Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.

Sixteen months ago I was directionless.  I had moved back from London, England where I had been living and working as a missionary for six months to my home town. I decided it was time to move on to something, anything different and that meant Winnipeg. I worked as a delivery driver, made new friends, starting listening to more comedy than evert before, and felt like maybe I was turning into a person I wanted to be.  A good friend pushed me to take a hard look at myself, and move forward in life. It wasn't that I was particularly...

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Photo Essay - C4 Wonderland

I had the opportunity to shoot a photo essay as part of my Journalism course. I'm still gaining experience as a photographer, so I searched online for events in Winnipeg that seemed interesting and were  within my time frame. I was elated to find that C4 Wonderland (essentially a mini version of Central Canadian Comic-Con) was on. I've...

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Star Wars

Normally I post something about some comedy I watched recently, but nothing in my brain is functioning properly after I watched the new trailer for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Here it is for your viewing pleasure, I hope it excites you as much as it does me. ...

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Austin Powers Totally Holds Up

I watched all three Austin Powers movies on Netflix this weekend, and you know what I learned? They totally hold up. That's right, I threw it back and watched International Man of Mystery, The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Goldmember and they still made me laugh. These movies are silly and ridiculous, but like Airplane! (which is the most timeless...

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The Battle of Cute and Deadly

Hello friends, One of the best parts of my life right now is my gig writing at Geekdom House. On Fridays, we post fun, silly articles. I want to present my current favourite of these, posted today: The Battle of Cute and Deadly.Tired, old Yoda was strolling alongthrough the Dagobah swamp like nothing was wrongwhen suddenly Mega Gnar popped out of the mistand pummeled into Yoda with his great, big fistYoda force-shoved him back, Gnar landed on his feetGnar leapt away through the air as they both felt the heatof a lightning bolt crashing...

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Roustabout: Making the World A Better Place The in the Dumbest Way Possible

Kurt Braunohler is a comedian I love and he did something hilarious and meaningful this last year. He jetskiied 200 miles of the Mississippi in seven days to raise $35,000 for Heifer International. He recorded the whole thing an it's up for free on Comedy Central's website and YouTube. Here's the first of nine episodes, the whole thing is about an hour and you should definitely watch it. ...

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Bo Burnham: what

Bo Burnham's first hour-long special what has been on Netflix for around two years now and I can not think of a more fitting name for it. I started watching it when it first came out and was immediately turned off. If you're not familiar with Burnham, he first rose to popularity on YouTube as a teenager with some wholly original, if strange, comedy. I really didn't like his YouTube stuff so I was not coming into this with high hopes. I really didn't like what the first time I watched it, but I couldn't quite put my finger on why. I...

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A Deviation From My Standard Format

This week I'm going to post something that doesn't really fit in my blog's normal format. I am a staff writer at a fantastic new website called Geekdom House, and this is a feature I recently wrote.  It's something I've been trying to find a way to express for a long time, and Geekdom House gave me an outlet to do it in a way I am very proud...

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SNL 40

Before I get into it, here is Kyle Mooney's unaired sketch from the SNL 40 celebration, it is weird, awkward, and I'm so sad it didn't make it to air. I was so, SO excited for the celebration of 40 years of Saturday Night Live. Obviously, I'm a huge fan, but this was going to be a family reunion for most of the important people in comedy for the...

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Are Women Funny?

YES. Yes they are. It goes without saying (he says hopefully) that this is a stupid, asinine question. "Women" are no less funny than "men" are and to believe so is not only ignorant, but misogynistic. I watched a "documentary" called Women Aren't Funny recently which is the brain-child of Bonnie McFarlane a comedian who I don't think...

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A Very Special Episode

Hello comedy lovers, this week I want to take it down for a second. As you may have seen on the internet last week, the Bell Let's Talk campaign was going strong. The campaign is raising awareness and funds to support mental illness and the stigma too often attached to it. Many of my CreComm friends have written amazing and honest accounts of...

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Laugh This Week Away

This week has been a long one and next week I intend to do something a little more introspective, but I really don't have the time to do it justice this week.  So instead, I leave you with my two all-time favourite bits. If these don't make you laugh, then I don't know what to do. Enjoy! John Mulaney — The Salt and Pepper Diner Bert Kreischer — The Machine ...

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Je Suis Charlie And Why Good Satire Is So Hard

Je suis Charlie. I am Charlie. The events of the horrific attack in Paris have gone through the 24-hour news cycle enough times that its probably lost a sock. There have been a lot of great discussions about the freedom of speech, and freedom of press as a result. French illustrator Lucille Clerc published my favourite comic in solidarity. https://twitter.com/LucilleClerc/status/552961721959473152/photo/1 Charlie...

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The Importance of Commitment

My good friend Laina Groom is a very funny person. I don't say this about every person I know who makes jokes. I may write a comedy blog, but her writing is way, WAY funnier than mine is. She wrote that blog post as a response to a joke I made on a previous one, and in doing so, proved her own point about the importance of commitment to...

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Nick Offerman: American Ham

Nick Offerman was skyrocketed into pop culture in 2009 with his portrayal of Ron Swanson on NBC's Parks and Recreation. Ron Swanson is so traditionally masculine that Hemingway himself might think twice about trading shots with him.  Interestingly, Nick Offerman's personality is nearer to Swanson's than many actors are to their characters....

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