The Daily Schedule Friday, July 25, 2014

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10:00 AM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM From Set to Screen: The TV Comedy Search Ladies of Comedy Association JFL Luncheon You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes 2014 Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" Uncensored

1 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM From Set to Screen: The TV Comedy Search Ladies of Comedy Association JFL Luncheon You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes 2014 Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" Uncensored Hyatt, Inspiration Room, Level 6 Hyatt, Soprano Room, Level 4 Hyatt, Ovation Room, Level 5 Hyatt, Inspiration Room, Level 6 A TV comedy pitch initiative for comedy performers presented by the New York Television Festival and Just for Laughs. Five teams have been selected to face the music in From Set to Screen. They ll present a five-minute pitch of their TV series to a panel of hard-nosed comedy TV experts who ll provide them with honest, unabashed feedback. Come see if any of them pee in their pants! Co-Presidents Amber J Lawson & Abbey Robertson kick off lady power player round table discussions. Each table is anchored with a lady titan of the industry. This is one of the most intimate discussion opportunities to ask the questions you ve always wanted to ask and YES with FREE FOOD! Fascinator not required ;) MEN ARE WELCOME TOO! Access: Industry & Express only Beloved weirdo Pete Holmes makes things weird as he & guests chat about comedy, religion, sex & whatever might be on their weird minds. This will be one hour of pure, uncensored, comedy honesty. Back for a fourth year, this panel is easily one of the most amusingly revealing hours you ll spend at the festival. 1:30 PM 2:15 PM Doug Loves Movies Fan Your Following 3:30 PM Andy Kindler's State of the Industry Address 5:00 PM Just For Laughs Awards Show Hyatt, Grand Salon Opera, Level 4 Hyatt, Inspiration Room, Level 6 Hyatt, Grand Salon Opera, Level 4 Hyatt, Grand Salon Opera, Level 4 Good movies! Bad movies! Movies so bad that they re good! It doesn t matter to Doug Benson, he loves all movies. That must be why he started Doug Loves Movies where he and special guests provide the funniest movie reviews and commentary. Featuring: Greg Proops Doug Benson TJ Miller Seàn Cullen How to build your audience in a winner takes all world. A fresh medley of japes, gibes, and rejoinders. The bellyacher is back and he brought a thesaurus. If The Conniption Fits, Wear it. This year, we'll present awards to: ANDY SAMBERG SETH ROGEN & EVAN GOLDBERG NATHAN FIELDER MICHAEL SCHUR BILL BURR Hosted by Pete Holmes

2 7:00 PM 7:00 PM Eat Drink Laugh Cinema du Parc 3575 Parc Avenue With names like Seinfeld, Rock & Sandler having honed their craft on the Comic Strip s stage, this doc explores the birth of the modern comedy club. Q&A Featuring: Paul Provenza George Wallace Judy Gold Ron White PDA - Theatre Maisonneuve Whether it s the Scotch, the cigars, or his down home Texas upbringing, Ron Tater Salad White, is a master of telling it like it is. Featuring: Mike Wilmot 7:00 PM 7:00 PM Date Night: The Relationship Show Don Rickles and Guests Metropolis PDA - Salle Wilfrid Pelletier 59 St. Catherine East Host: Godfrey Alonzo Bodden Joe Matarese Caroline Rhea Tom Papa Tom Papa Lynne Koplitz Adam Hills John Heffron Adam Hills Don Rickles 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 2014 Variety "10 Comics to Watch" Place des Arts - Cinquième Salle Fortune Feimster Pete Davidson Ron Funches Cristela Alonzo The Lucas Brothers Greg Poehler Harvard Sailing Team Tommy Tiernan Live Gesù 1202 Bleury Street Ireland's greatest comedian & master storyteller Tommy Tiernan is back with a new show that will whisk you to new levels of hilarity. Brit(Ish) L'Astral 305 St. Catherine West Host: Noel Fielding Phil Wang Alex Horne Gina Yashere Cardinal Burns Abandoman 7:00 PM Talk of the Fest hosted by Nick Offerman Club Soda 1225 St. Laurent Boulevard Host: Nick Offerman DJ Demers Bobby Slayton Seàn Cullen Reno Collier Debra DiGiovanni Kyle Radke Nick DiPaolo Nick Thune Ralphie May (Not in order of appearance)

