Shatner. One name is all that is required.
How does William Shatner stay so damn young, exactly? (And Bill, if you drop dead at 80 on the day this runs, we all apologize in advance.) It’s a worthwhile question to ask, as no amount of investigation on the internet would’ve told you in advance of Sunday night’s one man show at the Shaw […]
GIGGLE CITY: Andrew Grose to live in the moment at the Edmonton Comedy Festival
Before you call “Nepotiz” on Andrew Grose for being the artistic director of the Edmonton Comedy Festival AND one of its performers, consider Graham Neil. This guy is the PRESIDENT of the Edmonton Comedy Festival, where he will appear Friday and Saturday because he also happens to be an aspiring stand-up comedian, along with the […]
GIGGLE CITY: Joe Flaherty will ‘do the Count’ at the Edmonton Comedy Festival
Joe Flaherty is fine with Count Floyd being his most famous SCTV character, but he can only do it in short bursts. Not because he’s tired or anything. It’s just that there’s not much material there. “He’s not even a real vampire,” Flaherty says. Don’t worry. The 70-year-old master of sketch and improv comedy wouldn’t […]
EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL – True heckler tales
Hecklers are an occupational hazard in the stand-up comedy industry – especially when you’re performing for morons who get so drunk that they think they’re funny, too. We’ve collected some good heckler tales from comedians performing at the Edmonton Comedy Festival this week, from the Giggle City archives and a fresh one from festival artistic […]
GIGGLE CITY: Lorne Elliott goes madly on in all directions
The combination of the words “CBC” and “comedy” does not always elicit respect in stand-up comedy circles. Does Lorne Elliott care? He doesn’t appear to. One imagines that nothing fazes this guy. The smart and soft-spoken 58-year-old comic remains a popular draw even five years after his national CBC radio show “Madly Off In All […]
CONCERT NEWS: George Canyon, sold-out Selena Gomez and more Jon Lajoie
It takes a real man to cry – and an even realer man to make that man cry. George Canyon may be that man. Find out when the archetypical cowboy country singer pulls into the River Cree Casino on Saturday, Dec. 10, bringing with him a heady mix of good ol’ Canadian boy country rockers […]
GIGGLE CITY: ‘Dirty’ comedy gets serious
Darren Frost says he’s received death threats for some of his jokes – which takes heckling to an entirely new level. Too far? Too soon? Never. Comedy is dangerous, and the comics who performed for the XXX-rated “Beauty and the Beasts” shows at Yuk Yuk’s over the weekend – Frost, Kenny Robinson and Kathleen McGee […]
Kathy Griffin cancels Canadian tour
Bad news for area Kathy Griffin fans – her Oct. 12 show at the Jubilee Auditorium has been cancelled. “Scheduling issues” is the official reason given for the decision, which includes all four Canadian dates, also including Saskatoon (Oct. 13), Calgary (Oct. 14) and Vancouver (Oct. 15). Ticket refunds are available at the point of […]
GIGGLE CITY: Kenny Robinson goes over the line
There’s always a “line” in comedy. Even when they say there isn’t a line, there’s a line – and the comedians featured in Beauty and the Beasts at Yuk Yuk’s this weekend intend to cross it. Kenny Robinson, Darren Frost and Kathleen McGee are all fond of “working blue,” but in order to make a […]
