Ottawa XPress │ September 15, 2005
“Ever notice KFC is one letter away from spelling ‘fuck’?” asks funnyman Harland Williams over the phone from Los Angeles. “So why does everyone eat there?”
Considered one of Canada’s best standup exports, Canadian actor and comedian Williams is a success story. He’s been in Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About […]
Read more »The Ottawa XPress │ June 9, 2005
[UPDATE! Pete makes a cameo appearance in the 2005 movie, Greg et Gentillon about two comediens from Aylmer who go to Toronto to make the bigtime, only to have one of the duo join the famous loud rock band, Maximum RnR !]
Taking his inspiration from heavy metal, stand-up comic […]
Ottawa XPress │ April 28, 2005
The anti-PC from Conservative country: Comedian Andrew Grose warns Ottawans to leave their political correctness at home for the Alberta Beef Comedy Tour
The eastern borders have been reopened and 600 pounds of Alberta comedy is coming our way. As part of the Alberta Scene that runs April 28 to May […]
The Ottawa XPress │ March 24, 2005
Laurie Elliott (left) and Kristeen von Hagen: the Dickwhipped duo
Whip it real good: Ballsy tales from the woman’s side
Dating and relationships can be hellish-hellishly funny if you live to laugh about it. Digging up scandalous tales from their own dating pasts, Toronto female comics Kristeen von Hagen […]
The Ottawa XPress │ October 21, 2004
Peters: a “hot and spicy” East Indian
Local Talent sticks around, and not just for laughs
With the help of local comedy clubs, Ottawa has been home to some of today’s most popular comedians, including MTV’s Tom Green, Saturday Night Live’s Norm MacDonald, and the recent CBS Star Search winner, […]