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Loud & Proud Punchlines at Pride Toronto

June 6, 2018 Dean Young

With Pride Toronto month underway again, Toronto’s LGBTQ community is once again playing host to a vibrant cloudburst of live […]

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Comedy Collective The Boom turns 10

February 22, 2018 Dean Young

The comedy landscape in Toronto was a lot different a decade ago. Today it’s a standup hub, and you might […]

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All American Villain: Tony Hinchcliffe in Detroit

September 5, 2017 Dean Young

Every once in a while, here in the Guardian – we’ll run a submission from an outside contributor. A friend […]

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Sirius about finding Canada’s Top Comic

June 15, 2017 Dean Young

It’s that time of the year again – Canadian comics are about to flood the internet with pleas for votes. […]

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The Six Swipes Right on Tinder Tales

June 3, 2017 Dean Young

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my almost 7 years as a working standup comic, it’s that we’re lucky. […]

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The Cancer Fighting Comedy of Sandra Carusi

May 24, 2017 Dean Young

The Canadian radio business, much like Canadian comedy (and actually there’s a lot of overlap between the two) is a […]

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Crom Fest Takes Toronto!

May 5, 2017 Dean Young

If Iggy Pop was a comedy festival, it would definitely be Crom Fest. The annual alternative standup festival (with a […]

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A Prime Minister, a Heritage Minister and a Hashtag Walk into a Bar

November 23, 2016 Dean Young

This is a new joke I’m working on, so bear with me here we go… “Canada’s Council for the Arts, under […]

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The Humble Hustle of Comedian Chris Robinson

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We’ve all heard that tired old adage about “10,000 hours” – as if there’s some concrete, magical number that can make […]

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JFL42: Toronto’s Biggest Comedy Festival Returns

September 21, 2016 Dean Young

JFL42 first kicked off in Toronto in September 2012. It was a simpler time. Barack Obama was about to be re-elected to the White […]

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