The Second City's Next Comedy Legend - Episode 5
Outsmart, Outlast, Outmug.
The episode began on the night of Day 5, with a scene that was quickly becoming familiar - the remaining hopefuls were back in the loft, half in the bag and musing on the latest shredding. And one of them had his shirt off. "Robert was the tallest guy. Now that leaves me as the tallest guy," said Sean. "That means I'm the shit now. I'm the king of the castle."
Day 6: A T-mail from Trish announces something about an island. Where have we heard that before? The six arrived at Second City's elaborate island set, which consisted of a moose, a walrus, some green felt and some electric tiki torches. Faster than you could say copyright infringement, the mentors split them into tribes (the Muggers and the Boffo Boffos) for a little blackout challenge � they had to write and perform three quick one-joke sketches. The results? "There was one blackout that was funny. Uh, the others were poignant, interesting� confusing," mused mentor Matt Baram. The Boffo Boffos (Sean, Ali and Kayla) won the challenge (and a limo ride, champagne and candlelit gourmet dinner"). Losing tribe Megan, Ian and Jeannie were voted off the island and into hell � performing a children's birthday party. After the shame of blank stares and being outshone by the pi�ata, the Muggers came back to the loft to find that the Boffo Boffos had just said goodbye to their (completely made up by Sean, Ali and Kayla ) celebrity dinner guest, Martin Short (who had never really been there). They showed off Short's autograph (forged by Ali). The Muggers were appropriately crushed by the blatant lie. "To have Martin Short's vote of approval is pretty awesome," beamed Ali.
Day 7: The hopefuls packed into a van for a drive out into the sticks for a mysterious challenge. After hours, they find Second City alumnus Bruce Pirrie raking outside his house, on a narrow country road. They did five minutes of improv, standing on the gravel while Bruce watched stone faced, rake in hand. Finally, he picks Megan as the winner. She gets the immunity jacket and they all return to the van for the drive back to the city. "Today I learned that you rake in a circular motion," said Sean. Back at the loft, Sean and Ali practice their lines together with a cup of tea in a relaxing bubble bath. "We set up a bubble bath and read our lines, like two regular guys," Ali said. "Some people might think it's gay. I don't think it's gay... (lowering voice) Sean's so obviously gay."
Day 8: Yet another familiar scene. Sean, shirtless, screaming good morning to everyone. "I'm pretty sure that within the next couple of days somebody's going to try to fight me," he said. After a day of practicing the show was on. Ali and Jeannie ended up having mannequin sex for a little too long, and the group Pictionary sketch wasn't pretty. Mick, Elvira and Dave made their calls � Ali was on autopilot, Kayla stayed too much in the background and Sean had a "terrible" show. Ali and Sean dueled to escape the shredder � and they were both funny. The judges were stumped. Suddenly, a whole group of people surrounded the judges' table for high level discussions. "I was like, 'oh my God, they're trying to figure out if they want the cute guy in the house or the coloured guy, " Ali said. Finally, a decision was made. Sean was shredded, but not defeated. "I'll probably jack some stuff and set the place on fire," he said as he headed back to the loft for the last time. "That's how I roll."
source: cbc.ca/nextcomedylegend
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