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Former Chicago improv comic joins ‘Daily Show’

June 17, 2018 at 4:57 p.m.

Former Chicago improv comedian Jordan Klepper is the newest member of "The Daily Show's" correspondent team, the Comedy Central show announced Monday. Klepper's duties were to start on Monday's show,...

Fallon, Emanuel take the Polar Plunge

May 21, 2019 at 6:10 a.m.

"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon walked into Lake Michigan Sunday morning in the promised suit and tie, turned toward the beach, then fell back into the water, going completely...

Fallon, Emanuel take the Polar Plunge

December 23, 2018 at 4:21 p.m.

"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon walked into Lake Michigan Sunday morning in the promised suit and tie, turned toward the beach, then fell back into the water, going completely...

Jimmy Fallon (center) jumps out of Lake Michigan with Chicago Public Library Commissioner Brian Bannon (from left), Chicago Park District CEO Mike Kelly, and Chicago Bears defensive end Israel Idonije.

Fallon, Emanuel take the Polar Plunge

June 17, 2018 at 4:18 p.m.

"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon walked into Lake Michigan Sunday morning in the promised suit and tie, turned toward the beach, then fall back into the water, going completely...

Fire Museum of Greater Chicago settles into new home

June 18, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

The Fire Museum of Greater Chicago isn't a grandiose thing, looming over a park like the Field Museum or over Michigan Avenue like the Art Institute. It sits in a...

Fred Armisen, center, plays the guitar with the 8G Band. Armisen will take the helm as he curates and leads the program's band. Armisen and Seth Meyers were colleagues on "Saturday Night Live."

Poehler, Biden boost Meyers’ ‘Late Night’ debut

December 17, 2018 at 9:30 p.m.

Seth Meyers took the "Late Night" stage Monday night like a man who didn't have anything to prove. His approach to his hosting debut was suggestive not of a much-hyped...

Poehler, Biden boost Meyers’ ‘Late Night’ debut

August 24, 2021 at 8:59 p.m.

Seth Meyers took the "Late Night" stage Monday night like a man who didn't have anything to prove. His approach to his hosting debut was suggestive not of a much-hyped...

Jimmy Fallon to take Polar Plunge with Rahm Emanuel in Chicago

August 24, 2021 at 8:55 p.m.

When Jimmy Fallon called himself "Swimmy Fallon" on Twitter Monday, it became official: He had warmed to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's challenge and will join the mayor in taking a charity...

At 100, poem ‘Chicago’ still fierce, fresh

August 24, 2021 at 8:59 p.m.

One hundred years ago this month, Chicago was not thought of as the planet's pig renderer. And its shoulders, hunched or held back, square or rounded, big or small or...

Fallon a gracious host in ‘Tonight Show’ debut

April 5, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

Starting his "Tonight Show" hosting tenure Monday, Jimmy Fallon proved he can snag A-listers and, in the early going, ratings. The numbers that came out Tuesday showed him crushing the...

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