Last week, the folks at JFL (Just For Laughs) announced a slew of additional headliners for the annual comedy celebration that takes place each July in Montreal. They included Wanda Sykes, Blake Griffin, Nick Kroll, Fred Armisen, Ronny Chieng, Steve-O,…
Continue ReadingJust For Laughs, under new ownership over the past year, has gotten more and more involved in additional projects outside of its well-known comedy festivals. JFL recently launched an original web series, “It’s A Date!” starring Jessie…
Continue ReadingIn the eight years Just For Laughs has been putting up content on YouTube, the vast majority of their videos are stand-up sets recorded at their festival events. However, recently they have quietly released a few high production web shows on their account. Just For Laughs is behind a couple of digital shows including A Couple Questions, Text or Shot, and Definitely Happened. In those series, each episode features different
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Continue ReadingA classically trained theater major who grew up in New Orleans and Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Lyric Lewis took her degree from Syracuse and headed straight for Hollywood, where she auditioned for The Groundlings. Over the course of several years, Lewis w…
Continue ReadingYour voices were heard loud and clear, comedians of Canada. Just For Laughs announced Wednesday that their impending takeover of the Canada Laughs channel of SiriusXM radio will now be called Just For Laughs Canada, “and it will showcase 100 perc…
Continue ReadingSiriusXM Canada and Just For Laughs announced a joint partnership on Monday to launch Just For Laughs Radio this spring on Ch. 168, “with a focus on Canadian artists plus comics from around the world.” Sounds great, right? Here’s the …
Continue ReadingSiriusXM Canada and Just For Laughs announced a joint partnership on Monday to launch Just For Laughs Radio this spring on Ch. 168, “with a focus on Canadian artists plus comics from around the world.” Sounds great, right? Here’s the …
Continue ReadingSiriusXM Canada and Just For Laughs announced a joint partnership on Monday to launch Just For Laughs Radio this spring on Ch. 168, “with a focus on Canadian artists plus comics from around the world.” Sounds great, right? Here’s the …
Continue ReadingThe Just for Laughs Comedy Festival founder has been charged with rape and indecent assault. Gilbert Rozon, founder and former CEO of the Montreal-based festival, was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and assault back in 2017 and is now being brought up on criminal charges. These two charges come from an alleged event in 1979. After the accusations surfaced, Rozon sold his stake in the iconic comedy brand.
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