3 Fortune Feimster Wiggle Room 3874 St. Laurent Boulevard A regular on Chelsea Lately with Southern-fried charisma & larger than life bluntness, Fortune Feimster brings audiences to their feet. Opener: Randy Liedtke Funny As Hell *Green Room Access Only* Usine C, 1345 Lalonde Avenue Host: Jon Dore Cameron Esposito Brooks Wheelan Ari Shaffir Greg Proops Improv4Humans Jerrod Carmichael Théâtre Ste Catherine 264 St. Catherine East Comedy wunderkind and unflinching optimistic Jerrod Carmichael comes to OFF-JFL to show the city of Montreal why he s one of the most sought-after standups in the world. This is your chance to see a star in the making, before his new HBO special directed by Spike Lee hits the air. Opener: Jake Weisman Al Madrigal Underworld 1403 St. Elisabeth (across from Theatre Ste Catherine) You know him from The Daily Show & About A Boy, but now's your chance to get to know the domestic diva behind Al Madrigal's bemused grin. 8:00 PM New Faces Characters Alonzo Bodden As Seen On TV Mark Forward News is not News The Comedy Nest MainLine Theatre PDA- Salle Claude Léveillée Montreal Improv 2313 St. Catherine West 3997 St. Laurent Boulevard 3697 St. Laurent Boulevard (3rd floor of Pepsi Forum) Host: James Adomian Paul Virzi Beth Hoyt Chelsea Davison Greg Tuculescu Rick Glassman Justin Willman Alex Pavone John Reynolds Mike MacDonald The cynically good-natured Holly Laurent Mr. D s Mark Forward is every bit Californication star Alonzo Bodden John Milhiser LaKendra Tookes as weird on stage as he is on is as funny as he is frustrated Chris Gethard Mary Holland TV don t miss this chance to see when pouring over life s Brent Morin Michael Antonucci this Canadian comedy hero live! excruciating minutiae. James Davis Michael Lehrer (Not in order of appearance)

4 8:00 PM Best of The Fest Yuk Yuk's 1222 Mackay Street HOST: Darrin Rose Adam Newman Joe Mande Kurt Metzger Claudia O'Doherty Ruben Paul Dom Irrera Michael Che John Roy Mike Polk Jr. 9:00 PM 9:00 PM 9:00 PM Pete Holmes & his Favourite Weirdos Théâtre Ste Catherine 264 St. Catherine East Notable weirdo Pete Holmes has wrangled up all his favourite weirdos for a night that's guaranteed to bust guts with heavy belly laughs. Featuring: Jamie Lee Brooks Wheelan Nick Thune Underworld 1403 St. Elisabeth (across from Theatre Ste Catherine) Once he starts rattling off sidesplitting non-sequiturs & wild stories you ll realize that Nick isn t just a comic, but your favourite comic. Opener: Kate Berlant Nikki Glaser Katacombes 1635 St. Laurent Boulevard Co-host of the You Had To Be There podcast, Nikki bounces from personal stories to cultural musings, all with quick mellow style. Opener: Brad Wenzel 9:00 PM Ryan Hamilton PDA- Salle Claude Léveillée 9:00 PM Stand Up Down Under Montreal Improv Jim Jefferies Maison Symphonique New Faces Un-Repped MainLine Theatre Though Ryan Hamilton looks like he should be selling ice cream in 1950, make no mistake that this clean comic kills consistently. Opener: Emily Heller 3697 St. Laurent Boulevard Australia and New Zealand s best comedy exports! Host: Wil Anderson Joel Creasey Nick Cody Felicity Ward Jarred Christmas Dave Hughes 1600 St. Urbain Street The brutally honest comedic commentary of the notoriously funny, Jim Jefferies St. Laurent Boulevard Host: Al Madrigal Alex Stone Brendan Eyre Brian Frange Cody Hustak Jason Saenz Liza Treyger Noah Gardenswartz Richard Bain Sam Evans Troy Walker Zainab Johnson (Not in order of appearance)

5 New Faces of Comedy: Group 2 Ryan O'Flanagan Whitmer Thomas (Not in order of appearance) New Faces Characters MainLine Theatre 3997 St. Laurent Boulevard Beth Hoyt Chelsea Davison Greg Tuculescu John Reynolds Holly Laurent LaKendra Tookes Mary Holland Michael Antonucci Michael Lehrer The Nasty Show 10:00 PM Mini Nasty Show Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes" 10:00 PM Funny As Hell *Green Room Access Only* Usine C 1345 Lalonde Avenue Host: Jon Dore Streeter Seidell Pete Davidson Chris Gethard Jamie Lee Pete Holmes Chris D'Elia Wiggle Room Metropolis Gesù L'Astral 3874 St. Laurent Boulevard 59 St. Catherine East 1202 Bleury Street 305 St. Catherine West Host: John Heffron Host: Bobby Slayton Star of Whitney & Undateable, Chris Drew Michael Ari Shaffir D Elia's high-energy, character-filled Eliza Skinner Hasan Minhaj Jake Weisman Wil Sylvince Derek Seguin Kurt Metzger Back with Thank God For Jokes a comedy has captured the hearts of audiences around the world, but does any of that matter considering Jesse Elias Hailey Boyle brand new one-man show where the world s biggest heart-throb/most Mike confesses hilariously stories troubled youth is a fan? Normally it Justine Marino Nick Dipaolo about the jokes that could have would be bad advice to tell anyone Matteo Lane ruined his life. to follow in Bieber's example but Michelle Wolf rapid-fire wit of Chris D Elia will keep Monroe Martin you in check. Barock Tent PDA - Between Symphonique & Wilfrid-Pelletier Host: K. Trevor Wilson Luisa Omielan John Vlismas and more! Opener: Dan Levy 10:00 PM Talk of the Fest hosted by Nick Offerman Club Soda 1225 St. Laurent Boulevard HOST: Nick Offerman Leland Klassen Mark Little Fortune Feimster Simon Amstell Lynne Koplitz Nick Cody Ben Roy DeAnne Smith Alex Horne

