Monday, March 5, 2012

Hometown comic Griffin completes a tour of Zanies

You can't go home again, they say. But you sure can visit everyonce and a while.

And Chicago-born Los Angeles-based comic Anthony Griffin will becompleting his "Zanies '91" tour as headliner this weekend at theoriginal Zanies, 1548 N. Wells. He recently worked the St. Charlesand Mount Prospect rooms, and now returns to the site of some of hisearlier triumphs.

A little more than a year ago, Griffin, buoyed by local successand some strong showings in comedy contests (he won a national onesponsored by a liquor company), moved to the land of the pink Lakershats. The relocation reflects a trend in the Witty City: Chicagocomics heading West to be discovered by the …

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