The Second City's Next Comedy Legend - Episode 6
Randy, Paula, Simon and Garfunide
After Sean's elimination, the remaining five contestants headed back to an eerily quiet loft. Sean, never the one to go quietly, left a crude cartoon in lieu of a note: himself and Kayla peeing on the rest of the contestants. Thinking fondly of that image, the troop headed to bed.
The morning of Day 9 brought the familiar shout of "GOOD MORNING!" to the loft, this time courtesy of Kayla and a shirtless Ian. As the contestants continued to channel Sean's spirit, Jeannie picked up the latest Trish Mail: "It's Monday morning and here's the thing, you may be funny but can you sing?" The mentors were about to find out, as the contestants arrived for the day's workshop: musical improv. Megan had to return the Immunity Jacket and then it was down to business. Because he needed to pee, Ian went first in the song challenge with a folk song about open-mouth eaters. Megan followed it up with a reggae tune about a yellow banner. Kayla did a broadway-style number about starvation. Ali grunged about having a terrible father. And Jeannie... wow. In the words of Ali, it "sounded like someone was pummeling a kitten with a hammer..."
Deciding that they just hadn't had enough yet, the mentors dressed themselves up as the judges from American Idol: Randy, Paula, Simon, and Garfunkel. Wait... what? The criticisms of the contestants ranged from mean (Garfunkel to Ali: "When Paul wrote Sound of Silence, it kind of reminded me that that's something I'm longing for now. Especially when you're singing.") to meaner (Simon to Jeannie: "You look like cat throw-up."). Even Stephen Hawking got into the mud-slinging, speech-boxing to Ian: "In an infinite number of universes, there must be one where you do not suck. But it is not here." When all was said and done, Megan walked away with her second straight Immunity Jacket and Jeannie was deemed the worst, landing her the Loser Prize of having to perform a singing telegram for an office worker. Once again... wow. Having completed an arduous day, the contestants received a break in the form of a game of WhirlyBall: essentially lacrosse in bumper cars. Along with Trish, they happily plowed into each other and de-stressed.
Day 10 dawned bright and early as the contestants prepared for their third live show. They practiced their sketches and Megan noted that it's hard to lose people around you, especially when you're in an ensemble. This thought carried over to the rehearsals where the group mused about standing up to the Judges and demanding they be allowed to finish the show as a group. That night, Ian, Megan and Ali all had great shows but Kayla got mixed reviews (and a therapy session from Mick) and Jeannie got killed (Dave: "You should seriously start looking for some kind of backup thing..."). In the middle of delivering the Judges' verdict (Megan, Ali, and Ian were all safe), Trish was interrupted by Ian and the whole cast stood together and delivered their ultimatum: let us finish the show together, or we all walk out. Mick quickly noted that "You're not in an ensemble... you're in a audition." Dave said he'd like to see them all walk off, so they did...
TO BE CONTINUED
source: cbc.ca/nextcomedylegend
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