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Humour Resources
''Humour Resources'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian television comedy series, which premiered on CBC Television in January 2021.Kelly Townsend"CBC recruits Jon Dore, Just for Laughs to Humour Resources" ''Playback (magazine), Playback'', October 29, 2020. The series stars Jon Dore as a fictionalized version of himself, in the role of a retired comedian turned human resources manager who is conducting performance evaluation interviews with other real comedians about their strengths, weaknesses and performance benchmarks as "employees" of comedy. The series is also interspersed with scenes from his personal life, including his family life with his wife Christina Love, and his recurring interactions with a fast-food clerk at the local drive-thru (Dan Beirne) whom he considers his only real friend.Dana Gee, "A resourceful comedy". ''The Province'', January 5, 2021. The series was created by Dore, Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany for Just for Laughs, and was shot remotely in fall 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Dore
Jonathan David Dore (born November 2, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor currently based in Juneau, Alaska. Education Dore attended Brookfield High School and studied broadcasting at Algonquin College in Ottawa. Career Jon Dore was formerly a correspondent for CTV's ''Canadian Idol''. Dore also appeared on his own ''Comedy Now!'' special for CTV and The Comedy Network, and was featured on the A Channel's comedy special ''Toronto Laughs''. His show, ''The Jon Dore Television Show'', can be seen on The Comedy Network in Canada, and on the Independent Film Channel in the United States. In July 2008, Dore appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up show, ''Live at Gotham'' along with several other comedians. In 2010, he appeared on the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother''. In March 2011, he hosted ''Funny as Hell'' on ''HBO Canada'', a show featuring alternative or musical comedy acts. Season 3 of ''Funny as Hell'' premiered on March 22, 2013. On November 11, 2010, he was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Corbin
Casey may refer to: Places Antarctica *Casey Station *Casey Range Australia * Casey, Australian Capital Territory * City of Casey, Melbourne * Division of Casey, electoral district for the House of Representatives Canada * Casey, Ontario * Casey, Quebec, a village - see Casey Emergency Airstrip United States * Casey, Illinois, a city in Clark County * Casey, Iowa * Casey County, Kentucky * Casey, Wisconsin People and fictional characters * Casey (given name) * Casey (surname) Other uses * "Casey" (song), a 2008 song by Darren Hayes * Casey (typeface), a sans-serif typeface developed by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation for use in its railway system * Casey, the Japanese name for Abra, one of the fictional species of Pokémon * ''Planned Parenthood v. Casey'', 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld limited abortion rights * Casey's, a general store chain * Casey (band), hardcore punk from South Wales See also * * *Case (name) *Cayce (other) *K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggie Watts
Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts (born March 23, 1972) is an American comedian, actor, beatboxer, and musician. His improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. Watts refers to himself as a "disinformationist" who aims to disorient his audience in a comedic fashion. He appeared on the IFC series ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' and leads the house band for ''The Late Late Show with James Corden''. Early life Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts was born in Stuttgart on March 23, 1972, the son of French mother Christiane and African-American father Charles Alphonso Watts. His father was an officer in the Air Force, leading the family to live in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain before returning to the U.S. and settling in Great Falls, Montana, where Watts was raised; he graduated from Great Falls High School in 1990. He began piano and violin lessons at the age of five, with his love of music beginning as a young child when he saw Ray Charles pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisha Brown
Aisha Brown is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actress.Audrey Carleton"Aisha Brown Makes Canadian Comedy History at Just for Laughs" ''Exclaim!'', July 24, 2019. She is most noted for her 2020 comedy special ''Aisha Brown: The First Black Woman Ever'', which was the first Crave Original comedy special ever taped by a Black Canadian comedian. The special received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, including Best Variety or Entertainment Special and Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series.Brent Furdyk"Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations" ''ET Canada'', March 30, 2021. She also received a second nomination in the latter category as a member of the writing team for ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''. As an actress, she has appeared in sketches on ''The Beaverton'' and '' Baroness von Sketch Show'', and in the comedy series ''Humour Resou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Brownrigg
Kyle Brownrigg is a Canadian stand-up comedian, most noted for winning the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Breakout Artist at the 19th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2019.Chris Borris"Capital Comedy Review: Competitions, Kyle Brownrigg and Big Comedy Parade" ''Ottawa Life'', August 15, 2019. Originally from Ottawa, Brownrigg began his career at open mic comedy nights in Ottawa. He later moved to Toronto, where he is a regular performer at comedy clubs and shows. He has also performed as a touring comic, at events such as Just for Laughs, JFL Northwest, the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Sudbury Comedy Festival, the 905 Comedy Festival, We're Funny That Way! and the Icebreakers Comedy Festival. He was featured in the 2018 HBO Canada special '' Homegrown Comics'', and the 2020 CBC Gem special '' The New Wave of Standup'',Tom Zillich"'That night was so much fun': Surrey-raised comedian in 'New Wave of Standup' series" '' Surrey Now-Leader'', July 8, 2020. and has appeared on CBC Radio's comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Scovel
