''Sports Bar'' is a
sketch-comedy
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show that aired in
first-run syndication from 1997 to 1998. The series featured
members
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of the
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troupe out of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. This was the first television series since the end of ''
SCTV'' in 1984, where creative control has been so firmly in the hands of the troupe. ''The Sports Bar'' was taped at
WTTW's Chicago Production Center, who was a part owner of the program.
Format
The series follows the lives of the regulars at a sports bar, who serve as a leaping-off point for
satirizing the world of sports, leisure and
American culture
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as a whole. The TV sets in the bar allowed the show to offer up
commercial parodies and snippets of
newscasts.
Cast
*Maria Corell ... Regular Performer
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John Farley ... Regular Performer
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Kevin P. Farley ... Regular Performer
*Scot Fedderly ... Patron
*Bruce Green ... Guest Performer
*Soren McCarthy ... Ensemble Cast (1998)
*Greg Mills ... Regular Performer (1997)
*Monte ... Patron
*David Pompeii ... Regular Performer
*
Tami Sagher
Tami Sagher is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress.
Biography
A native of Chicago, Sagher studied mathematics at the University of Chicago before joining Boom Chicago and then Second City.
Career TV
Sagher has written for the ...
... Regular Performer
*Al Samuels ... Regular Performer
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Rich Talarico ... Regular Performer
*Elvis Winterbottom ... Guest Performer (1998) (uncredited)
See also
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List of fictional bars and pubs
This is a list of notable fictional bars and pubs.
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*Ace of Clubs – '' Smallville''
*The Admiral's Arms – ''Queen of the Damned''
*The Admiral Benbow Inn – '' Treasure Island''
*The Aidensfield Arms – '' Heartbeat''
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References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0455896
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1997 American television series debuts
1998 American television series endings
1990s American sketch comedy television series
1990s American satirical television series
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
English-language television shows
The Second City
1990s American workplace comedy television series
Fictional drinking establishments