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Sports Bar
GenreImprovisational comedy
Sketch comedy
Created byJoe Keefe
Written byScott Allman
Maria Corell
Carl Kozlowski
Soren McCarthy
Tami Sagher
Al Samuels
Directed byTim Kazurinsky
Mick Napier
StarringMaria Corell
John Farley
Kevin P. Farley
Greg Mills
David Pompeii
Tami Sagher
Al Samuels
Rich Talarico
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producerJoe Keefe
ProducersAndrew Alexander
Darren Critz
Ed Menaker
CinematographyMichael Davis
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companyGold Star Productions
Original release
NetworkSyndication
Release1997 (1997) –
1998 (1998)
Related
Kwik Witz
My Talk Show
SCTV

Sports Bar is a sketch-comedy show that aired in first-run syndication[1][2][3] from 1997 to 1998. The series featured members of the Second City[4][5] improvisational comedy troupe out of Chicago. This was the first television series since the end of SCTV in 1984, where creative control has been so firmly in the hands of the troupe. The Sports Bar was taped at WTTW's Chicago Production Center, who was a part owner of the program.

Format

The series follows the lives of the regulars at a sports bar, who serve as a leaping-off point for satirizing the world of sports, leisure and American culture as a whole. The TV sets in the bar allowed the show to offer up commercial parodies and snippets of newscasts.

Cast

  • Maria Corell ... Regular Performer
  • John Farley ... Regular Performer
  • Kevin P. Farley ... Regular Performer
  • Scot Fedderly ... Patron
  • Bruce Green ... Guest Performer
  • Soren McCarthy ... Ensemble Cast (1998)
  • Greg Mills ... Regular Performer (1997)
  • Monte ... Patron
  • David Pompeii ... Regular Performer
  • Tami Sagher ... Regular Performer
  • Al Samuels ... Regular Performer
  • Rich Talarico ... Regular Performer
  • Elvis Winterbottom ... Guest Performer (1998) (uncredited)

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Steve (October 3, 1997). "'SCTV' STUDIOS MAY BE CLOSED, BUT 'THE SPORTS BAR' IS OPEN FOR LAUGHS". Chicago Tribune.
  2. ^ "90's - The University of Chicago Magazine". The University of Chicago Magazine. March 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Authors". Pioneer Drama.
  4. ^ Rogers, Jeff (September 2008). Office Sportz. iUniverse. p. 68. ISBN 9780595532599.
  5. ^ "The Second City, Inc". Encyclopedia.com.
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