I’ve talked a couple of times about my cousin.  His name is John Hastings and he’s one of the funniest people that I’ve ever met.  And I’m not just saying that cause he’s a ginger.  Nope, he’s really funny, like gets paid to be funny.  Yes, it’s true, he was a comedian long before my [...]

By Richard K. Barry Jon Lovitz used to have this great routine on Saturday Night Live in the late 80s in which his character would tell the most outrageous lie and then punctuate the absurd claim with, “yeah, that’s the ticket.” It was hilarious b…

The legendary comic performed three shows at the Sony Centre this past weekend. Why his reputation for hackneyed “What’s the deal with…” jokes is undeserved.

Jerry Seinfeld Comedy Tour Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (1 Front Street East)May 4, 7 p.m., May 5, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. In the half hour before Jerry Seinfeld took to the stage at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, where he performed three shows this past weekend, Sinatra hits flowed from [...]

Here’s one idea I’ve been pondering when it comes to half-hour sitcoms: we (and…

There have been documentaries on it, comedies have used it as bits of added humor, but there has…

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By Carl If you haven’t read or heard anything about the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, well, you missed a doozy.It wasn’t particularly funny, but it did have an underlying nasty edge to it. Jimmy Kimmel was MC, w…

With The Five Year Engagement opening this weekend, Judd Apatow already has another film waiting to…

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  Listen folks, just because this guy got a nail from a nail gun into his heart that ain’t no reason to oohh and aaahhhh!That’s nothing, back in my younger days, your stalwart reporter survived an arrow in the heart with the only complication being a slight silliness for a few months! How’s that?

In the entire world, there are precisely two different celebrities that if I ever met, I would instantly cry: Kelly Clarkson and Steve Martin. It’s a short list, with a little variety, but one that I know to be true and on July 21st, I might be able to cross one of those names off [...]

Bret “The Hitman” Hart judged a Catch-23 improv show at Comedy Bar.

In many ways, Bret “The Hitman” Hart is the last of his kind. When professional wrestling ushered in a new era of in-your-face attitude and increasingly grey morality in the 2000s, he was the dyed-in-the-wool hero who refused to sacrifice the integrity of his character in the face of a shifting culture. And for his [...]

I’m taking some time off this week, so I’ve asked some of my friends to step into my shoes and do a little guest blogging for me.  Luckily, I have some pretty cool friends, who will be  weighing in with some really interesting and fun posts.  Their writing assignment was to teach both you and [...]

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WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT CANADA, RACISM, ALCOHOLISM AND HYPOCHONDRIA? LOTS, ACCORDING TO PLAYWRIGHT/NOVELIST ANOSH IRANIMy Granny the GoldfishMarch 17 to April 15, 2012 at Factory Theatre, TorontoTORONTO, ON…  “We are ple…

Some days I really love my job.  I was invited to a preview of what will be happening behind the scenes at tomorrow night’s Genie Awards. So here’s what I got: A hair lesson from Civello. My nails done by…

When I sat down with Kevin Durand in Toronto recently, the first thing I asked was for him to clear up a rumour. There’s an urban myth that’s come out of the University of Windsor, that the head of the Drama…

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Today’s the day to remember that age-old saying about March, lions and lambs, Ottawa – keep that bright hope for snow-free days going. But don’t worry: there’s a lot going on to lift your spirits this weekend, from some suburban comedy to silkscreening to learning how to write love poems. Mavericks is hosting a night of [...]

What do T-rexes, Pimp my Ride, and the National Arts Centre (NAC) have in common? All were re-imagined onstage at the final of the Ottawa Regional Improv Championship, which took place last Saturday, February 25. High school students from across the city met up at the National Arts Centre to show who had the chops [...]

Well, Ottawa, we’ve almost made it through to March. And there’s plenty going on to help celebrate those babysteps we’re taking towards spring… If the warm weather this week wasn’t enough to dispel those Suckuary vibes, Doldrums Winter Music Festival is for you. Raw Sugar, Cafe Dekcuf and the Rainbow have teamed up to bring [...]

By Richard K. BarryJean ShepherdA lot of people know who Jean Shepherd was or at least know about his best known work, A Christmas Story, which is by now a seasonal classic. The film features the exploits of a little boy in the Midwest, Ralph Park…

Dear Readers; Your long suffering writer gets all sorts of letters during the day …………………. some good, some bad, some we’re not sure what! Then there are people like this guy, who was commenting on last weekend’s ‘Sunday Morning Funnies! He obviously has us confused with The Globe and Mail. Submitted on 2012/02/16 at 10:21 [...]