JFL Toronto Interview: Stand-up comic Vir Das
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • September 26, 2022 @ 4:30pm
If you don't know who Vir Das is by this point, that's on you, because he's very busy. Most recently, the stand-up comic released an all-crowd work special which was recorded over Zoom -- two phrases that make him a comedy daredevil. This marks his 4th special for Netflix.
JFL Toronto Reviews: Kurt Braunohler & Alex Edelman
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • September 24, 2022 @ 9:04am
Kurt Braunohler
Reviewed by: Matthew Ardill
After having a delightful conversation with the incredible Kurt Braunohler, I felt it was a MUST to make it to his shows (which is a lie – I had tickets to last night's 9 PM show at Comedy Bar and "Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen" well before I got to sit wi
JFL Toronto Review: John Mulaney - From Scratch
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • September 23, 2022 @ 6:27pm
The journey to the From Scratch Tour for John Mulaney and the city of Toronto has been a long one starting in 2018, and has had many twists and turns. He canceled four shows in Toronto for reasons from "I don't remember" to an opportunity to host Saturday Night Live (again).
JFL Toronto Interview: Kurt Braunohler embracing the bananas
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • September 22, 2022 @ 9:12pm
Kurt Braunohler has been embracing the bananas since well before he had a podcast of the same name. A stand-up comedian, actor, and improviser, Kurt's material ranges from the conversational to the absurdist, and has always been willing to go to new places.
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.
Punch Up Your Life - The Height of Depression (Ryan Sheedy)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • July 21, 2022 @ 7:24pm
Ryan Sheedy - In the middle of epically spiraling out, from a series of melancholy events, Ryan still has to make rent the only way he knows how... Birthday Clown. Will Ryan be able to get out from under this emotional boulder, and not scar a generation of children?
Hools Kay: the ins and outs of family feuds, from cokehead baby daddies to mothers going haywire for her daughter's wedding. But where does Holly fit in? (Dark comedy)
Punch Up Your Life - The Assorted Spectres of Saint John's Road (Isabel Zaw-Tun)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • June 7, 2022 @ 10:00pm
Isabel Zawtun: Two musicians with four rambunctious kids move from a tiny town in northern Alberta to a haunted house in downtown Toronto.
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.
Punch Up Your Life - Begging for Scraps (Chris Sandiford)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • May 31, 2022 @ 7:54pm
Our apologies for the delay, but it was worth the wait...
Chris Sandiford: Chris is an ambitious home cook, who came THIS CLOSE to winning a season-long competition cooking show. A fan favourite, he stuck it out and published his own cookbook for humans and their best friends... dogs! This combo backfires however, and inadvertently leads to MANY lawsuits.
SBM on Social Media