Nobody knows how long we’ll be suffering from coronavirus, or holed up in quarantine. Two of the biggest annual global comedy festivals already have cancelled on 2020 because of it — first came the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, w…
Continue ReadingThis year, Ron Funches had the honors of introducing Andy Kindler at Just For Laughs, and Funches took a few of his own swings at the comedy industry before letting Kindler deliver his 2019 State of the Industry in Montreal. Or as Funches ribbed, ̶…
Continue ReadingCheck out this year’s crop of New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, as assembled before their first shows together Wednesday and Thursday, and photographed by Tristan Brand. Group 1 Group 2 Characters Unrepped
Continue ReadingCheck out this year’s crop of New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, as assembled before their first shows together Wednesday and Thursday, and photographed by Tristan Brand. Group 1 Group 2 Characters Unrepped
Continue ReadingEvery year the Just For Laughs Festival invites a handful of emerging comedians and invites them to perform at the… MORE
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Congrats, everybody! NEW FACES OF COMEDY Anna Drezen is a writing supervisor for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and the co-author of the books How To Win At Feminism and How Many We Hate You. The latter, which was based o…
Continue ReadingEvery year Just For Laughs holds an awards ceremony to honor their brothers and sisters in comedy. Bestowing accolades on… MORE
Just For Laughs to honor Kevin Hart, Jim Jefferies, “Big Mouth”, Amanda Seales, and Hasan Minhaj at t…
We’re only a week away from the comedy industry’s annual confab in Montreal for Just For Laughs, and JFL has announced which big stars the fest will fete the most with Comedy Awards. This year’s recipients: Kevin Hart (Generation Award), Ji…
Continue ReadingWe’re just weeks away from the ComedyPRO leg of the Just For Laughs Festival and they’re in the middle of… MORE
Just For Laughs adds a ton of comics to its lineup including Michael Che, Anthony Jeselnik, Conan, Jay Pharoah, and F…
This news bulletin is a two-for-one. Just For Laughs announced today that Kevin Hart would return to the Montreal festival this July — he performed at the Bell Centre arena last year — but for 2019, he’ll be presiding over his own bra…
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