Punch Up Your Life - A Heart Walk
Punch Up Your Life - My So Called Wiccan Summer
Punch Up Your Life – Introduction
Interview: Sketch comedy troupe TallBoyz chats ahead of their Season 2 premiere on CBC
JFL Interview: Late Night and Amber Ruffin Show writer/performer Jenny Hagel
JFL Interview: Stand-up comic DeAnne Smith
Interview: The Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone and Chester Tam
Interview: Chester Tam of Hot Rod and The Lonely Island
Interview: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island, SNL's Digital Short masterminds, have a new CD coming out
Just for Laughs Interview: Adam Hills
2009 North American* Genius Monkey Comedy Award
Desperately lonesome Ava, on the brink of her thirties, leaves everything to move from the ostensibly new-age hippie vibe of Vancouver, to reconnect with her sister in the cold hustle of New York City.
Punch Up Your Life - My So Called Wiccan Summer
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte // January 18, 2022 @ 11:50pm
When 15-year-old Rachel gets her hands on the summer camp's shared Ouija board, she gains popularity by leading seances out of cabins... Much to the camp staff's dismay.
"Who would play you, in the movie of your life?" We've all done this ice breaker game.
Interview: Sketch comedy troupe TallBoyz chats ahead of their Season 2 premiere on CBC
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte // February 15, 2021 @ 7:53pm
The most interesting part of any TV series is the second season. The show runners know what they like, what they don't, what works, what they can add, what the audience loves, and what they can make bigger. The voice is now stronger and more focused. A shot gun blast becomes a laser.
Don't get me wrong, the shot gun blast is fun.
Interview: Stand-up comic and actor Andy Kindler on his new album, the 25th anniversary of his JFL addresses, and mental health
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte // October 17, 2020 @ 7:54pm
Andy Kindler has been a stand-up comic for over 30 years; toured endlessly across North America; co-starred in hit TV shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, Bob's Burgers, and Maron; spent years doing regular field pieces on The Late Show with David Letterman and returns to the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal every year to deliver his "State of the Industry
JFL Interview: Late Night and Amber Ruffin Show writer/performer Jenny Hagel
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte // October 8, 2020 @ 7:07pm
If you've watched Late Night with Seth Meyers over the last few years, you've likely seen lots of Second City alumn Jenny Hagel, either performing alongside Meyers and fellow writer Amber Ruffin for the popular "Jokes Seth Can't Tell" segment or appearing in various other bits and sketches.
DeAnne Smith has been doing stand-up for nearly 15 years, beginning in Montreal, moving to the Toronto scene, and performing on stages all over Canada, the United States, the UK, and Australia since.
Interview: Comic Gavin Matts coming back to Canada for a mini tour out west
Posted by: Paul Little // November 7, 2019 @ 7:55pm
Comic Gavin Matts has had a pretty good last couple years.
JFL42 Interview: Juno-winning stand-up Dave Merheje of Hulu's Ramy
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte // October 9, 2019 @ 5:41pm
Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, New York-based comedian Dave Merheje has had a pretty stellar 2019.
JFL42 Reviews: Serious Talk with Funny People, Gabriel Iglesias, The El-Salomons, My Gorgeous Son
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys // September 30, 2019 @ 5:34pm
Serious Talk with Funny People
September 28, 2019 • 3:00 PM @ TIFF Bell Lightbox
Reviewed by: Andrew Lizotte
Spirits were high as the panelists (Andy Kindler, Deanne Smith, Jessica Holmes, and Byron Bowers) took to
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