50% surge in homicides. news anchor 3: people shot to death and at least 60 others wounded. anthony: however much you might love chicago, want to celebrate its general awesomeness, its character, its architecture, its food. there s no getting away from the ugly fact that chicago s south side is also currently the murder capital of america. why do you think people are killing each other in such large numbers in chicago and not in new york? webb: let s be clear, it s only a few spots, it isn t the whole city. it s not the whole city. lupe: to be honest, chi-raq, is englewood. anthony: it s a pretty staggering body count. lupe: the sad part is it s been like this, right and the only reason the story now is white people looking at it. oh, that s terrible, that s been like this for 30 years. how come it wasn t terrible 30 years ago when you probably could have actually did something about it? anthony: does a hip-hop artist, haveny obligation really to, to speak about anything
feeling you get when you eat it you remember you re sitting with a friend and enjoying a memory that takes you back to long ago when you were young. and as we follow paul backstage watching him slowly sip his coffee. paul: hey, what s going on dale? dale: you remember that comedy isn t just about laughs, it s also about coffee, and clothes and being yourself. paul: do you guys want to run this scene? comedian: which one? paul: transcendence. dale: and after all if we can t laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at? paul: i got to be honest, he usually does it way better. dale: oh come on! anthony: how is it that chicago has become sort of the font of comedy? you know it s, it s a gusher. paul: i think it all started with second city and then people came here to study. i say 90% of the people who are doing comedy right now came to chicago to study. anthony: paul jurewicz, a young man at the beginning of what will presumably be a glorious career. paul: first he push
ugly fact that chicago s south side is also currently the murder capital of america. why do you think people are killing each other in such large numbers in chicago and not in new york? webb: let s be clear, it s only a few spots, it isn t the whole city. it s not the whole city. lupe: to be honest, chi-raq, is englewood. anthony: it s a pretty staggering body count. lupe: the sad part is it s been like this, right and the only reason the story now is white people looking at it. oh, that s terrible, that s been like this for 30 years. how come it wasn t terrible 30 years ago when you probably could have actually did something about it? anthony: does a hip-hop artist, have any obligation really to, to speak about anything positive or even smarter than cars, girls or where s my money? lupe: um, i guess it depends on where you come from, and do you feel the obligation to where you came from. a lot of people in the hood won t take me serious. they won t take chuck d serious,
comedy isn t just about laughs it s also about coffee, and clothes and being yourself. paul: do you guys want to run this scene? comedian: which one? paul: transcendence. dale: and after all if we can t laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at? paul: i got to be honest, he usually does it way better. dale: oh come on! anthony: how is it that chicago has become sort of the font of comedy? you know it s, it s a gusher. paul: i think it all started with second city and then people came here to study. i say 90% of the people who are doing comedy right now came to chicago to study. anthony: paul jurewicz, a young man at the beginning of what will presumably be a glorious career. paul: first he pushed me in the pool and he called me ketchup dick, i tried to be spontaneous one time and this is what i get. i feel like no one respects me anymore. anthony: second city opened in chicago s old town in 1959, and almost from the beginning it probably established a probably unhea
50% surge in homicides. news anchor 3: people shot to death and at least 60 others wounded. anthony: however much you might love chicago, want to celebrate its general awesomeness, its character, its architecture, its food. there s no getting away from the ugly fact that chicago s south side is also currently the murder capital of america. why do you think people are killing each other in such large numbers in chicago and not in new york? webb: let s be clear, it s only a few spots, it isn t the whole city. it s not the whole city. lupe: to be honest, chi-raq, is englewood. anthony: it s a pretty staggering body count. lupe: the sad part is it s been like this, right and the only reason the story now is white people looking at it. oh, that s terrible, that s been like this for 30 years. how come it wasn t terrible 30 years ago when you probably could have actually did something about it? anthony: does a hip-hop artist, have any obligation really to, to speak about anythin