Also, a quick shout out to Larry Miller who I had the opportunity to see in Richmond Hill last week. He was and still is one of the guys that I looked up to when I was starting out and to finally see him live was a brilliant achievement for me. Having drinks with him afterwards was just way more cool awesome. Thanks for the great night, Larry.

For my performance dates, simply go to the website and look at the ‘Upcoming Shows’ column on the left.

Now, time for some podcast updates. Here’s what we’ve been up to.

- The return of podcast fan and fave Nug
- Toronto actor and improvisor James Gangl
- PicnicFace member and super-funny Mark Little
- A phoner with another of my childhood idols Thomas Dolby
- Our first member of Canadian parliament Andrew Cash
- CATP-LIVE!!! taping at Comedy Bar with Kristeen von Hagen & Christina Walkinshaw

These episodes and more can be found at COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB.

And please make sure you come to our recordings of ‘CATP-LIVE!’ at Comedy Bar the last Sunday of the month!

Check back here for regular updates to my performance dates as well.

Thanks all!

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Firstly we’ve got a brand new season of Comedy Above the Pub!

We’ve pretty much run the gamut of the different types of episodes we do, so here’s the sampling from Season 4!

- A brilliant phoner with Dylan Brody
- Terrifying in-studio tales with DeAnne Smith
- Live recording from Comedy Bar in Toronto with Fraser Young and Ian MacIntyre

These episodes and more can be found at COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB.

And please make sure you come to our recordings of ‘CATP-LIVE!’ at Comedy Bar the last Sunday of the month!

Check back here for regular updates to my performance dates as well.

Thanks all!

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I’ve got some dates coming up in the next while that you can see in the left panel of THIS WEBSITE, including trips to Sudbury, hosting ‘Sunday Night Live’ at Comedy Bar, a SPCA fundraiser in Milton, travel to Bobcaygeon, and both Absolute Comedy clubs in Toronto and Ottawa. Hope to see you there!

As well, the live show of ‘Comedy Above the Pub’ has been so well received, that we’re going to continue! We’re going to be doing live recordings of “Comedy Above the Pub” with different guests each month. These will record the last Sunday of the month. Go to Comedy Bar or Comedy Above the Pub for details.

Speaking of the podcast, we closed out Season 3 in style!

- The triumphant return of Kevin Brauch
- The wonderful Andy Kindler
- ‘CATP-LIVE!!!’ with Debra DiGiovanni and Nile Seguin
- From Second City Toronto, Nigel Downer and Matt Reid

These episodes and more can be found at COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB.

Hope to see you soon!

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Firstly there’s a ton of shows in the coming days, which you can see on the schedule here. Just look to the left.

One show in particular that I wanted to make you aware of a great show that’s going on this month. My podcast ‘Comedy Above the Pub’ is doing a live show! We are going to be doing a live show on Thursday, Jan 19/12 @ 9:00pm at Comedy Bar in Toronto. The guests for this great show will be Debra DiGiovanni and Nile Seguin. They are no stranger to this show and it promises to be great.

Click HERE for more details.

Speaking of the podcast, we’ve got some great episodes have have brought us into the new year!

- ‘Beards of Comedy’ member Dave Stone
- Double-dose of comedy with Carolyn Bennett and Winston Spear
- Comedy critic, author, and educator Andrew Clark
- Canadian comedy original Evan Carter
- Improv impresario Colin Mochrie

These episodes and more can be found at COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB.

Hope to see you on the 19th at Comedy Bar!

Hope the holiday season isn’t making you examine the rafter beams to see if they’ll take your weight. Relax. Take a breath. And above all, soothe yourself with a half-pint of whisky.

We’ve had some great guests slide by the studio and you should check them out!

- Funny man and Ian-Curtis-of-Joy-Division-Look-a-Like John Hastings
- Phoner with ‘Chelsea Lately’ regular Mo Mandel
- “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” star and brilliant performer Greg Proops
- Friend and funny man Arthur Simeon
- Brilliant comic and writer Fraser Young

These episodes and more can be found at COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB.

As well, two of our new sponsors are offering you some sweet holiday deals!

From Wed, Dec 14/11 to Fri, Dec 16/11, Best Buy is offering you great deals for their three-day sale.

