<p>If you like singing misfits, prankster desk buddies, or complex friendships, this episode is for you. This week, we're discussing some of our favorite shows that didn't end up standing the test of time—and whether or not we can still enjoy something problematic.</p><p>Just a heads up—in this episode, we talk about a few things that may be difficult between 25:10-27:00 and 37:45-38:45. Feel free to skip ahead to 40:30. We love you!</p>

If you like singing misfits, prankster desk buddies, or complex friendships, this episode is for you. This week, we're discussing some of our favorite shows that didn't end up standing the test of time—and whether or not we can still enjoy something problematic. Just a heads up—in this episode, we talk about a few things that may be difficult between 25:10-27:00 and 37:45-38:45. Feel free to skip ahead to 40:30. We love you!

Hold Our Shows to a Higher Standard

What comedy and improv should be: A place to creatively, respectively, and openly express who you are.What comedy and improv has been: A place to creatively and openly express who you are...with a LOT of strings attached and gatekeepers making rules by which we've arbitrarily abided.How do we turn the has been into the should be after a global pandemic and revelations about the failures of how our sacred comedy institutions have dealt with systemic racism, transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, and ableism has knocked them off their pedestals?Steve Han, Phylicia McLeod, and Ashley Whitehurst have spent years inside the Chicago comedy scene. And they have thoughts.

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Hold Our Shows to a Higher Standard