Just for Laughs Toronto

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  Chris D'Elia

  Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, October 1

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2016

  Chris D'Elia, the last headliner for JFL42 2016, filled the Sony Centre with uproarious laughter on Saturday night. It was clear that the v...

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  Ian Edwards

  Rivoli, Toronto ON, October 1

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2016

  "You're still a bit tight." Ian Edwards jabbed at the crowd who came to see his last show of the ten-day JFL42 festival, but never let thei...

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  Demetri Martin

  Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, September 30

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2016

  Full of new jokes and totally on his game, Demetri Martin barely went 20 seconds between receiving huge laughs for his clever, observationa...

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  Anthony Jeselnik

  Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, September 30

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2016

  Having honed this sociopathic, bone-cold persona, Anthony Jeselnik has to have some weird fans. In the case of Jak Knight, who opened the s...

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  Craig Robinson

  Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, September 30

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2016

  Part sing-along and part standup, Craig Robinson's show made the whole room feel like one giant organism. After Dave Hemstad and Ralphie Ro...

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  Jim Gaffigan

  Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, September 29

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2016

  "It's time!" The eight-year-old sitting beside me bounced up and down on his father's knee in anticipation of Gaffigan's arrival. In front...

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  DeAnne Smith

  Garrison, Toronto ON, September 28

  PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2016

  Toronto's own DeAnne Smith performed brilliantly at the Garrison on Wednesday night.  Always a hair's breadth away from an internal monolog...

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  Mark Forward

  Revival, Toronto ON, September 28

  PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2016

  Mark Forward is angry — and it's awesome. For many at the Toronto comic's JFL42 set, we're in on it right away. As he points out, "I'm real...