Just For Laughs 2014: Chelsea Peretti is an American treasure
On Wednesday night in Montreal, stand-up and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti headlined a solo show, “Chelsea Peretti: American Treasure,” at L’Astral. “You can name your show anything you...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: Jim Norton’s keynote address, “I Insincerely Apologize”...
Jim Norton was the keynote speaker of this year’s Just For Laughs Festival. In the speech, Norton gets brutally honest about the business of comedy. Offering his story coming up in business, self...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: Kumail Nanjiani and friends
Thursday night at Just For Laughs 2014 capped off with the midnight show “Kumail Nanjiani and Friends” at Cabaret Underworld. The “friends” portion of the show consisted of Emily Heller and Nick Thune,...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Paul Provenza’s Green Room show has always been an intriguing one for any comedy fan. While the show had a very short life on Showtime television, however it’s found new life, showing up at various...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: Jerrod Carmichael
Jerrod Carmichael was one of the few comedians at Just For Laughs 2014 who got to headline a week of shows. While we had never previously seen any of Carmichael’s stand-up, we made a point to catch one...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: Nikki Glaser
Nikki Glaser was another comedian who headlined a full week of shows at Just For Laughs 2014 as part of the Off JFL series. We caught Glaser’s show Friday night at Katacombes with one of this year’s...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: T.J. Miller
T.J. Miller is poised to be the next big thing. He’s been one of the more popular comedians over the past few years. He’s had his own comedy special No Real Reason, tours the country doing stand-up,...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: Chris D’Elia
Finally getting the chance to see Chris D’Elia was no small feat. Mainly because catching him at Just For Laughs 2014 was easily our 4th attempt to see him live. It’s a long story, but a series of...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: Andy Kindler’s State Of The Industry address (audio)
Every year Andy Kindler performs a “State of the Industry” address at Just For Laughs. What is the address you ask? Well, it’s pretty much an hour for the chance for Kindler to talk smack about what’s...
View ArticleJust For Laughs 2014: A conversation with ‘New Face’ Monroe Martin
One of the big highlights of Just For Laughs Montreal is checking out the new crop of up-and-comers that are named this year’s “New Faces of Comedy.” Twenty-one comedians, and twelve unrepped, from all...
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