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Tragedy Plus Time takes us into the world of comedy in Toronto. With reviews of venues and shows as well as interviews and profiles with some of Toronto’s comics. Follow @TIAComedy |
JFL42′s most requested comedian. Popular opinion suggests Burr is quickly ascending to the throne of Best Comic, currently probably held by fellow redheaded Bostonian, Louis CK. Whether affirming a decidedly male perspective in an increasingly feminized world, or arguing that Steve Jobs wasn’t that great, Burr is always irreverently hilarious.
Belleville, a Toronto resident, is know for being the youngest person to tape a Comedy Now! special back in 2001 and also a bunch of TV roles and appearances. I’m not going to bombard you with credits though. I’m simply endorsing him because he has made me cry laughing more than once.
Jeselnik was propelled to fame, at least by stand-up comedy standards, by his ruthless appearances at the roasts of Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen. Anyone who knows him, though, knows that ruthless, brutal, dark one-liners are the style he has mastered unlike anyone else. He now has his own show on Comedy Central, The Jeselnik Offensive, which is basically dedicated to pointing and laughing at the most sacred of cows. On Marc Maron’s podcast he was asked where he thinks the “line” is. His answer, to paraquote, was that there isn’t one and if someone tried to tell him where the line is he would immediately cross it.
Hannibal Buress is a great joke technician, which creates an interesting juxtaposition against his drawling Southern accent. He is proficient and absurd, which allows him to glide between the most everyday premises and the dark and dirty without it really occurring to you any transition has been made. Only 29 years old and already a classic comic.
I already interviewed him just a few days ago so go read that.