If you haven't heard of "The Second City", you're missing out. They are an improv comedy group that's based out of Chicago. There are other locations but I live in the Midwest so deal with it. Anyway, they came to Iowa City this past weekend and I jumped on the opportunity. I got RJ and Marvin to come along and once Monica found out, she joined in too. We started the night out with some red wine at RJ's place. There's more on that later. After a glass or two, we headed to Bob's Your Uncle for some outstanding pizza. I'm still mad that I left my to go box on the table.

We got to Englert Theater and the laughs came instantly. We timed it up perfectly. We sat down and had just enough time to browse through the program and then the lights dimmed and the show began. We had two or three intermissions and the show lasted 3 hours. It went by soooo fast. I almost cried laughing. Some of their sketches were rehearsed but the improvisation was hilarious. Some funny quotes from the show...

- "He's just the right amount of black" (about being in love with Obama)
- "Just because he buys you dinner, doesn't mean he gets to fingerblast you"
- "Hi, I'm the date rape puppet"
- "Medulla Oblongata... GET IN THE FUCKING CORNER!"

I'm sure it was funnier in person. On the way back, RJ got pulled over when we were 3 minutes from his house. The Sheriff was kind of a dick. RJ didn't have his registration in the car, he had the wrong insurance card. Out of nowhere, the sheriff said, "I smell alcohol, how much have you had to drink?" Keep in mind, this is 5 hours after we had the wine. RJ was lost. He was quick to point out that it was way earlier in the night. While this was going on, the other sheriff kept going around on the passenger side with his damn flashlight. I know they're thinking of safety first but get off my sack. And you couldn't smell any alcohol. The sheriff claimed that he could smell more alcohol than RJ was admitting. He then asked the rest of us how much we had. WTF, mate? He then took all of our drivers licenses and went to his car. He later returned and knocked the ticket down to speeding 1-5 mph over when he was 11 over. What a great way to finish the night.