As well, TheSource.ca is offering free shipping to our listeners. Go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and look at the banners on the right-hand side of the page.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Sparkly Kwanzaa, or Happy Nothing if you’re athiest.

And above all…enjoy!

Firstly, I’d like to draw your attention to my Movember site. I’m raising money and awareness for prostate cancer by making myself look creepy…moreso. You can find my site HERE. Feel free to join and/or donate!

As well, we’ve had a few great podcasts happen over the past while:

- Darryl Pring and former guest Ian MacIntyre join us as members of Dr. Whom
- Ottawa DJ Rise Ashen spins a spell
- Canadian movie reviewer Richard Crouse talks moving pictures
- Musician Allan Lewis lets us in on what all of his projects are that he’s working on
- K Trevor Wilson and Sean Jordan (aka WordBurglar) join us with Smells Like the 80s

These episodes and more can be found at COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB.

Enjoy and hope to see you at the live shows!

Thanks for listening and to all the folks that made themselves known when I was out in Ottawa. Had a great time and have you all to thank.

As an FYI, I’ll be heading to Montreal next week at the ComedyWorks. Hope to see you there if you’re in town!

As for Comedy Above The Pub, the season’s been going great with some brilliant episodes and great guests.

Here’s who you can enjoy…

- A phoner with the very funny Dan Levy
- Great friend Trent McClellan
- Old friend Robert Cait from Just for Laughs
- Great comic and podcaster Jackie Kashian
- Going all 613 with Andrew Johnston
- Most awesomely funny Pete Zedlacher
- The voice of “The Ongoing History of New Music” and music nerd Alan Cross
- Funniest fellow math major I know, Jamie Lissow
- Ian MacIntyre returns with Darryl Pring to discuss their show Dr. Whom

I’d also like to thank Audible.com for offering you the listener a free ListenBook by taking their 14-day free trial. Simply go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get a Free Book”.

Don’t like ListenBooks? Get free comedy (or music…) from eMusic.com. Same deal. Click to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get Free Comedy or Music”.

Make sure that you check out all the episodes and also leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear from you!

Aaaaaaand, click HERE to bring one of the best acts in the world JIMMY PARDO to Toronto.

Thanks, all!

Just a quick note to mention that I’m heading to Ottawa for two weeks at Absolute Comedy!

The first week I’ll be hosting with headliner Jamie Lissow. I worked with him in Toronto and it was fantastic. You’re in for a treat!

The second week I’ll be co-headlining with great friend Carrie Gaetz with K Trevor Wilson. This week will be 18 shades of awesome. Hope you can make it out!

As for the podcast, we’re back at Comedy Above The Pub and into Season 3 now! If the initial recordings are anything to go by, it’s going to be a brilliant season.

What’s on tap right now?

- The first part of our TWO PART episode with Todd Glass
- Our phirst phoner of the new season with Tig Notaro

I’d also like to thank Audible.com for offering you the listener a free ListenBook by taking their 14-day free trial. Simply go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get a Free Book”.

Don’t like ListenBooks? Get free comedy (or music…) from eMusic.com. Same deal. Click to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get Free Comedy or Music”.

Make sure that you check out all the episodes and also leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear from you!

Aaaaaaand, click HERE to bring one of the best acts in the world JIMMY PARDO to Toronto.

Thanks, all!

So, I don’t know if you heard what Toronto mayor Rob Ford suggested that we do, but he came up with a fantastic plan to battle Toronto graffiti. He suggested that people call ’911′ to report it. “That wouldn’t cause any bother at all,” I thought. So I sent the tweet ‘”I don’t like the song that’s playing on the radio!”‘ and set up the new hashtag “#new911calls”.

I had no idea that it would have the traction it did. Suddenly the hashtag is trending nationally on Twitter. Then The Grid magazine in Toronto picked up on the story.

Next thing I know, I got a call from The Torontoist for an interview on social media. I was shocked and honoured. The results can be found here.

Thanks to both TheGridTO and Torontoist for their time and shout-outs, and in particular Jaime Woo for reaching out.

