Third Beat
  • Festival Coverage
    • Just For Laughs Montreal 2011
    • Just For Laughs Montreal 2009
    • Just For Laughs Toronto 2010
    • Just For Laughs Toronto 2009
    • Del Close Marathon 2009
  • Popular Artists
    • Louis C.K.
    • Andy Kindler
    • Paul F. Tompkins
    • Chris Hardwick
    • Todd Glass
  • Special Features
    • Saturday Night Live – Taping Report (2011)
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • Marc Maron Interview (2010)
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • Paul Provenza & Dan Dion “Sataristas” Interview (2010)
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • Jim Breuer Interview (2010)
    • Inaugural MaxFunCon recap (2009)
  • Panels & Talks
    • Onion News Network – Paley Center (2011)
    • Women & Late Night TV – Paley Center (2010)
    • Jim Carrey “Inside The Actors’ Studio” Taping Report (2011)
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • Writers of The Colbert Report – Paley Center (2009)
    • Writers of Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon – Paley Center (2009)
    • Writers of Late Night w/ Conan O’Brien – Paley Center (2008)
    • Stephen Colbert in Conversation – New Yorker Festival (2008)

Posts tagged "Louis C.K. – Featured"

Home» Posts tagged "Louis C.K. – Featured"

Get thee to Reddit

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized

Today, Louis C.K. is doing an AMA on Reddit. If you don’t understand the second half of that sentence, here’s my best attempt to lay it out: Reddit is a link-sharing and discussion website, broken down into a seemingly endless number of topic pages (or “subreddits”). One of those subreddits is called “IAMA“, where people [...]

View Post Louis C.K. - Featured, Louis CK

Just for Laughs: In Conversation with Louis C.K.

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized
Just for Laughs: In Conversation with Louis C.K.

Rarely has a lineup actually snaked – around corners, no less – for a Just For Laughs daytime event. But if anyone can make industry types form a single line in an orderly fashion (well, semi-orderly), it’s Louis C.K. Richard Crouse, Film Critic for CTV’s Canada AM, interviewed Louis infront of a standing room only [...]

View Post just for laughs 2011, Louis C.K. - Featured, Louis CK

Talking Talking Funny

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized

So, what’s it really like? Long before many of us were in a position to actually speak to a real live comedian, there was little we could do to imagine exactly what it’s like to be a part of that seemingly exclusive* club. (*this label vanishes after your first open mic) Depending on interviews, we’d [...]

View Post Louis C.K. - Featured

JFL Toronto: Saturday Night’s More Than Alright

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews
JFL Toronto: Saturday Night’s More Than Alright

This was my night to be on the run — hitting up 3 shows, or, perhaps more accurately 1 show and 2 chunks. I was shocked to learn before departing for the 8pm Double Threat show at Yuk Yuk’s that it was not sold out. What? This was a double bill of Todd Barry and [...]

View Post Chris Hardwick, Chris Hardwick - Featured, jfl toronto 2010, Louis C.K. - Featured, Louis CK, Noel Fielding, sarah silverman, Todd Barry

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

Review: Sarah Silverman & Friends, Just For Laughs Toronto

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Sharilyn Johnson in Festivals, Reviews
Review: Sarah Silverman & Friends, Just For Laughs Toronto

Friday night at Toronto’s Massey Hall, Sarah Silverman summed up every audience member’s thoughts in six words: “Can you believe this lineup? Seriously.” Just For Laughs Toronto indeed blew its alt-comedy load in twin 90-minute shows with Silverman as host, and featuring John Mulaney, Arj Barker, Todd Glass, David Cross, and Louis CK. It’s the [...]

View Post Arj Barker, David Cross, John Mulaney, Just For Laughs, Just For Laughs Toronto 2009, Louis C.K. - Featured, Louis CK, sarah silverman, standup, Todd Glass, Todd Glass - Featured

Louis C.K. in Toronto: a non-review

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Sharilyn Johnson in Uncategorized
Louis C.K. in Toronto: a non-review

Two shows sold out. A third added, sold out. A fourth easily would have, and a fifth and sixth *may* have given scalpers some inventory (the week leading up to the shows, the “wanted” listings on Craigslist vastly outnumbered the “for sale” posts). It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when Louis C.K. became big in this [...]

View Post Louis C.K. - Featured, Louis CK, standup

Search Archives

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

About the Editor

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.

(c) 2012 Third Beat - Web Design by Jason Bobich