6 10:00 PM Mega Stars Gala PDA - Salle Wilfrid Pelletier Shaun Majumder Kathleen Madigan Marc Maron Lewis Black Loni Love Mike Wilmot Ron White Tommy Tiernan Brody Stevens As Seen On TV Kurt Metzger Montreal Improv 3697 St. Laurent Boulevard Brody Stevens is a conduit of energy on stage. Relentlessly pitching jokes & positive reinforcement, you're guaranteed to enjoy it! The Comedy Nest 2313 St. Catherine West (3rd floor of Pepsi Forum) HOST: Debra DiGiovanni Owen Benjamin Demi Lardner Mark Forward Jerrod Carmichael Robert Kelly Mike Polk Jr Dave Hughes Ben Roy Al Madrigal Chris D'Elia Katacombes 1635 St. Laurent Boulevard Inside Amy Schumer writer & viciously funny stand-up, Kurt, pushes audiences past their comfortzone as he riffs about things that ll make you wince & laugh. Joe Mande Cabaret Underworld 1403 St. Elisabeth Street (across from Theatre Ste Catherine) Born hell-raiser Joe Mande has a knack for stirring up trouble. Don't miss your chance to see who his latest online target is! The Green Room with Paul Provenza PDA- Salle Claude Léveillée Paul Provenza's Green Room invites some of the biggest names in comedy for uncensored stories, thoughts and spur-of-the-moment quips. So come sit in on a one of a kind conversation and see what goes on in the green room. "Rape Night" Adrienne Truscott Jim Norton James Adomian Judy Gold Best of The Fest Yuk Yuk's 1222 Mackay Street HOST: Seán Cullen Rachel Feinstein Ron Josol Edd Hedges Mike Delamont DJ Demers Alex Pavone Nikki Glaser Dan Levy Michael Che Théâtre Ste Catherine 264 St. Catherine East Former SNL writer & Daily Show correspondent Michael Che is the next big thing so catch him while you can for future bragging rights. Opener: Brooks Wheelan

7 11:30 PM T.J Miller L'Astral 305 St. Catherine West T.J. Miller is blossoming into the comedy superstar everyone predicted he would be. If your brain can handle TJ s juxtapositions of the trivial and childish with the most mindful insights into every day life, he ll be waiting for you at L Astral. 11:30 PM New Faces of Comedy: Group 1 Wiggle Room 3874 St. Laurent Boulevard Host: John Heffron Alingon Mitra Brad Wenzel Grant Lyon Hampton Yount Jack Robichaud Jen D'Angelo John McKeever Kate Berlant Nore Davis Randy Liedtke (Not in Order of Appearance) Comedy Underground with Dave Attell Café Cleopatra 1230 St. Laurent Boulevard Uncensored and uncut, Dave Attell is not for the easily offended. For everyone that's ready to see the rawest comedy show in town, get ready! Hosted by Dave Attell Featuring: Pete Davidson Nikki Glaser Robert Kelly Kurt Metzger Tom Papa Kumail Nanjiani and Friends Cabaret Underworld 1403 St. Elisabeth Street (across from Theatre Ste Catherine) With a dry wit and a lineup of funny friends, it s time for Silicon Valley star Kumail Nanjiani to do what he does best: mock everything! Featuring: Cameron Esposito Joe Mande Kumail Nanjiani The Alternative Show 1635 St. Laurent Boulevard improv4humans Midnight Surprise Katacombes MainLine Theatre Théâtre Ste Catherine HOST: Andy Kindler Ron Funches Chris Locke Rick Glassman Claudia O'Doherty Marc Maron Jon Dore and more! 3997 St. Laurent Boulevard UCB founder Matt Besser brings his improv talents & 3 of his favourite improvising humans to MainLine for unpredictable hilarity. Featuring: Matt Besser Horatio Sanz John Gemberling Zach Woods 264 St. Catherine East Okay, here s what we definitely can tell you: the show s at midnight. And it's hosted by Justin Willman. The rest is a surprise. MIDNIGHT - 3:00 AM Funny or Die Midnight Party Club Arthur on the Place des Arts Esplanade near After a grueling week of trekking around the city, making the rounds and watching the world s best comedians leave it all out on the stage, the comedy industry doesn t need much of an excuse to cut loose. The Funny or Die Midnight Party is their chance to take advantage of an open bar, exclusive setting, delicious food, good music, unpretentious crowd and perhaps each other?! No, no, we d never suggest such a thing! The Midnight Party is a sure bet at a good time and the best way to close out the Just For Laughs festival. ACCESS: INDUSTRY, EXPRESS and ARTIST pass holders only.

The Daily Schedule Saturday, July 26, 2014

The Daily Schedule Saturday, July 26, 2014 12:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:45 PM Pitch Til Your Sides Split: Web Series Pitch Session Canada's Greatest Export improv4humans Podcast with Matt Besser Digital Decision-Makers Hyatt, Inspiration Room, Level