Rory J. Scovel (born August 6, 1980) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He released his first stand-up comedy album ''Dilation'' in 2011. He has since released the stand-up specials ''The Charleston Special'' (2015), ''Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time'' (2017), and ''Live Without Fear'' (2021). As an actor, he began his career on as part of the main cast on the sitcoms ''Ground Floor'' (2013–2015) and ''Those Who Can't'' (2016–2019), co-starred in the romantic comedy film ''I Feel Pretty'' (2018), and also appeared in and wrote for the comedy series ''The Eric Andre Show'' (2012–2016). In the 2020s, he created and starred in his Comedy Central series ''Robbie'' (2020) and currently stars in the Apple TV+ series ''Physical'' (2021–present). Early life Rory J. Scovel was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 6, 1980. He has six siblings. He played basketball, tennis, and soccer as a child, and has described himself as hyperactive and a class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Simeon
Arthur Simeon is a stand-up comedian based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Kampala, Uganda on November 14, 1983 and attended the prestigious Namilyango College between 1996 and 2001. In the fall of 2001, Simeon moved to Canada to attend university in Peterborough, Ontario. Simeon first tried stand-up comedy as a teenager while attending Trent University. He has performed multiple times at Just for Laughs and appeared on HBO and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In February 2010, Simeon was featured as the cover story of '' NOW'' in Toronto. His debut comedy album, ''Born and Raised'', was released in 2014 on Comedy Records. His sophomore album, ''The Blackest Panther'', came out in February 2020. In the summer of 2020, he wrote and performed on the CBC series ''Humour Resources ''Humour Resources'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian television comedy series, which premiered on CBC Television in January 2021.Kelly Townsend"CBC recruits Jon Dore, Just for Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra DiGiovanni
Debra DiGiovanni (born March 21, 1972) is a Canadian stand-up comedian originally from Tillsonburg, Ontario. She is a frequent guest on the CBC Radio program ''The Debaters'', for which she earned a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for writing. Her previous work includes being a regular contributor to Much’s '' Video on Trial'' series and its spinoff '' Stars on Trial'', as well as a permanent panelist on The Comedy Network’s Canadian revival of ''Match Game'', among other things. Personal life Debra DiGiovanni was born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, on March 21, 1972. She is of Italian descent, and was raised in a big Italian family. She grew up in Tillsonburg, Ontario. DiGiovanni began her studies in university pursuing fashion design, though she admits it was not a fit for her. Career DiGiovanni's comedy career began at the age of 27 with the help of Humber College's inaugural year of their Comedy Writing and Performance course in 1999. Three months into enrolling in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Andre
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* aina(z)'', meaning "one, alone, unique", ''as in the form'' ''Æ∆inrikr'' explicitly, but it could also be from ''* aiwa(z)'' "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form ''Euric''. The second element ''- ríkr'' stems either from Proto-Germanic ''* ríks'' "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic ''reiks'') or the therefrom derived ''* ríkijaz'' "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European root * h₃rḗǵs. The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful". ''Eric'' used in the sense of a proper noun meaning "one ruler" may be the origin of ''Eriksgata'', and if so it would have meant "one ruler's journey". The tour was the medieval Swedish king's journey, when newly elected, to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Buddle
Sophie Buddle is a Canadian stand-up comedian, originally from Ottawa. She is most noted for her 2019 comedy album ''A Lil Bit of Buddle'', which won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. She was the first woman ever to win the award as a solo stand-up comedian, although it was previously won in 1979 by the mixed-gender sketch comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce. Currently a television writer for the sketch comedy series ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'',Jon Cranny"Sophie Buddle builds on budding comedy career with album release" ''The Georgia Straight'', May 14, 2019. she was a semi-finalist in the 2018 edition of SiriusXM Canada's "Canada's Top Comic" competition.Jon Cranny"Meet Sophie Buddle, semi-finalist of SiriusXM's Canada's Top Comic 2018" ''The Georgia Straight'', July 27, 2018. She is in a relationship with comedian Mayce Galoni Mayce Galoni is a Canadian stand-up comedian, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Thompson (comedian)
Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for being a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall and for playing Brian on ''The Larry Sanders Show''. Early life Thompson, born John Scott Thompson, named after his uncle and later changed for the stage, was born in North Bay, Ontario, and grew up in Brampton. He is the second oldest of five boys. He attended Brampton Centennial Secondary School and was a witness to the 1975 Centennial Secondary School shooting. He enrolled at York University but in his third year was asked to leave for being "disruptive". He joined the comedy troupe The Love Cats, where he met Mark McKinney. Career In 1984, he became a member of The Kids in the Hall. That troupe's eponymous sketch comedy series aired starting 1989 on the CBC in Canada and on HBO in the United States, but moved to CBS for the fourth and fifth seasons. Openly gay, Thompson became best known on the show for his monologues as the "alph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeAnne Smith
DeAnne Smith (born July 22, 1979) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer and columnist. They first gained notice as a comedian in 2008 touring their debut full-length solo stand-up show to popular and critical acclaim, culminating in winning the Sydney Comedy Festival's Time Out Best Newcomer Award and a nomination for Best Newcomer in the 2008 Canadian Comedy Awards. Smith has since continued to tour internationally, with shows proving to be both commercial and critical successes. Their shows have seen them nominated for numerous awards, including the Melbourne Comedy Festival's prestigious Barry Award in 2011 and being consistently rated amongst Montreal's Top 10 comedians. In addition to their live solo shows, Smith is also known for appearances on television and radio, most notably on Australia's ''Good News Week'' on the Channel 10 network and HBO series ''Funny As Hell''. Smith began performing stand-up in 2005 at the age of 25, and has produced four solo shows which hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
