The Laugh Resort was a stand-up comedy club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For several years it was the only competition to the

Yuk-Yuks Yuk Yuk's is a national comedy club chain in Canada, founded by former stand-up comedian Mark Breslin and established in 1976 by Breslin and long-time friend Joel Axler. The company is currently run by Breslin and his long-time partner and presi ...

chain in downtown Toronto. Visiting comedians frequently played at the club, and it became a home of Canada's independent and more alternative comics. The club moved from its location next to The Second City's historic Old Fire Hall to a central downtown location in the basement of the Holiday Inn on King Street in 2000, and closed in 2008 when the hotel chain was sold and the basement space was needed to build a new luxury restaurant. According to the club's website they are still looking for a new location.

Guest comedians include

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*Charlie Currie * Ellen DeGeneres * Dave Foley * Mitch Hedberg * Ron James *Al Lubel * Russell Peters *

Paula Poundstone Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, interviewer, and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary durin ...

* Ray Romano *

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