Exit 57

Exit 57
Genre
Created by
Directed by
Starring
  • Stephen Colbert
  • Paul Dinello
  • Jodi Lennon
  • Mitch Rouse
  • Amy Sedaris
Opening themeIf I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkComedy Central
ReleaseAugust 20, 1995 (1995-08-20) –
1996 (1996)
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Exit 57 is a 30-minute sketch comedy series that aired on the American television channel Comedy Central from 1995 to 1996; its cast was composed of comedians Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Jodi Lennon, Mitch Rouse, and Amy Sedaris, all of whom had previously studied improv at The Second City in Chicago. In 1999 Sedaris, Dinello, Colbert and Rouse also created the Comedy Central show Strangers with Candy.

All of the sketches in the series are implied to take place in the fictionalized suburban setting of the Quad Cities.