WGN's Mike Toomey comes to Raue Center
Laugh your way into the new year with WGN Morning News regular Mike Toomey. Familiar with Raue Center, he has performed at Lucy's Comedy Cafe as well as recently opening for Bob Saget in November. This time he brings his show “Mike Toomey's TV&ME” to Raue Center For The Arts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14.
Toomey grew up glued to the tube, and “TV&ME” is the manifestation of his obsession. His ability to remember his favorite programs verbatim and impersonate the voices of his favorite characters made Toomey very popular with his classmates, if not his teachers. Once told by a grade school principal that “no one ever made a career out of watching television,” he set out to prove the principal wrong. He continues to this day on his lifelong mission to prove her wrong. To make a career out of watching TV: To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Take a journey back into 1960s and '70s TV Land. In the show, Toomey relates how his childhood television watching has shaped his adult life, while sharing his unique observations about his favorite programs and their characters. This multimedia presentation features more than 300 slides and sound bytes plus Toomey's dead-on impersonations of your favorite TV celebrities. “TV&ME” is a must see for all members of the TV generation.
Tickets are $31, $28, and $25; visit rauecenter.org, stop by the box office at 26 N. Williams St. or call (815) 356-9212.