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Film School, now called The Second City Film School, dedicated to comedy in filmmaking. In 2021, The Second City's educators voted to unionize as the Association of International Comedy Educators (AICE).
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recognizing director Matt Hovde and actress Amanda Blake Davis and naming it Best Revue. In 2011, the e.t.c.'s 35th revue
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community". Interim executive producer Anthony LeBlanc was appointed to replace him.
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Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia
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1797:"How Second City's diversity promises are being executed"
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Profiles and Perspectives from Alberta’s Medical History
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2009:"Second City Comedy Educators Are Unionizing"
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2182:"A Letter from Andrew Alexander",
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789:We're All In This Room Together
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1392:The Second City Writhes Again!
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2589:"Planet Improv | Index"
1814:Elber, Lynn (June 6, 2020).
1404:The Second City Survival Kit
690:Dad's Garage Theatre Company
671:On June 6, 2020, during the
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2144:Best, John (June 7, 2020).
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2127:"ON THE LAUGH TRACK"
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300:Eugene Levy
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280:Bill Murray
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3584:Categories
3262:Symphonies
3233:Bella Voce
2349:. TCM.com.
1598:References
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1442:iO Theater
1354:Paul Sills
1329:strip mall
1284:Dave Foley
1264:Sean Hayes
1240:Mike Myers
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574:soap opera
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360:Mae Martin
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288:John Candy
272:Alan Arkin
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164:Paul Sills
3544:Festivals
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3161:Music and
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2873:Trap Door
2853:Silk Road
2808:MCA Stage
2738:Annoyance
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2111:March 18,
2086:March 18,
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