Laugh Out Loud is your radio and web destination for Canadian comedy. From the famous to the newly found, you are guaranteed to laugh out loud. Every week, host Ali Hassan crosses the country and cruises the Web to bring you what's new and hot in Canadian comedy from stand-up to sketch to musical comedy and beyond.
From the Hubcap Comedy Festival, Clare Belford quizzes a Moncton audience about their favourite type of doom. And from Charlottetown, Tanya Nicole shares what it means to have a father in the sewage industry!
From Accent on Toronto, Jean Paul shares some of his Trinidadian Grannie’s wisdom. And from the Icebreakers Comedy Festival, Joe Pilliteri dives into the obliviousness of the male teenager.
From Accent on Toronto, DJ Demers outlines the struggles of being deaf at the gym, and from the Winnipeg Comedy Festival Dave Burke loves his parents. And his parents would love for him to lose a few pounds.
From Accent on Toronto this past fall, we’re featuring three, count ‘em THREE comedians for the price of one! Actually, the show is free. There is no price. But the comedy of Kate Davis, Crystal Ferrier and Rush Kazi is priceless!
From the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Sean Devlin loves animals - maybe too much? Maybe not enough! And from Charlottetown, Taylor Carver loves the Minions. Definitely too much.
From the 905 Comedy Festival in Oshawa, Cathy Boyd takes some serious digs at some very serious protesters. And Laura Leibow has watched so much scripted reality that she could be writing those scripts herself!
If you’re going to tell Marito Lopez you’re a “short king”, you better be emphasizing the short part of that! And Ola Dada reminisces about immigrating from Nigeria to Fort McMurray Alberta. Well, “reminiscing” might not be the right word.
From the Winnipeg Comedy Fest, Ryan Williams takes you through construction sites and football fields, and from the 905 Comedy Festival Chris Robinson navigates gossipy conversations with his grandmother.
From the Stockey Centre in Parry Sound, Ryan Dillon shares that he loves when someone thinks he’s cooler than he is. You know who you are, Parry Sounder! And Faraz Niafattah tells us he wont be spending any money on an Ancestry test. He knows what he is. And he’s almost comfortable with it.
If you’re with Wassim El-Mounzer eating the national dish of Canada, he’ll probably lather it in extra garlic. And Keesha Brownie shares details of taking her Jamaican mom to her acting class.
From the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Dena Jackson breaks down the wins and losses of her divorce. And from Victoria, Myles Anderson wonders if his back-up career is better or worse than his primary one.
From Ottawa, Leonard Chan finds out that, in fact, he’s not the Asian man he was led to believe he was. And from Parry Sound, Ava Val teaches us all how to insult someone on-line “properly”.
From the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound, Guled Abdi shares that his height has been a source of pride and shame. And Jackie Pirico will never be chosen for jury duty, despite all the Law & Order she’s watched in preparation.
From Whitehorse, Emilie LeFrancois says she loves the Yukon, but the comparisons to jail are plentiful. And Charlie Demers wonders, as he looks as his young daughter: is there such a thing as being TOO open minded?
From the Okanagan Comedy Festival, Mayce Galoni demands more credibility from the UFO seeing community, and Danny Martinello teaches us how to recognize the people who've worked on themselves - it involves soda cans!
From the Roxy Theatre Owen Sound, Ben Sosa Wright lays out his best tip for conflict resolution, and George Maratos shares with the Whitehorse audience how his Greek dad "delicately” encouraged him to have children.
It's all hail to the bald kings and how just one holey sock can wreck your day. LOL is live from the 905 Comedy Festival in Oshawa, with Anjelica Scannura and Mark DeBonis on the stage at the Harmony Community Centre.
Live from Ottawa, the grand dame of comedy Martha Chaves shares how our nation’s capital has become quite the international sensation! And, we pay tribute to the late Kathleen McGee.
From Owen Sound, Chris Locke has an unusual doctor's visit, followed by an unusual visit to his naturopath, and then a visit from an unwanted guest. Thankfully he has a Yeti mug.
Alistair Ogden tells a Parry Sound audience how his full legal name conjures up all kinds of misleading info. And PEI's Britt Campbell shares her hurricane experience with the folks in Charlottetown.
From Ottawa, Cassie Cao performs for her parents in the audience. We think they stuck around for her set? And from Charlottetown, Katherine Cairns paints a lovely, sometimes expensive, picture of what life in PEI is really like!
From the Okanagan Comedy Festival, Big Daddy Tazz has compiled a helpful list to tell if you're driving too slowly in your motorhome, and Kate Belton shares her diverse sense of fashion!
From the Icebreakers Comedy Festival, Matt Wright takes us down a journey of his wedding day, his dream job...and his understanding of his taxes. He’s still learning!
From the Okanagan Comedy Festival, Chuck Byrn explains how contactless delivery has changed his life, and Yumi Nagashima asks her 99-year-old grandfather for the secret to a long life.
From PEI, Shawn Hogan leans all the way into the love he has for his people. And from Whitehorse, Celeste Lampa has some alternative, borderline creepy suggestions to make funerals ... more fun?
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From the Big Sound Comedy Festival in Parry Sound Ontario, Dave Hemstad shares his awe and confusion about cruise ships, viruses, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
