S20E23: Mike Carrozza
Driving around with Mike Carrozza. Mike is a wonderful comedian whose album Cherubic is definitely something you should listen to. Join Mike, Producer Darcy and TVA as they touch on...
Read MoreDriving around with Mike Carrozza. Mike is a wonderful comedian whose album Cherubic is definitely something you should listen to. Join Mike, Producer Darcy and TVA as they touch on...
Read MoreThis is what I love about comedians. A comic will tell another comic about the gig they just did that was the worst show. 4The crowd had 18 people in the audience. They were spread out across a 200-seat venue. (Note: This was in the Before Times when you would hate to do shows like this, instead of wanting them to be like this now.) The microphone muted if you took it out of the stand. It screeched if you left it in the stand. The management wouldn’t turn off the Jays game even though they were losing 72-4 in the 6th, because “my customers will get mad and leave if I do”. Someone tried to shoot a rat as it ran across the stage area. So much respect for performers. The comic will go through every detail of this nightmare. Then there’s a pause, and the second comic will ask “Who books that?”
In the same manner that fish enjoy a little bit of water once or twice, comics like stage time. It’s necessary for their craft to advance, to test jokes, to figure out where new jokes suck so you can fix them, so they don’t suck. Comics will do anything for stage time. And the sad part is, people in power know this. Here is an example of this happening:
Bonus episode time! We were honoured to gather some chat with cast members from this year’s Toronto pantomime Snow White. We were able to talk with improvisor Reid Janisse and...
Read MoreHaving a way with words with Irish author Jonathan Dunne. Jonathan calls us from his home in Spain to talk about his latest book “Balloon Animals”. Feel free to go...
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