Saturday night I caught Team Submarine at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival (which has one more weekend of shows!)  Their opening itself blew me away.  Nate Fernald and Steve O’Brien came out to Bow-wow-wow’s, “I Want Candy” throwing smartees into the audience.  But they didn’t stop there.  Then came the slices of bread.  Then bananas. Then raw potatoes, and a pineapple.  A pineapple?  Yes, a pineapple.  And trophies, and a VCR, and a TV, and a keyboard to an old computer, all while we yelled and raised our hands for more, as they gave out a bike, and finally a 10 foot long metal folding table they crowd-surfed up through the seats.  The song over, the prizes given away, and panting, Steve O’Brien announced, “We’re Team Submarine.  And we’re gonna need all of that back!”  Music kicked back in, and off we went in reverse tossing back the perishables and the thrift-store gems.

Playing themselves, their conversational form of sketch comedy dealt with a team breakup, tech problems, and touched on a few games like “truth or dare” (or “truth or dump” as Nate use to play).  If you missed the show, check out their website. They’ve already gone back to their base in NY, so keep an eye out for these guys if you make it up to the big apple in the near future.  Cause they’ll be throwing fruit at you.  And you’ll like it.