In case you were wondering, Steve Carell now knows Second City is on 7 boats all over the world. He knows this because I told him.
Right afterwards, I went to my room to calm down so I could pretend I don't care. I saw myself in the mirror and realized I looked like a drag queen librarian.
I went to our college improv group's reunion. I walked in, hugged some buddies, and sat down to watch the current group and a cronie said "Steve Carell's to your right." And I said, "yeah, yeah, hahaha." He is an alum of Denison University, which is a teeny school in the middle of Ohio. And he was a member of Burpee's Seedy Theatrical Company, our improv group that was like all of our religion, if we were honest. And before the reunion, we all said "Steve Carell's going to be there, yeah, yeah, hahaha." AND THEN HE WAS.
He and his wife came and his agent made sure he could just be part of the group. He was the oldest alum, but some of his buddies were there. And since we were college+11 years, we had more in common with the people in their 40's. For this reason, I found myself sitting next to Steve Carell and his wife, Nancy Walls and talking to them about Second City and working on the cruiseships. And they were fascinated.
They were not fascinated. But we had a topic of small talk. I wanted to tell him all of my fears and aspirations and failures and successes. This is insane, so I didn't, and I bet it happens to him a great deal. wierrrd.
