Posts with the tag CONAN.

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Interview: 2023 Juno-winning stand-up comic Jon Dore

Posted by: Andrew Lizotte  •  March 12, 2023 @ 1:23pm

The main telecast for the 2023 Juno Awards (hosted for the second year in a row by actor Simu Liu) might not be happening until tomorrow, but the trophies for many of the awards started getting handed out last night in Edmonton.

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JFL Toronto Interview: Stand-up comic, CONAN writer, and author Laurie Kilmartin

Posted by: Paul Little  •  September 16, 2022 @ 11:18pm

Laurie Kilmartin has been making people laugh for a long time. She's been working as a stand-up for most of her adult life, putting out 3 albums (including 2021's Corset) and appearing on late night shows like CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

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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.

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Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Stand-up comic Nick Nemeroff

Posted by: Paul Little  •  May 2, 2019 @ 12:34pm

Nick Nemeroff is a Montreal comic who has been a mainstay in the Toronto comedy scene for the past few years, winning Best Newcomer and Best Breakout Comic at the 2017 and 2018 I Heart Joke Awards. He's made appearances at Montreal's Just for Laughs and Comedy Central's Clusterfest, and his comedy has been described as "aggressively deadpan".

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Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Stand-up comic D.J. Demers talks about his recent Conan appearance and his relatively quick rise in comedy

Posted by: Paul Little  •  April 10, 2015 @ 4:55pm

Toronto-based stand-up comic D.J. Demers has only been in the game for about 6 years, but in that time he's risen through the strong local Toronto comedy scene and made a name for himself on an international level.

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Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Harland Williams

Posted by: J.D. Renaud  •  April 11, 2012 @ 2:02pm

If you needed an education on the genuine comedy oddballs that Canada is well known for producing, it would be a crime to overlook Harland Williams.

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Interview: Conan graphic designer (and occasional on-screen performer) Pierre Bernard

Posted by: Paul Little  •  March 7, 2011 @ 6:38pm

Getting into graphic design -- originally comic book lettering, and later television design -- Pierre Bernard had no aspirations to be a television performer. But a few years after starting at Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the early 90s, he made a random appearance on the show sparked by a design of his on a "New State Quarters" sketch, which was a huge hit.

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Late night talk show guests: November 29-December 5

Posted by: Paul Little  •  November 29, 2010 @ 8:06pm

Hi all! It's Monday, which means another week of late night comedy to check out. But first, how did your weekends go? Have an enjoyable Thanksgiving? Get any crazy Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals? (And hopefully not trampled in the process!)

Well, enough of the pleasantries. Let's get to the listings, shall we?

First, a quick Top 5 for you:

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Late night talk show guests: November 22-28

Posted by: Paul Little  •  November 22, 2010 @ 9:26pm

Unfortunately, I have no time today to talk about what went down last week in late night, nor who to check out this week. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. this Thursday, the Comedy Central shows are airing repeats all week, and the other shows have repeats either Thursday, Friday, or both.

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Late night talk show guests: November 15-21

Posted by: Paul Little  •  November 14, 2010 @ 10:28pm

Conan O'Brien returned! Did you watch? What did you think? Many critics thought he was "too safe" -- I guess they were expecting him to re-invent the wheel, given the freedom he had gained by owning his own show on basic cable. But Conan has always wanted to be a talk show host, and we shouldn't have expected him to do too much more than that.

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