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CHICAGO – DECEMBER 12: Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Jo Flanerty, Andrea Martin and Martin Short go to an SCTV panel conversation in event of the 50th anniversary of Second City at 1616 N. Wells Avenue on December 12, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for The Second City)
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Do you keep in mind Joe Flaherty? He passed away the other day at age 82, according to this obituary in the Times. I just half remembered his name. I certainly remembered him, his numerous characters and even more the program he was part of, Second City Television. Did you view this program either at the time it aired (1976-1984) or given that? I’m unsure how popular it is today. I saw it as a little kid when it initially ran and even today I can remember my unmanageable bouts of laughter. It was the type of things I ‘d keep in mind or repeat in my head the next day in school and simply begin laughing in a manner I could not manage and after that get in difficulty for interfering with class. Ultimately I developed a list of actually unfortunate things I would have on hand to think of if some part of the last episode popped into my mind throughout class or perhaps worse throughout a test. Like that amusing.
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