Just For Laughs
The Alternative Show with Andy Kindler
Just For Laughs, Montreal QC, July 24
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2018
Montreal is incredibly lucky to have the Just For Laughs festival. In July, you have the rare chance to see a show of world-class comics wi...
Will Forte Talks Gary Larson, 'Last Man on Earth' and Preferring Sketch While Promoting His Standup Show at JFL
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2018
Will Forte is delighted at the notion that his heroically strange comedy might follow in the tradition of The Far Side, by esteemed cartoon...
Neal Brennan Talks $600 Shirts, Globalization and If Trauma Made Him Funny
PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2018
"I'm not a charisma machine," Neal Brennan admits to Exclaim! "I'm not dripping with charisma like many of my friends are. But I do have ca...
Maria Bamford Discusses 12-Step Programs, Getting Coffee With Twitter Followers and Being a "Violin Comic"
PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2018
If Maria Bamford could go back in time to meet herself as a teenager, she says her younger self would be shocked that she hadn't died. "I...
David Cross Discusses Facing Accusations, Being a New Dad and the Cynicism of His 'Oh Come On' Tour
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2018
In February 2017, comedian David Cross and his wife, actress Amber Tamblyn, celebrated the birth of their baby daughter, Marlow Alice. But...
T.J. Miller on His 'Alternative' Standup Tour and Leaving 'Silicon Valley' for Love (of Comedy)
PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2017
T.J. Miller is basking in the northern glowing sun shining down upon Canada. "I'm in Toronto," he tells Exclaim! over the phone. "Home of...
Lilly Singh Gala
Place Des Arts, Montreal QC, July 30
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2017
Lilly Singh paradoxically presents herself as both younger and older than she actually is. At her Just For Laughs gala, she trash-talked tr...
The Alternative Show with Andy Kindler
Theatre St Catherine, Montreal QC, July 28
PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2017
As time goes on, the line between what's considered alternative comedy and what isn't has been completely blurred. In the '90s, alternative...
