Montreal Just For Laughs
Comedy reviews from the 2012 festival
30/07/2012 … Brendon Burns & Mick Foley The Alternative Show Aziz Ansari Patton OswaltThe Muppets gala Midnight Surprise with Neal BrennanAndrew Maxwell Jim Breuer …
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Mon 30 July 2012
Sun 29 July 2012
10. Ten publicity stunts
29/07/2012 … The festival might not have started, but the PR certainly has.
Sat 28 July 2012
Review: Aziz Ansari
From Steve Bennett at Montreal's Just For Laughs festival
28/07/2012 … Aziz Ansari is a smart comic, in both senses of the world, possessing a sharp suit and a sharp mind, which brings a freshness to the age-old topics he discusses.
9. Ten highlights from the free shows
28/07/2012 … We’ve already highlighted plenty of free shows in these features – but here are ten more that look like they might be worth checking out… After all, what have…
Fri 27 July 2012
Patton Oswalt at Just For Laughs, Montreal
27/07/2012 … He may be a big(ish) star, but the ever-grounded Patton Oswalt hasn’t lost sight of what a useless chump he is.
Review: The Muppets gala at Just For Laughs
From Steve Bennett in Montreal
27/07/2012 … It has to be one of the best opening sequences in TV… and as the drumroll heralds the start of the Muppet Show theme, it brings a lump of to the throat and a palpable…
8. Ten people doing unusual things
27/07/2012 … The Fringe should always be about doing something different – so here are 10 shows that are either comics doing things they are not normally associated with; or…