Fey and Dratch, stars of 'Dratch & Fey'
So, you know how your friends are always trying to get you to come out and see their sketch comedy show upstairs at McGinley's Pub? (What's it called this time? Movable Beast? Or is that the last one? Maybe it's Radioactive Child.) Well, you might wanna relent one of these times and go see what it's like. Don't get me wrong, it's probably terrible. But there's a slim chance that maybe it's not. Maybe it's a sketch show that will end up running for a couple years in a couple different cities. Maybe it will help one of your friends establish herself as one of the biggest names in the comedy world, while helping your other friend achieve a pretty decent nothing-to-be-ashamed-of career of her own
Case in point, here's a VHS transfer of a performance of Dratch & Fey, the critically-acclaimed two-woman sketch show written and performed by Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey, which went up at Chicago's Second City and New York City's UCB Theater in 1999 and 2000. The image and sound quality aren't great, but the humor quality is nonpareil. Maybe your friends' show is as good as this. (Don't count on it.)
(by Dennis DiClaudio)