As well, thanks to all the folks who showed up for the following recent episodes of Comedy Above The Pub:

- Sharilyn Johnson slides by to talk about comedy, blogging about it, and her Fringe show, “An Inconvenient Truthiness”
- Nick Beaton and Steve Scholtz come for a chat before they take off for shores anew
- Food Network star Massimo Capra comes over for a great chat on food, comedy, and arses in restaurants

I’d also like to thank Audible.com for offering you the listener a free ListenBook by taking their 14-day free trial. Simply go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get a Free Book”.

Don’t like ListenBooks? Get free comedy (or music…) from eMusic.com. Same deal. Click to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get Free Comedy or Music”.

Make sure that you check out all the episodes and also leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear from you!

Aaaaaaand, click HERE to bring one of the best acts in the world JIMMY PARDO to Toronto.

Thanks, all!

- We had some outtakes available from the Jason Deline episode
- David Pryde slid by in a moose shirt from Europe
- His Honour the former mayor of Toronto Mayor Miller slid by for a chat
- I hosted at Absolute Comedy for the very funny Jamie Lissow

What’s up this week? Well, more podcastery to be announced, and I’ll be co-headlining at Absolute Comedy in Toronto with the lovely and talented Carrie Gaetz! Check out the schedule on the left side of the web page to come see us!

I’d also like to thank Audible.com for offering you the listener a free ListenBook by taking their 14-day free trial. Simply go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get a Free Book”.

Make sure that you check out all the episodes and also leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear from you!

Thanks, all!

Voice actor (and regular-kind for that matter) Jason shows up for a fantastic episode. We had a great time with this one. I blame the booze.

Grab the episode here!

I’d also like to thank Audible.com for offering you the listener a free ListenBook by taking their 14-day free trial. Simply go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get a Free Book”.

Make sure that you check out all the episodes and also leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear from you!

Thanks, all!

Even though I was away, there’s still tons of podcastery to listen to with some fantastic guests!

Before that, let’s again thank Audible.com for offering you the listener a free ListenBook by taking their 14-day free trial. Simply go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get a Free Book”.

Here’s who has graced us with their presence!

- Nile Seguin and our conversation on freedom of speech on stage
- Mother’s Day Love with Precious Chong and Erin Keaney
- Full Count with Darryl Purvis
- Hometown Festival Action with Peter Anthony
- A House of Lies with Brendan McKeigan
- Dealing with hecklers with Steve Hofstetter

They’ve been fun and I hope that you enjoy them.

Make sure that you check out all the episodes and also leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear from you!

Thanks, all!

It’s been quite a while since I posted what’s going on, so I’m sorry about that. But over the course of this season of the podcast things have been happening.

Firstly, again thanks to Audible.com for offering you the listener a free ListenBook by taking their 14-day free trial. Simply go to ComedyAboveThePub.com and click on “Get a Free Book”.

The last time I posted, we mentioned that we had the organizers of “WooHoo Trivia” the Simpsons Trivia night in Toronto. We’ve had quite a few guests since.

Check out this list:

- Musician and Performer Henry Rollins
- Comedian and Author Michael Showalter
- Half of ‘The Doo Wops’ John Catucci
- Actor Tracey Hoyt
- Comedian Darrin Rose
- Comedian Brian Lazanik
- Comedian and Actor Aaron Berg
- Actor Christian Potenza
- Comedian and Actor Alan Park
- Comedian Andrew Schulz
- Comedian Jason Blanchard
- Comedian Shelley Marshall
- Marc Rigaux, producer of the movie “Textuality”
- ‘Just For Laughs’ Booker Zoe Randall and Comic Tim Rabnett

They’ve been fun and I hope that you enjoy them.

Make sure that you check out the episodes and also leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear from you!

Thanks, all!

In episode 2, we’ve brought in booker for the Montreal Zoe Randall and comic Tim Rabnett as well. We talk what about the ins-and-outs of booking the world’s most famous comedy festival.

In the most recent episode, we welcome voice actor and funny man Christian Potenza who takes us through what it’s like being not just a successful toothbrush, or having the Toronto Rock beat up guys for you, but what life as host on “Total Drama” is like.

Also, we’ve got sponsorship through Audible.com! You can get your free audiobook as well by CLICKING THIS LINK!

Enjoy!

Thanks all for listening to Season One and the new season promised to be equally awesome.

