Canadians have all the fun. They get free health care; there hasn't been any major destruction in their cities; and they have the biggest comedy festival in the world taking place in Montreal. And this year's lineup for the festival looks magnificent. The 35th annual Just For Laughs Festival has landed an all-star bunch of comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Ali Wong, Kevin Hart, Judd Apatow, Trevor Noah, Natasha Leggero, and Moshe Kasher among others. Additionally, there will be live podcast recordings like Jake and Amir's If I Were You and Jon Gabrus's High & Mighty. The full lineup and tickets can be found here.
Hahaha, look at all these funny (new) faces Just For Laughs
Every year, Just For Laughs returns with a festival full of laughs and Canadian values. And every year, it also introduces the world to new working comedians. The New Faces list has everyone a comedy nerd needs to know for the comedy world. The list encompasses three categories from stand ups to character and managerless comedians. The full list below comes from Splitsider so thank those lovely people for that.
“NEW FACES OF COMEDY
Ahamed Weinberg
Casey James Salengo
Chris Garcia
Dave Ross
David Gborie
Dino Archie
Evan Williams
Jacqueline Novak
Jenny Zigrino
Jesus Trejo
Jo Firestone
Joel Kim Booster
Jordan Rock
Josh Johnson
Matt Donaher
Matt Ingebretson
Naomi Ekperigin
Randy Syphax
Robert Powell
Sarah Tollemache
Tim Dillon
NEW FACES OF COMEDY: CHARACTERS
Alan Starzinski
Lily Sullivan
Ego Nwodim
Christine Bullen
Joanna Bradley
Colin O’Brien
Frank Garcia-Hejl
Natalie Palamides
Richie Moriarty
Nicole Sun
NEW FACES OF COMEDY: UNREPPED
Brendan Lynch
Casey Crawford
Danny Palumbo
Geoffrey Asmus
J.B. Ball
Ismael Loutfi
JP McDade
Janelle James
Molly Ruben-Long
Neko White
Raul Sanchez”
Seeso picks up Just For Laughs series ‘Funny As Hell’
Seeso seesaw an opportunity and took it. The NBC based streaming service added another comedy series to its roster today with Funny As Hell from Canada’s own Just For Laughs comedy festival. Six episodes will be produced and will start shooting on July 26th. Funny As Hell is a standup series that airs on HBO Canada, a channel that is only watched by moose and whatever the hell a canuck is. This will be the show’s sixth season and host Jon Dore is set to return. Featured comedians include Cameron Esposito, Eugene Mirman, Janeane Garofalo, Beth Stelling, Aparna Nancherla, Kurt Metzger, Emo Philips and more.
Just For Laughs Has A YouTube Channel With Unseen Bits From Mitch Hedberg, Dave Chappelle, & Dozens of Other Comedians
Just For Laughs and YouTube's Maker Studios wants you to see every bit of stand up from your favorite comedians. Every single bit of it.
Variety reports that the two companies have teamed up to bring you never before seen (in video form at least) performances from the like of Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Chris Rock and many more.
Montreal hosts Just For Laughs as a main stage for comedians to get started. Because it is so heavily focused on showcasing newcomers, the videos are comprised of early versions of our beloved comedians. The show goes as far back as 1987.
Over 500 hours of Just For Laughs footage will be released three times a week. Their partnership with Maker is natural because of YouTube's expertise with short-form content. The channel hopes to accommodate original material drawn from current JFL-hosted festivals.