Posts with the tag sketch comedy.

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Guest Kelly Zemnickis talks about Brock and John's Unrehearased

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  April 15, 2024 @ 7:00am

Matt invites comedian and documentarian Kelly Zemnickis to visit Ardill Sound Studios to record the first in person Comedy Album Book Club in years. We chat about Toronto comedian's Brock (Simpson) and John (Mitchell)'s Unrehearsed.

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The Kids in the Hall a high school reunion

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  June 7, 2022 @ 1:25pm

The Kids in the Hall released a new season and it's caused me to reflect on my relationship with comedy. Comedy is defined by moments: moments of laughter, moments of pain, moments of import. SNL was one of my earliest relationships. The show started a year after I was born and I started watching it way too early.

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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.

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Interview: Comedian and SheDot Festival co-producer Karen O'Keefe

Posted by: Paul Little  •  May 5, 2017 @ 6:20am

This year's SheDot Festival ("Toronto's Festival of Funny Women") runs from May 4-7 and features stand-up, sketch, and improv shows; workshops; and industry panels. Now in its fourth year, it has grown from an essentially local Toronto festival to one featuring a majority of its performers from across North America.

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Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Tim Gray & Matt Nightingale, stand-up comics and members of the sketch troupe HUNKS

Posted by: Paul Little  •  April 6, 2017 @ 6:51pm

Tim Gray and Matt Nightingale are veterans of the Winnipeg stand-up comedy scene, and this year they're both a part of the local contingent at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Besides their accomplishments as stand-up comics (Gray's first comedy album comes out this June, while Nightingale is a regular host at Rumor's Comedy Club), they're also members of the sketch troupe HUNKS.

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Interview: Late Night with Conan O'Brien writer/performer Brian Stack

Posted by: Paul Little  •  October 19, 2007 @ 3:28pm

I want to start by saying that I'm a big fan of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. I've been watching the show since its first episode (when I was probably too young to be watching late night TV at all) and I've been hooked ever since.

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