Starting off, we’ve got Andrew Ennals and Amanda Factor who host the extremely popular “WooHoo!:Classic Simpsons Trivia” night here in Toronto. Very fun and very entertaining.

Give it a listen, and welcome to Season 2!

Just a quick word about the upcoming Season 2 of Comedy Above the Pub. We’re back on Friday, Feb 4th with a great pair of guests.

We closed off strong as well with great episodes with Kevin Brauch, Dave Paterson, Nile Seguin, and Ryan Belleville. Make sure you go back and check it out.

Couple of other pieces of news. Firstly, we’re still waiting for the renovations to be completed at McVeigh’s, so it looks like the end of February/beginning of March before we get going on anything again. Stay tuned and I hope to have normal service resuming soon.

As well, with Mike Reid moved to mornings at the Drive-FM in Kingston, the TVA Radio Replay is on haitus for a while. If and when we get back, we’ll fire up the feed and get you some new content.

Else, hope to see you soon at the live dates!

It seems that Now Magazine in Toronto has given our show COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB a shout-out.

If you look at their Best and Worst of Comedy section, the ‘Comedy Above the Pub Podcast’ is listed as “Best Comedy Podcast“.

Thanks all for the support. We truly appreciate it.

To get to the podcast, click HERE.

For the list of previous guests that we’ve had on “The TVA Podcast” you can CLICK HERE.

Oh, and also according to Now Magazine, apparently I use Twitter a little bit.

This is the last Drive spot of the year with Mike Reid on 98.9 The Drive. We talk about winter snow, breakups, and take a wikileak.

As well, long time friend of the podcast KEVIN BRAUCH who has taken time away from Iron Chef America to join us. He’s on the latest hilarious episode of Comedy Above The Pub.

Also, while we’re at it, we’ve had a few great episodes of the Comedy Above the Pub show. Check out the episodes with Carolyn Bennett, Christina Walkinshaw, Cash Cab Canada’s Adam Growe, Kristeen Von Hagen, host of CBC’s “The Debaters” Steve Patterson as well as Nikki Payne and long-time friend of the show Derek Forgie

Thanks for listening!

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No Drive spot but we’ve got something special for you. A sample of the Christina Walkinshaw epiusode on Comedy Above The Pub.

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A double radio dose with Mike Reid on 98.9 The Drive FM. Many topics covered. Like the Pope and condomry.

Plus there’s a preview of the great episode we had with host of Cash Cab Canada Adam Growe coming up this week on Comedy Above The Pub.

Thanks for listening!

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Mike Reid and tva are both growing for Movember, both our cities have new mayors, and the government decides to spend some cash on hookers on 98.9 The Drive FM.

Plus there’s a preview of the great episode we had with host of CBC’s “The Debaters” Steve Patterson coming up this week on Comedy Above The Pub.

Thanks for listening!

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Mike Reid and tva tip-toe around the subjects of the death of Bob Guccioni, the murderer that is Col. Williams, and the KFC Double Down on 98.9 The Drive FM.

Plus there’s a preview of the great episode we had with Derek Forgie coming up this week on Comedy Above The Pub.

NOTE: THERE IS A BIG SECRET COMING OUT IN DEREK’S EPISODE OF ‘COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB’! LISTEN IN!

Thanks for listening!

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Mike Reid and tva prattle on about Avery getting solicited on the ice, stats from doctors (elections will kill you!), and of course, the Chilean mine on 98.9 The Drive FM.

Plus there’s a preview from the wrestling-intensive chat we got from Canadian Comedy Award nominee Mike Paterson coming up this week on Comedy Above The Pub.

Thanks for listening!

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Mike Reid and tva go on about baseball and hockey, a smoking chimp, Twitter’s CEO moving on, and a dandy story on orgasms on 98.9 The Drive FM.

Plus there’s a preview of funny femme Jenn Robertson’s visit this week on Comedy Above The Pub.

Thanks for listening!

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It’s been a long summer but we’re back…finally! This week, Mike and Todd talk about Todd’s surprise about prostitution and he shares some letters he’s sending to some select prisoners on 98.9 The Drive FM.

Plus there’s a great great bumper from funny Bostonian Tom Dustin, who took time from his Canadian tour to join us on Comedy Above The Pub.

Thanks for listening!

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