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JFL Comedy Conference, Day 3, the finale: Late Night Writers panel

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Panels
JFL Comedy Conference, Day 3, the finale: Late Night Writers panel

LATE NIGHT: IN THE WRITERS ROOM Moderator: Bill Carter (New York Times) Panelists: Steve Bodow (Head Writer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Tim Carvell (Writer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Mike Gibbons (Executive Producer, The George Lopez Late Night Talk Show; Co-Creator/Writer/Executive Producer, Tosh.0), Barry Julien (Head Writer, The Colbert Report), Tom Ruprecht [...]

View Post Barry Julien, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Meredith Scardino, Mike Gibbons, Stephen Colbert, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Tom Ruprecht, WGA, writing

JFL Comedy Conference, Day 3, Part 2: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Panels
JFL Comedy Conference, Day 3, Part 2: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

UCB THEATRE PANEL Moderator: Paul Provenza Panelists: Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Neil Campbell, Andy Daly, Lennon Parham, Horatio Sanz Good turnout for this one, presumably from nerds like myself who enjoy anything and anything to do with the UCBT. Paul Provenza was absolutely the best choice possible to moderate this panel. He does [...]

View Post Andy Daly, Horatio Sanz, Ian Roberts, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Lennon Parham, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, Neil Campbell, Paul Provenza, UCB

JFL Comedy Conference, Day 3: Todd Phillips & another type of Hangover

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Panels
JFL Comedy Conference, Day 3: Todd Phillips & another type of Hangover

WEBCAST TO BROADCAST Panelists: Josh Faure-Brac (Creator & Executive Producer, SuperNews), Steven K.L. Olson (Director of Animation, SuperNews) There’s no way around it: I completely bailed on this one. I even bailed on the thing I was intending to bail on it for (the Artists vs. Industry ball hockey game). Funny thing about Just For [...]

View Post Ed Helms, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, SuperNews, Todd Phillips, Zach Galifinakis

JFL Comedy Conference, Day 1, part 2: Writers, the Web, & Awards

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Panels
JFL Comedy Conference, Day 1, part 2: Writers, the Web, & Awards

Alright, let’s tighten these things up, shall we? The balance of Thursday’s seminars weren’t quite as rockin’ as the not-all-that-rockin’-anyway development panel in the morning, but here’s the gist of what went down: COMEDY’S NEXT GENERATION OF WRITERS Moderator: David Bernath (SVP Programming, Comedy Central) Panelists: Kristofor Brown (Writer – Drillbit Taylor, Beavis and Butt-Head), [...]

View Post Dan Sterling, Darrin McAfee, Etan Cohen, Jim Breuer, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Kris Brown, Michael Farah, Tami Sagher, Todd Phillips, writing

JFL Comedy Conference, Day 1: CREATIVE BUSINESS OF COMEDY ON TELEVISION

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Panels
JFL Comedy Conference, Day 1: CREATIVE BUSINESS OF COMEDY ON TELEVISION

If Just For Laughs does anything well, it’s giving the appearance that their laminate-clad guests are VIPs. Through a hidden entrance beside the Hyatt bar was a red carpet, leading the way around a corner and into the dimly-lit and beautifully dressed conference room. Not a bad place to spend three days. But you wonder [...]

View Post Anton Leo, Gary Mann, Julie Pernworth, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Nick Weidenfeld, Renate Radford

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, [...]

View Post Andy Kindler, Andy Kindler - Featured, Aubrey Plaza, Eugene Mirman, Jon Dore, Josh Fadem, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Marc Maron, Matt Besser, Matt Braunger, Nick Kroll, Reggie Watts, standup

Just For Laughs: Louis CK @ Metropolis

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews
Just For Laughs: Louis CK @ Metropolis

Metropolis is the venue set aside for only the most rockin’ of Just For Laughs shows (my first experience there was in ’04 for Rob Smigel’s 3-hour Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Live so I became quickly initiated how insane things can get there). The lineup was, as expected, wrapped around the building upon my [...]

View Post Jimmy Carr, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Louis C.K. - Featured, Louis CK, standup

Just For Laughs: UCB does Asssscat / North America’s Best Comic

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews
Just For Laughs: UCB does Asssscat / North America’s Best Comic

When an improv nerd walks into a theatre and sees UCB Theatre co-founders Matt Walsh, Matt Besser, and Ian Roberts standing in the centre of the stage, the reaction is almost physical. These are the guys, and unless you live in LA, you’ll rarely see them on stage together outside of their annual Del Close [...]

View Post Andy Daly, Asssscat, Chad Carter, Chris Gethard, Horatio Sanz, Ian Roberts, improv, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Lennon Parham, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, UCB

Just For Laughs: New Faces, Ross Noble, Sketch Show

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews
Just For Laughs: New Faces, Ross Noble, Sketch Show

I’m tempted to say the second group of New Faces performers was slightly stronger than the first one I saw, but based on the improvement in audience energy that may be an unfair assessment. The list: Andy Ritchie Good joke writer. “I remember when college girls used to look at me. Now they just keep [...]

View Post Alex Koll, Andy Ritchie, Birthday Boys, Chris D’Elia, Imponderables, Jordan Peele, just for laughs montreal 2009, Kate Micucci, Kumail Nanjiani, Mary Mack, Matt Knudsen, Mike Bridentstein, Myq Kaplan, Rebecca Drysdale, Renee Gauthier, Riki Lindhome, Ross Noble

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 [...]

View Post Andy Kindler, Andy Kindler - Featured, Just For Laughs, just for laughs montreal 2009, Marc Maron, standup
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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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