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Interview: Comedian Demetri Martin heads across Western Canada as part of this year's Just for Laughs tour
Posted by: Paul Little • November 3, 2014 @ 11:10pm
Full disclosure upfront: the first stand-up comedy CD I ever purchased and listened to multiple times over was Demetri Martin's 2006 debut, These Are Jokes. I bought the CD while on a road trip to Minneapolis to see a concert, and listened to the album multiple times on the 8-hour drive home.
Interview: Comic Debra DiGiovanni of Match Game and Video on Trial is a "Late Bloomer"
Posted by: Paul Little • January 27, 2014 @ 10:17pm
The first thing you realize when watching Debra DiGiovanni -- whether it's on stage or during her appearances on television shows such as Comedy's Match Game or Much Music's Video on Trial -- is that she's ridiculously funny.
Interview: Match Game's Darrin Rose crossing Canada with a cast of comics for Just for Laughs
Posted by: Paul Little • November 9, 2013 @ 6:21pm
Just for Laughs is a comedy institution -- an iconic name not just in Canada but around the world.
Interview: Irish stand-up comic Tommy Tiernan talks about the role of the "fool" and why he relishes it
Posted by: Paul Little • April 12, 2013 @ 3:16am
Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan has been performing stand-up since the early 90s. Around his home country, he's achieved monster success, to the point of being considered comedy's answer to Bono (who, according to Tiernan, should be Ireland's answer to the papacy). But around the rest of the world, even places where he has achieved success, his reputation is as a controversial comic.
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Rising Canadian comedian K. Trevor Wilson
Posted by: J.D. Renaud • April 9, 2013 @ 11:22am
I've had the good fortune of seeing K. Trevor Wilson perform a number of times, and every time I do, his jokes only get better, his delivery only gets smoother, and his beard only gets more luxurious.
Interview: Jeremy Hotz, the most miserable comic in the world of stand-up
Posted by: Paul Little • March 9, 2013 @ 1:23am
At this stage of his career, Jeremy Hotz could be considered an icon of Canadian comedy. Having achieved some success south of the 49th (where Hotz has been living for over a decade) -- including appearances on The Tonight Show and a Comedy Central Presents special -- the stand-up comic has pretty much done it all in Canada.
JFL42: The 3 Things Wrong With the Best Thing Ever
Posted by: J.D. Renaud • October 5, 2012 @ 7:58pm
"Welcome to JFL42, the world's most confusing comedy festival.
2012 Just for Laughs: Interviews and coverage live from Montréal
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 23, 2012 @ 12:23am
Our year of festival coverage continues! Beginning with the Academy Awards at the end of February, we've been bringing you on-the-ground coverage of some of the biggest and coolest events and festivals in North America. Now it's time to head east for the biggest comedy festival on the planet: Just for Laughs.
Just for Laughs Interview: Stand-up comic Hannibal Buress (the 2012 edition)
Posted by: Tony Hinds • July 22, 2012 @ 3:23pm
When discussing Hannibal Buress' career, the word "rising" comes to mind. Over the past 7 years, Buress has gradually emerged from throngs of Chicago-bred comics to find himself head and shoulders above his peers.
Top Five: Shows to check out in Montréal at the 2012 Just for Laughs Festival
Posted by: Tony Hinds • July 19, 2012 @ 1:07pm
ShowbizMonkeys.com's Top Fives has returned to drop science on y'all! And by science, we mean comedy! The fest has already begun, so now seems like a good time to check out some of the best shows at the 2012 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. At least, in our opinion.
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