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One of my biggest disappointments from last year's fest was the unfortunate last-minute pullout by Greg Proops.
JFL42 Interview: Stand-up comic, improviser, and podcaster Greg Proops
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • September 20, 2018 @ 9:04pm
If you were to ask me my biggest influences in comedy, at the top of the list would be Greg Proops. When I was young, he was there as a staple cast members of Whose Line is it Anyway?, but as I aged I discovered he's also one of the most apt social critics working in stand-up comedy today.
The UK is home to a plethora of comedy panel and game shows. From QI to Would I Lie to You? to Mock the Week -- and seemingly hundreds more -- there are so many opportunities to catch some of your favourite UK-based comics (with the occasional Canadian, American, or Aussie thrown in) regularly on tele.
JFL42 Interview: Stand-up comic and actress Maria Bamford
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • September 18, 2018 @ 11:02am
Folks, it's the week of JFL42! Living in Toronto, this means I get to go to comedy "space camp" and interview some of my heroes. First up on that list of heroes is Maria Bamford.
Interview: Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld of College Humor and the advice podcast If I Were You
Posted by: Ian Bawa • February 28, 2018 @ 5:54pm
Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld are the writers, actors, and editors behind the award-winning webseries Jake & Amir, which began while the pair were writers at College Humor. Besides its immense popularity online, their series also appeared on television on MTV's The CollegeHumor Show.
Interview: Comic Courtney Gilmour talks about her JFL Homegrown win,
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • January 21, 2018 @ 9:43pm
In the fall of 2017, Toronto comic Courtney Gilmour was coming off the biggest professional accolade of her comedy career: being named the co-winner (along with Montreal's DJ Mausner) of the Homegrown Comics competition at Just for Laughs Festival.
Interview: Rhys Darby on his unique brand of stand-up, The Rock's Presidential ambitions, cryptozoology, and almost dying on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • November 11, 2017 @ 3:11pm
Rhys Darby may be best-known to audiences as Murray Hewitt on the acclaimed HBO series Flight of the Conchords, but the New Zealand Army veteran is also an accomplished stand-up comic, having worked all over the globe for nearly 2 decades and put out 3 stand-up specials.
Interview: Morocco-born francophone superstar Gad Elmaleh on the challenges and excitement of starting stand-up comedy all over in a new language
Posted by: Paul Little • November 9, 2017 @ 3:11pm
If you're a North American comedy fan, you may recognize Morocco-born comedian Gad Elmaleh from his various appearances over the last couple years on the talk show circuit: Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, CONAN,
Bronx-born comic, writer, and actress Gina Brillon started her stand-up career much earlier than most, at only 17 years old. Finding a way to fit in with the other older comics at New York City clubs -- and keeping audiences laughing along the way -- gave her experience most comics don't get until their late 20s or 30s. To learn about these daily JFL42 roundups, read the first one! Now, onto Wednesday's comedy shows, featuring Max Silvestri and the first night of Andy Kindler's midnight Alternative Shows.
Interview: Stand-up comic, writer, and actress Gina Brillon
Posted by: Paul Little • October 20, 2017 @ 12:46pm
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