Candy Jay Chandrasekhar Stephen Colbert Andy Dick Brian Doyle-Murray Rachel Dratch Ali Farahnakian Chris Farley Alex Baze Jon Favreau Tina Fey Neil Flynn Aaron Freeman Pete Gardner Jon Glaser TJ Jagodowski Tim Kazurinsky David Koechner Shelley Long Adam McKay Tim Meadows Susan Messing Jerry Minor Bill Murray Joel Murray Mike Myers Bob Odenkirk Tim O'Malley David Pasquesi Amy Poehler Gilda Radner Harold Ramis Andy Richter Ian Roberts Hugh Romney (Wavy Gravy) Mitch Rouse Horatio Sanz Amy Sedaris Jason Sudeikis Brian Stack Eric Stonestreet Dave Thomas Vince Vaughn Matt Walsh Stephnie Weir George Wendt The Delmonic Interviews In 2002, Cesar Jaime and Jeff Pacocha produced and directed a film composed of interviews with former students, friends, and collaborators of Del Close. The film documented not only Del's life and history, but the impact he had on the people in his life and the art form he helped to create. It is not sold on DVD and was made as a thank you and a tribute to Del, "as a way to allow those that never got to meet or study with him, a chance to understand what he was like." The Delmonic Interviews includes interviews with: Charna Halpern (co-founder of Chicago's iO Theater), Matt Besser (iO's The Family; Upright Citizens Brigade), Rachel Dratch (iO; Second City; Saturday Night Live), Neil Flynn (iO's The Family; NBC's Scrubs), Susan Messing (iO; Second City; Annoyance Productions), Amy Poehler (Upright Citizens Brigade, Saturday Night Live), and Miles Stroth (iO's The Family; Del's "Warchief"). The film was shown at several national improv festivals, including the 2004 Chicago Improv Festival, the 2004 Phoenix Improv Festival, the 2002 Del Close Marathon in New York City, and the 2006 LA Improv Festival. In print Close is featured in an extensive interview in Something Wonderful Right Away, a book about the members of the Compass Players and Second City written by Jeffrey Sweet. Originally published in 1978 by Avon, it is currently available from Limelight Editions. From 1984 to 1988, Del Close wrote comic book stories in First Comics' Grimjack. With regular writer John Ostrander, Close co-wrote Munden's Bar stories in Grimjack issues #3, 4, 8, 10, 17, 22, 25, 28, 35, and 42. (Close knew Ostrander from the Chicago theater scene.) From 1987 to 1989, also with Ostrander, Close wrote anthology-style horror stories in the DC Comics title Wasteland. Several of the stories are allegedly autobiographical; one recounts Close's