Bob Odenkirk with Tim Meadows: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Chicago Humanities Festival will present Chicago’s own Bob Odenkirk in conversation with Tim Meadows at the Music Box Theatre on March 2

Odenkirk opens up about the highs and lows of Hollywood with fellow SNL alum Meadows. The two legends get candid about all the comedy and drama in showbiz that Odenkirk has lived through and writes about in his new memoir, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama.

Bob Odenkirk’s career is a decades-long “odyssey.” He is an Emmy-winning writer and Golden Globe-nominated actor, comedian, director, and producer. He got his start in improv comedy in Chicago and wrote for Saturday Night Live. Odenkirk starred in AMC’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and co-created with David Cross the sketch comedy cult hit Mr. Show. He’s written and produced a number of television shows, including Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and directed three films.

Tim Meadows was one of the longest-running cast members on Saturday Night Live, where he crafted some of the series’s most memorable characters during his 10 years on the popular late night show and for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1993.

Meadows also played school principal in the hit comedy Mean Girls and co-starred in the blockbuster comedies Grown Upsand Grown Ups 2. He also co-starred in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Meadows can be seen in his lead role in CBS All Access’s No Activity, is a frequent guest on ABC’S hit comedy The Goldbergs,and the series lead on its spinoff Schooled. He can also be seen in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Meadows was a part of the legendary comedy troupe Second City and has appeared in a string of films based on Saturday Night Live sketches, including Coneheads and Wayne’s World 2.


Join two legends for a fun night out.

Bob Odenkirk with Tim Meadows: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT

MUSIC BOX THEATRE CHICAGO
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

The event is sponsored by the Chicago Humanities Festival:

  • The Chicago Humanities Festival is partnering with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling. Ticket purchase includes a copy of Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama shipped directly to customers (U.S. addresses only).
  • Please visit their FAQ for more information about ticketing, books, accessibility options, and other event logistics.
  • The Music Box Theatre concession stand will be open. Face masks must continue to be worn at all times unless seated and actively eating or drinking in accordance with local and state mask mandates.

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