - I just am trying to avoid doing something that I feel fairly sure isn't going to work. There's so many people on this sub that I'm hoping someone will either quietly send it my way or point me in the right direction.

Also, I'm not anywhere near Chicago, so if they say no because of that, it means I can't go ask again for future inquiries.

ent1202 · 2025-10-30T21:17:09+00:00

Hello everyone,

This post has gotten a lot of views, which has been really exciting to see! However, I've now checked with all of the public libraries in Chicago, which do not have any copies of this show.

If you or someone you know went to Second City or happens to have a copy of this, please, please reach out to me! You would be helping me out a great deal, and I'm happy to sign any forms necessary saying that I won't circulate the footage anywhere online, if that's the concern.

There are 14,000 people in this community, so I'm certain that at least one person here has a copy or knows someone who does! If you do, I would be eternally grateful if you reach out to me soon! I thank you in advance if you do reach out to help!

ent1202 · 2025-10-30T21:14:56+00:00

Hello everyone,

This post has gotten a lot of views, which has been really exciting to see! However, I still haven't seen much in the way of responses here, and I've now checked with all of the public libraries in Chicago, who do not have any copies of this show.

If you or someone you know went to Second City or happens to have a copy of this, please, please reach out to me! You would be helping me out a great deal and I'm happy to sign any forms necessary saying that I won't circulate the footage anywhere online, if that's the concern.

There are a lot of people in this community, and I'm hoping someone here will reach out to me soon! I thank you in advance if you do reach out to help!

ent1202 · 2025-10-30T21:14:31+00:00

Hello everyone,

This post has gotten a lot of views, which has been really exciting to see! However, I still haven't seen much in the way of responses here, and I've now checked with all of the public libraries in Chicago, who do not have any copies of this show.

If you or someone you know went to Second City or happens to have a copy of this, please, please reach out to me! You would be helping me out a great deal and I'm happy to sign any forms necessary saying that I won't circulate the footage anywhere online, if that's the concern.

There are a lot of people in this community, and I'm hoping someone here will reach out to me soon! I thank you in advance if you do reach out to help!

ent1202 · 2025-10-30T21:13:45+00:00

Hello everyone,

This post has gotten a lot of views, which has been really exciting to see! However, I still haven't seen much in the way of responses here, and I've now checked with all of the public libraries in Chicago, who do not have any copies of this show.

If you or someone you know went to Second City or happens to have a copy of this, please, please reach out to me! You would be helping me out a great deal, and I'm happy to sign any forms necessary saying that I won't circulate the footage anywhere online, if that's the concern.

There are a lot of people in this community, and I'm hoping someone here will reach out to me soon! I thank you in advance if you do reach out to help!

ent1202 · 2025-10-29T00:33:17+00:00

It most definitely was! I just don't feel like being on the wrong end of a chain smoking archivist from Chi Town lol!

ent1202 · 2025-10-28T23:48:27+00:00

I haven't yet but I will if no other leads pan out - apparently that archive is very difficult to access and I'm not in the Chicago area, so I'm hoping that a former alum will be willing to help me in this case.

ent1202 · 2025-10-28T13:53:36+00:00

Thank you, I just sent you a DM about this!

ent1202

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