It’s Not The CTA Holiday Train But . . .
“KLM stewardess Natalie surprised some travelers at Amsterdam Airport with a Christmas present. The lucky passengers were treated to a Business Class upgrade and a Christmas-themed Boom Chicago comedy show on board of their flight to Chicago.”
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Boom Chicago from Wikipedia:
“Boom Chicago is a creative group, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that writes and performs sketch and improvisational comedy at the Leidseplein Theater. They were the creative forces behind Comedy Central News (CCN), a news show on the Dutch Comedy Central which was canceled after two seasons, but continued to make videos for mobile devices and their website.”
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“2002: Comedy Swap with The Second City in Chicago. The mainstage casts of The Second City and Boom Chicago perform on each other’s stages in each other’s cities. This was the first (and only) time a visiting comedy group plays on Second City’s mainstage. All shows sell out.”
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“2011: The Leidseplein Theater becomes the Chicago Social Club. Together with club innovater Casper Reinders (Jimmy Woo) and Pieter de Koning and Joris Bakker (Bitterzoet), the venue undergoes a thorough upgrade and increases its club programming and improves its bar and food offerings. 9/11 Forever is the only political comedy show in the world to address the ten year anniversary of the September 11 attacks.”
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“Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live) was a member of Boom Chicago in the late 1990s and starred in production in Amsterdam, Chicago and Edinburgh.
“Other famous alumni include Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live), Jordan Peele (Key and Peele), Ike Barinholtz (Eastbound and Down), Dan Oster (MADtv), Liz Cackowski & Heather Anne Campbell (SNL), Allison Silverman & Pete Grosz (Colbert Report), Kay Cannon & Tami Sagher (30 Rock), Joe Kelly (How I Met Your Mother), and Matt Jones (Breaking Bad).”
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See what KLM recommends in Chicago.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on December 11, 2012