Michael Kosta is dead charming, and can make you feel conflicted. He easily conjures a feeling of familiarity, because he's reminiscent of a...

If you've ever seen Adam Conover's TRUTV show Adam Ruins Everything, it might be hard to imagine it taking form as standup comedy. Mind Para...

Modern times happen fast. Very recently, you couldn't find a JFL set that didn't include a lot of Donald Trump shit. That's to be expected —...

Kurt Braunohler aspires to be a good dad. He's a pretty new dad — his daughter is now five — and how could you not dedicate material to pare...

Recently on Twitter, Anthony Jeselnik tweeted this: "I'm an amateur photographer. Never taken anything I'm not proud of. Just children havin...

Roy Wood Jr. is having a great ride. He is, after all, a Senior Daily Show Correspondent. He's also had a crack at the elusive sitcom as a c...

At the Kill Tony podcast recording at Montreal's Just For Laughs, a guy named "Kruppa" is called to the stage to do a minute of standup. He'...

Tom Green is Ottawa-born, so that means his French is not bad, and that's how he starts his set at La Maison Theatre. It's a cartoonish disp...

Here's a scoop for you — the movie business is huge. Like, staggeringly massive. In fact, last year's haul, touted as a decline in box offic...

Those familiar with the comedy of Bill Hicks undoubtedly recall a biting rant about marketing: "If anyone here works in marketing or adverti...

There's an overused adage about "wanting to have a beer" with certain celebrities. Not that Jim Norton would consider himself a celebrity —...

Montreal's historic Olympia Theatre is a sweet venue, one that has been host to some of Just For Laugh's most notable comedians — that's whe...

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 reall...

Dana Gould recently got himself in some hot water on Twitter. It wasn't a firestorm of controversy, rather a blip of heated debate. It's som...

If there's a sub-genre of "vanity" comedy, Todd Barry is really good at it. He has mastered the approach, both onstage and online, and is pe...

Roseanne Barr — she's an icon, right? Dana Gould does not hesitate mentioning this following his opening set, which he didn't know he had to...

Daytime festival events can be a strange affair, particularly at something like the world's largest (and longest) comedy festival. There's a...

Nick Thune has been doing his show, American Babe, under the "Off-JFL" sibling series banner for a few days in Montreal. These shows happen...

Chris Gethard let's you know off the top of his set what you're in for — an account of his life, and it's mostly about suicide, pharma...

It's a rainy night in Toronto, and Kurt Braunohler is aware of this. For him, it's been a "sad Tuesday." But that's okay, and he launches in...