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12/17/2019

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11/01/2019

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I moved to Toronto from Halifax to start doing stand up at 19. Up to that point, my whole life was The Maritimes. I got lost on the subway (I know) and the streetcar legit scared me. Didn't know how to get on it. 'You walk into the middle of the road?! But there are cars!' 'They stop!' 'That one

10/11/2019

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Punching down. Merely typing it, I shiver. It used to just be called “a tasteless joke”. Now, some say it’s singlehandedly impeding transformative social change. Is punching down but a toxic element, best left buried deep in the ore of our comic fossil record? Or can it be harnessed responsibl...

08/22/2019

If you’re anything like me, you’ve always wanted a career as a comedy writer. But, either you’re a genius that the world simply isn’t ready for, or you are straight up not good enough. One way or another, it’s not happening. After ten plus years of living paycheck to paycheck and devoting ...

07/19/2019

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In April of 2011, a little over a year after doing my first stand up set, I did my first show in a major comedy festival.  It was at the Filipino Cultural Centre and I was opening for one of the top Filipino comedians in North America, despite being Chinese and Jewish myself.   We

07/10/2019

Another great read in The Comedy Tribune

Crossing the Atlantic on a cruise ship wasn’t something I ever dreamed of doing, but I’ve now done it twice. Crossed most of the Pacific, too. From Fiji to Los Angeles. But today I fly home to L.A. from the island of Terceira, in the Azores. I go eastward first, a thousand miles to Lisbon – tw...

07/04/2019

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“Mom, Dad,  I’m quitting my very good corporate job to become a part time puppeteer.” It’s still so hard to believe that this ridiculous string of words would have the biggest impact on my life thus far.  But here I am writing this on a tropical island, sipping a pina colada.&

06/26/2019

Some good life lessons from comedy writer Bob Kerr.

There are a handful of comedy-writing jobs out there. I was one of the lucky few, having written for one of Canada’s longest-running comedy series: This Hour Has 22 Minutes . I’ve been fortunate enough to work in this industry for…wow, almost 15 years.  So in that time, I’ve been able

06/21/2019

If you happen to know someone who is a stand up comic, there’s a good chance you know that most of them have a vice, whether it be a drink, or a toot, women or men, I think you get where I’m going. Mine is food! Always has been. Growing up to Greek Immigrant parents in the food business opened u...

06/13/2019

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“Thanks Montreal!” The crowd laughed a lot that night. I said goodnight and put the microphone back in the stand as I had so many times before. This performance, however, held a very special meaning. I passed the green room and went through the door leading into the open space by the freight ele...

06/05/2019

Great read!

My name is Bradley Layden and I’m a comedy addict. I’m obsessed with standup comedy. I want to perform it all the time. And when I’m not, I’m thinking about it, prepping for it, watching other people do it, listening to podcasts about it, even dreaming about it. I’m not the only one. Addic...

05/29/2019

By the end of last summer it was obvious that Toronto would set a new record for homicides. The majority of these were in the Black community.  Too many young kids.... I asked myself how could I help make a difference? What could I do? How could I help to change things? I hosted a boxing