Just For Laughs

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...

Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank

Hyatt Hotel, Montreal QC, July 29

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2017

Busy standup comedian Ari Shaffir held a live taping of his podcast Skeptic Tank at the Hyatt Hotel in Montreal on Saturday. Joining him we...

John Mulaney

L'Olympia, Montreal QC, July 29

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2017

John Mulaney's new hour of standup is one to top the rest. Mulaney was typically slick, funny and at times amusingly angry in a way only he...