Articles by Anthony Damiao

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  Hasan Minhaj

  Royal Theatre, Toronto ON, September 24

  PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2016

  Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj — perhaps best known in Canada for his recent satirical interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

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  Jim Jefferies

  Sony Centre For the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, September 24

  PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2016

  Jim Jefferies isn't the coddling type. He's made his name by pushing boundaries and he's not keen on asking permission to do it. In other w...

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  Sam Kinison

  Family Entertainment Hour

  PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2016

  Sam Kinison's 1991 Family Entertainment Hour is a 51-minute barrage of glib hypotheticals, withering sarcasm and rage. He's mean, clever an...

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  Joan Rivers

  Don't Start With Me

  PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2016

  Joan Rivers was 78-years-old when she released her last comedy special, aptly titled Don't Start With Me. Love her or not, her vibrancy, pi...

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  Carrie Fisher Gala Ft. Brian Posehn, Celia Pacquola, Ivan Decker, Cristela Alonzo and Ronny Cheng

  Maison Symphonique, Montreal QC, July 31

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2016

  Carrie Fisher hosted Just for Laughs' final comedy gala of the fest on Sunday evening. She was in full possession of her typical irreverent...

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  Truth and Iliza Podcast with Russell Howard

  Hyatt Hotel Ovation Room, Montreal QC, July 30

  PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2016

  Iliza Shlesinger's podcast Truth and Iliza — a conversational program between Shlesinger and other comedians — typically centres itself on...

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  Iliza Shlesinger

  Cinquieme Salle, Montreal QC, July 30

  PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2016

  Iliza Shlesinger was about as animated as they come at Montreal's Just for Laughs.  She was everything her fans wanted to see and more: unh...

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  Ian Abramson's 7 Minutes in Purgatory

  Mainline Theatre, Montreal QC, July 28

  PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2016

  Ian Abramson's 7 Minutes in Purgatory is an excitingly novel experiment. The audience faces a stage occupied only by a screen, like some so...