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Andy Kindler: Sunday Night Live

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized
Andy Kindler: Sunday Night Live

The weekend leading up to Andy Kindler’s return as host of Sunday Night Live was in itself a solid sketch premise. With near-capacity houses for his four standup performances, and a memorable turn hosting the weekly sketch show in 2009, Kindler had every reason to approach the gig with confidence. But well-meaning conversation-makers at Comedy [...]

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Andy Kindler: Saturday Night Shins ‘n Giggles

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized
Andy Kindler: Saturday Night Shins ‘n Giggles

What’s that? You want more Andy Kindler? Happy to oblige. Saturday’s late show, the final of his four-show standup engagement at Toronto’s Comedy Bar, brought out a packed house of troublemakers. Oh, things got wild.

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Andy Kindler live in Toronto: Friday

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized
Andy Kindler live in Toronto: Friday

“The laughs came fast and furious last night at Comedy Bar…” Alright, those aren’t my words, but Andy Kindler’s tongue-in-cheek self-review of his two sets at Comedy Bar in Toronto, his first shows there since 2009.

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Eugene Mirman and Pretty Good Friends

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Sharilyn Johnson in Featured, Uncategorized
Eugene Mirman and Pretty Good Friends

Thursday night’s Eugene Mirman and Pretty Good Friends featured the killer lineup of Andy Kindler, Kurt Braunohler, John Mulaney, and David O’Doherty. Mirman flew all the way back to NYC to do this same show in Brooklyn on Friday night, and he’ll be back in Montreal again tonight for one more JFL edition of Pretty [...]

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State of the Industry: Quotable Kindler

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized
State of the Industry: Quotable Kindler

Andy Kindler makes his share of direct hits when he takes the entertainment world to task every year during his State of the Industry Address. But let’s face it: we love Andy just as much when the ammo goes slightly off-course. It’s tempting to edit this down, and just show you only the best of [...]

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JFL Toronto: Alternative Show feat. Patton Oswalt

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews
JFL Toronto: Alternative Show feat. Patton Oswalt

On paper, those of us who attended the 9:30 Alternative Show on Thursday night got shorted. Those early-show people got the surprise bonus additions of Noel Fielding and Chris Hardwick! Damn them! Plus, they got a set from Pat Thornton which, by all accounts was absolutely killer. Sigh. It’s hard to feel too sorry for [...]

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Andy Kindler cooks it old-school

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized
Andy Kindler cooks it old-school

Finally. Kindler’s first dvd, I Wish I Was Bitter, was filmed back in 2003. Yes, six long years ago. Why it took this long to release? I can’t even begin to guess. But what’s important is that it’s here now. Full disclosure, which perhaps is the only part of this you really need to read: [...]

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Just For Laughs: The Alternative Show

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews

The Alternative Show is one of those “sure things” of the festival, and with its midnight start time typically ends up capping off my week in Montreal. All the comics have gotten to know each other and are slightly loopy from the lack of sleep, and the paying audience usually only fills the main level, [...]

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Just For Laughs: Andy Kindler’s State of the Industry Address

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews
Just For Laughs: Andy Kindler’s State of the Industry Address

The hour we wait all year for (ok, I wait for… and Elon Gold waits for…you had to be there) was finally upon us this afternoon, as Andy Kindler delivered the 14th (really?!) annual State of the Industry Address at the Hyatt. The blogged-about-yesterday Marc Maron introduced Kindler this year, because “I, like Andy, have [...]

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Gallery: Andy Kindler in Toronto

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized

The one and only Andy Kindler sent Toronto alt-comedy geeks into a frenzy at the Comedy Bar last night, playing two sold out shows and satisfying anxious admirers who’ve waited all too long to see him back in Toronto. The Friday late show featured an experience that was a first for Andy: a front-row fan [...]

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Upcoming Toronto dates of note:

Feb. 23-25 - Gilbert Gottfried, Yuk Yuk's
Feb. 25 - Sklar Brothers, Comedy Bar
Mar. 3 - Stop Podcasting Yourself, Comedy Bar
Mar. 5 - Andrea Martin, Roy Thomson Hall
Mar. 9 - Jo Koy, Winter Garden Theatre
Mar. 15 - Awkward! Queer Edition, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Mar. 16 - Danny Bhoy, Massey Hall
Mar. 22 - Nick Thune, Glenn Gould Studio
Mar. 23 - Tracy Morgan, Sony Centre
Apr. 12 - Ron White, Massey Hall
Apr. 13 - Bob Newhart, Roy Thomson Hall
Apr. 14 - Gerry Dee, Toronto Centre for the Arts
Apr. 27 - John Pinette, Massey Hall

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Sharilyn Johnson is a writer and communications professional. She's been an entertainment reporter since 1995, and began focusing on comedy in 1998. Before relocating to Toronto in 2008, she served as the comedy reporter for Winnipeg's alt weekly, Uptown Magazine, for five years and hosted the weekly radio program Laugh Tracks on CJUM for three seasons. Her comedy coverage has also appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, and on CBC Radio's national comedy show LOL.

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