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The old-school restaurant is a North Side institution.
(Good luck getting a table during the holidays!)
Like many sad people, he turned to Twitter.
I turned a corner, and all of a sudden, there it was: this huge-ass billboard.
One of the lines that I really enjoyed was in the first episode.
Thats one of my favorite lines in the whole show.
It was kind of our thesis statement.
Heres this woman who is stuck in her glory days.
But now the world is changing around her, and people are evolving.
It used to be dive bars and auto-mechanic shops.
Now theres an oyster bar right across the street from Wrigley Field.
The obvious answer was she needs a nephew, because who is she the aunt to?
Theres a sex columnist named Dan Savage, whom Im a big fan of.
That tweet inspired the character Daniel.
Chicagoans love to complain about incorrect Hollywood portrayals of Chicago.
So Im curious if youre prepared for that.So far, Chicago seems to be pumped about it.
Overall, it feels like Chicago has been very supportive, but Im sure were going to get shit.
If theres one little thing that isnt exactly right, Im sure were gonna hear about it.
I kept it anonymous, but I was doing this very thick [accent].
You could tell it was a guy.
It was important that it wasnt too cartoony, even though its an animated show.
We wanted it to be grounded and not so over-the-top that its obnoxious.
So thats when we foundLauren Ash, who is an old friend of mine from Second City.
Her audition, she nailed it and totally got it.
It wasnt too much.
Youve done Second City, iO, and Annoyance Theatre.
My goal in life was to do Second City.
Ive achieved everything that I wanted to do already.
So now everything is just icing.
Funny you mentioned Da Bears.
I also grew up watchingSNL.
I was very inspired by that.
That sketch was written byRobert Smigel, who is a very prolificSNLwriter, and Bob Odenkirk.
Now Bob is like a mentor of mine.
It looks so funny.
He gave me his blessing, so that was a very cool moment.
Being a comedy kid from St. Charles, thats got to feel great.Oh my God, like crazy.
Bob and I are like friends now.
We go out to dinner and stuff.Mr.
Showwas a huge inspiration for me.
So yeah, its cool.
Where did Diane grow up?A lot of people think that Diane should be a South Sider.
I agree, but then you also see these women on the North Side.
Wrigleyville is the ultimate party neighborhood, and its close to Boystown.
Then she moved to the North Side.
Shes got the whole city covered.
To level up in comedy, you should probably leave Chicago eventually.
Its my goal one day to have a place back in Chicago and split my time.
So hopefully this show gets ten seasons, and Ill be able to do that.
Oh, youre in that?Yeah.
Ive been in a handful of them.
Anyway, theyre popular commercials.
The interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
