Punch Up Your Life - Logan Come Home (Logan Stefanson)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • March 16, 2022 @ 12:00am
Logan Stefanson: When the well being of an innocent stray dog, is thrust upon one dumb hungover kid (Logan) late for work, he must journey back through the events of the previous evening and find the true identity of the mysterious pup!
Punch Up Your Life - Jazz Hands of Justice (Jessica Buchanan)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • March 1, 2022 @ 7:01pm
Jessica Buchanan: When Jessica's school is threatened to be shut down, she is forced to commit social suicide, and admit that she cares about something.
Punch Up Your Life - Friend at the End (Jessica Seburn)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • February 16, 2022 @ 12:00am
Jessica Seburn: When Jessica's best friend dies suddenly, she starts using stand-up comedy as a means to process grief. Now Jessica must learn not just to be okay around death, but how to be friends with it, and make it her job.
Punch Up Your Life - This is Not That (J.D. Renaud)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • February 2, 2022 @ 12:01am
J.D. Renaud. August 14, 2003, the day of the Northeast Blackout. From 4pm to 4am, this was the day J.D. decided what he was going to do with the rest of their life.
Punch Up Your Life - A Heart Walk (Ava Julien)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • January 18, 2022 @ 11:51pm
Desperately lonesome Ava, on the brink of her thirties, leaves everything to move from the ostensibly new-age hippie vibe of Vancouver, to reconnect with her sister in the cold hustle of New York City.
Punch Up Your Life - My So Called Wiccan Summer (Rachel Manson)
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • January 18, 2022 @ 11:50pm
When 15-year-old Rachel gets her hands on the summer camp's shared Ouija board, she gains popularity by leading seances out of cabins... Much to the camp staff's dismay.
"Who would play you, in the movie of your life?" We've all done this ice breaker game. It's fun and silly, but can quickly lead to a much deeper question: "If your life was a movie, what are the most formative moments?" And that's the way into the interview.
Punch Up Your Life is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by comedian and writer Andrew Lizotte, where he interviews someone as if they are pitching him a biopic of their life.
Interview: Stand-up comic and actor Andy Kindler on his new album, the 25th anniversary of his JFL addresses, and mental health
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • October 17, 2020 @ 7:54pm
Andy Kindler has been a stand-up comic for over 30 years; toured endlessly across North America; co-starred in hit TV shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, Bob's Burgers, and Maron; spent years doing regular field pieces on The Late Show with David Letterman and returns to the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal every year to deliver his "State of the Industry" address.
JFL Interview: Late Night and Amber Ruffin Show writer/performer Jenny Hagel
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • October 8, 2020 @ 7:07pm
If you've watched Late Night with Seth Meyers over the last few years, you've likely seen lots of Second City alumn Jenny Hagel, either performing alongside Meyers and fellow writer Amber Ruffin for the popular "Jokes Seth Can't Tell" segment or appearing in various other bits and sketches.
DeAnne Smith has been doing stand-up for nearly 15 years, beginning in Montreal, moving to the Toronto scene, and performing on stages all over Canada, the United States, the UK, and Australia since. After previous TV appearances for Just for Laughs, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and The Late Late Show, the comedian debuted their own hilarious half-hour comedy special on Netflix called Gentleman Elf.
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