Name: Chicago Quiz on Letterman, May 2, 1989
Uploaded: 2016-10-27T00:11:02.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Chicago Quiz on Letterman, May 2, 1989' from Don Giller on Comedy Buff. Published 2016-10-27. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Chicago Quiz on Letterman, May 2, 1989' from Don Giller on Comedy Buff. Published 2016-10-27. Transcript available.

Uh, it's time now for a quiz about the city of Chicago.
Paul, do you have music for this?
It's a Chicago quiz.
Chicago, Chicago, my kind of town, Chicago.
You, you didn't rehearse that, did you?
Yeah, I rehearsed that, yeah.
Okay, question number one, our big Chicago quiz.
This statue that you're about to see honors A, civic pride and prosperity,
B, commerce and industry,
C, the young Siskel and Ebert.
Uh, federal regulations actually allow all hot dogs to contain a small amount
of A, beef byproducts, B, sawdust, C, Uncle Frank.
All right, that one coming up State Street.
Uh, number three, John Dillinger was shot at this theater for A, resisting
arrest by federal agents,
B, double-crossing another gangster, C, trying to sneak into Cinema 2.
The little-known fact about John Dillinger and Chicago.
Band's not paying attention to any of this.
Hey, hey, hey!
Well, the band is buzzed, buzzed.
They're just over there chatting quietly among themselves.
The man's trying to do a show.
Number four, Chicagoans recognize this as A, a tribute to Chicago's historic
leaders,
B, a salute to the city's great architects,
C, the Pez Hall of Fame.
Number five, this enormous piece of steel was created by Picasso, B, was
commissioned by the city of Chicago,
C, just fell off an eastern jet.
I may, I may just run for something.
Number six, commodity experts at the Chicago Board of Trade agree you'd be
foolish to invest in A, beef futures,
B, soybean futures, C, Morton Downey Jr.'s future.
Number seven, this pair of tourists is checking to see if they have A, their
map of the city,
B, their return flight tickets, C, enough cash to buy the Sears Tower.
You know.