Comedy
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Stand-up comic Darryl Lenox
Posted by: Paul Little • April 5, 2011 @ 7:15pm
If you frequent your local comedy club, you've probably seen Darryl Lenox perform live, as he's been making the rounds across the United States and Canada for years. He's established himself as an insightful, ambitious, and hardworking comic, and while you have to keep your brain turned on to really enjoy his sets, it's most definitely worth it.
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Stand-up comic and actor Sam Easton of "Incongruous"
Posted by: Paul Little • April 5, 2011 @ 3:58pm
Sam Easton may be a familiar face to you, whether you've stepped inside a comedy club across Canada, turned on your TV set, or visited your local multiplex over the last few years.
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall
Posted by: Paul Little • April 5, 2011 @ 12:28am
Montreal-born Kevin McDonald founded the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall in the mid-80s with Dave Foley, whom he met while training at the iconic Second City in Toronto.
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Comedian, actor, and all-around entertaining performer Chris Gibbs
Posted by: Paul Little • April 3, 2011 @ 2:07pm
The 2011 Winnipeg Comedy Festival began this past Friday, April 1st for the start of its 10-day run of mostly stand-up comedy (with a little bit of sketch, improv, and theatre) throughout the city of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Opinionated and controversial (to some) stand-up comedian Darren Frost
Posted by: Paul Little • March 25, 2011 @ 3:45am
When one is labelled controversial, it will usually bring with it a lot of attention. But while comic Darren Frost has frequently been given the moniker of "Canada's Most Controversial Comedian", he feels his reputation as an opinionated presence on stage has probably done more harm than good to his bottom line.
Since last I wrote to you in this section, I've spent some time in L.A. covering the Oscars for ShowbizMonkeys.com. But beyond just taking in the year's biggest celebration of film (or rather, spending time on the Red Carpet leading up to said celebration), I also took in a lot of comedy.
Amplified Idiots: J.D's 24 Hour Pogues St. Patrick's Day (Live Blog)
Posted by: J.D. Renaud • March 17, 2011 @ 2:02am
All day today, I will be listening to 'Streams of Whiskey' by The Pogues for 24 solid hours.
Yes, really.
Let me start this off by just saying that I do not hate myself. I doubt you believe that, but It's true.
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.
Exporting Raymond is a really enjoyable, funny documentary following the escapades of Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, as he attempts to win the comedy cold war by selling and adapting Raymond to the Russian networks.
John Mulaney: 2010 North American* Genius Monkey Comedy Award Winner
Posted by: Paul Little • February 20, 2011 @ 1:21am
The North American* Genius Monkey Comedy Award is given to a comedy writer/performer who is on his or her way up. It would be impossible -- or at least incredibly short-sighted -- to try and come up with the "funniest" comedian every year.
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