Nowadays, everyone incorporates video and all this kind of stuff, but we did video, animation and puppetry during the days when that wasn’t really done. We did four different shows in Chicago and, for their time, they were pretty amazing shows. To act, to improvise and to try to be funny, and it really solidified it for me. It was between Second City and White Noise that I really, you know, found my passion. While I was there I got involved with a group - there were six of us - called White Noise. Yeah, I did radio before I did any of that in a city in Indiana called Rensselaer, and then from there, I went and I trained at Second City. Tell me a little bit about your start in comedy. They called us this year and said, “You guys, come back!” So, we’re doing our second episode there next week. We ended up in Indianapolis at the Colts stadium and it did so well not just for us but for the NFL.
We did an episode where we did all the guys’ bachelor party. This has only been the second time after we did it last year. How often do you guys shoot on location in Indianapolis? I recently caught up with O’Heir after shooting an episode of Parks in Indianapolis to talk about his start in comedy, improvising with the best in the business, and why he doesn’t take vacations. Even though Gergich retired from the town of Pawnee at the end of last season, Parks’ producers found a way to bring him back for Season 6. It’s a testament to O’Heir’s portrayal of lovable loser Gergich that the character has gone from bit player in the NBC comedy’s early days to frequent source of the show’s biggest laughs. Chicago native Jim O’Heir had steady work as a veteran character actor in Hollywood until he finally caught a break in 2009 with a role he was born to play: Parks and Recreation’s put-upon government employee with the hot wife, Jerry Gergich.
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