Joe Doyle

Fl. 1978 · Comedy performer, touring company of The Second City

Joe Doyle was a member of a touring company of The Second City, the Chicago improv troupe. In 1978 the company performed and gave a workshop at Michigan State University in East Lansing. According to the Lansing State Journal report Quote Investigator transcribes, Doyle played an Irish priest with a “rich brogue” and told the creation joke. Little else about him is documented in the sources consulted here.

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“In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better”

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