iO's Charna Halpern is proud that yet another of her alumni are going on to work their comedy magic on the boob tube. "Pete Hulnes is the lead in a new show starting in July on Comedy Central. Its called American Body Shop and from what I heard, it’s going to be hilarious."

James Fritz encourages Chicago comedy fans to come out for the new and improved (but still free) Bad Dog open mic on Sunday nights. "Prescott Tolk's gonna start helping out with the Bad Dog Sunday show. I'm tits ahoy about this. He's f*cking great and seems to be genuinely excited about getting more asses in seats/stools/hanging out by the bathrooms. And he's been on the Tee Vee. Fucking A. Start coming out to Bad Dog, people. It's free. What more do you want?"

The kids in KevINda have been nominated for a fistful of awards. "Blaxploitation 2: You Know How We Deux, written by Inda Craig-Galván, Kevin Douglas and Carla Stillwell, has received 10 Black Theater Alliance Nominations. One is for Best Writing. Yay, kevINda. And Carla. Maybe we should call ourselves kevINdaCaRLaohneverminD."

iO's Barry Hite is very disappointed in the guy who stole his debit card, more for the particular bar the thief chose to spend $200 of Hite's money in: "But then I looked at what you bought with my $200. You went to a bar I know called Hi Tops. It’s a pretty awful bar. It’s where assholes go to drink. Guys that get their hair cut every two weeks. Guys who use Mystic tan because tanning lotion is too messy. Guys who stare at themselves in the mirror when they lift weights. Not looking in the mirror to check their form but looking in the mirror because 'Sweet Broseph, I am RIPPED right now.' And you went there. Willingly. When you had the option of going anywhere and drinking for free. You chose Hi Tops. A place where you’ll get called a faggot for ordering an Amstel."

- Elizabeth McQuern