Thursday, July 23rd @ 7:30pm

Tune-in and see some of the funniest amateur comics in our (Virtually) A Comedian Amateur Contest and our All-Star cast of judges will critique them.

Admission $5

You must be 19+ to watch.

Event Summary

• Host Jim Kelly from FM96’s TAZ & JIM introduces himself and our panel of judges
• Featuring celebrity judge & Yuk Yuk’s founder Mark Breslin
• Our 3rd Judge is Clint Couchie, a professional standup comic that frequently hosts Yuk Yuk’s Amateur Nights
• Jim will introduce our amateur comics
• Each amateur comic will do 5 minutes of original comedy followed by our judges’ feedback
• There are 6 amateur comics total
• Fans can vote for their favourite amateur comedian
  

  Amateur Comic for July 23rd

  James Clark

  I have done a few am nights when it wasn’t so virtual at the London Club and have been doing stand up for about 3 years now.

  Teddy Robitaille

  For years I have liked comedy. I wrote and collected my jokes and believed I could do comedy stand up. My motivation was to do a great job with my speech at my daughter’s wedding and at my mother’s celebration of life. It all went great. Since then I have written more material and enjoy getting laughs from my many jokes and stories. I’ve never planned to make a carrier out of comedy. I just like the reaction I get sharing my material. It’s now been just over four years and I still love doing stand up comedy whenever I get the chance. I will always continue to write new jokes and put them out there. We all need a good laugh.

  Dan Brennan

  Dan Brennan has lived many places in his life but he now calls the comedy stage home. Based out of Hamilton, ON. Dan is a gifted storyteller, and his material, based on all the times he got it wrong and his inability to comprehend the modern world, is delivered with hilarious effect. @comedythingsdanbrennan on insta and @danbrennanlive on twitter. In terms of my history, I’m a cautionary tale about the joy of taking chances. I’m 45 and I tried comedy for the first time when I was 41. The moment I walked off stage, I realized that up until that point I had wasted my life. Since then I’ve been hitting it hard. I’m out 4 to 5 nights a week (not bad for a guy with 2 jobs and 2 kids). I even paid $800 to fly to Thunder Bay for what amounted for a 5 minute set. Comedy is my passion and now that I’ve found it, I don’t ever want to let it go.

  Krzysztof Motyka

  In 2009 I was hired actor on one episode of William Shatner wirde or what . ( one day shoot ). In 2014 I was hired actor on show called worlds most dangerous jobs for BBC ( 3 weeks shoot ). I dreamed about doing stand up since 2008 but I couldn’t write anything I like then . I June on 2019 I finally started to write material I liked and by October 2019 I was performing stand up comedy . Since then I perform on such of shows as: Comedy of Toronto ( in comedy bar and social capital theatre . Bring it – new talent competition ( in social capital theatre). Black sheep comedy ( at 120 Diner ).

  Cassie Petersen

  Hi – I’m Cassie! I just realized how funny I am and now I need to share it with the world. You’re welcome

  Mark Korakianitis

  Mark is originally from London, Ontario. He moved to Toronto to pursue his dream of becoming a stand up comic. Mark is known for his dark sense of humour and vulnerability on stage. Within his first year of performing Mark was featured on Killy Tony where Tony Hinchcliffe asked him to open for him on his last show as part of the Just for Laughs 42 Festival in Toronto. Mark has since produced a variety of his own recurring shows, performed on the B-Side Comedy Festival and competed in several comedy competitions. You can catch him all over Ontario and find some of his clips on youtube

  Our Panel of Judges

  Jim Kelly (Host & Judge)

  Jim Kelly is the second half of the FM96 London and Y108 Morning Show –“Taz & Jim”. In addition to being part of the #1 Morning Radio Show in the city, Jim is also a founding member of Shut the Front Door Improv and you can catch his own comedy with his sketch project “Seriously JK”.

   

  Mark Breslin (Celebrity Judge)

  Founder of Yuk Yuk’s 

  In 1976, Breslin opened the first Yuk Yuk’s, in the basement of Toronto’s Church Street Community Centre. Four years and many sweaty shows later, the Yuk Yuk’s flag ship was moved to 1280 Bay Street in the trendy Yorkville district. Over the next decade, Yuk Yuk’s would expand to its present reach with over 15 clubs across Canada.

  Breslin has written four books so far – Zen and Now (Somerville House), a popular Brian Mulroney joke book Son of a Meech (Random House), and an autobiographical novel, Control Freaked (Insomniac Press). Mark also wrote and narrated two 5CD audio book, published by Harper Collins, titled “Yuk Yuk’s Guide to Canadian Stand-Up” and “Rarities and Road Warriors”. Add to this innumerable book reviews for The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star and The Quill and Quire, and his monthly comedy column, now in its seventh year, for the Village PostMagazine.

  Breslin has produced such television programs as Late Night with Joan Rivers for Fox Broadcasting, Yuk Yuk’s – the TV show for CBC TV and Mondo Taboo, two pay-per-view specials for The Movie Network and The Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh Off annual TV special for The Comedy Network., which he also hosts. He was executive producer on Friday Night with Ralph Benmergui for CBC TV and Yuk Yuk’s 25th Anniversary Special for the Comedy Network. Currently, Breslin was a story consultant for the first two seasons of Kenny vs Spenny for CBC TV and Showcase and an associate producer of Petal Pushers on HGTV.

  In addition to television, Breslin has also worked in radio, developing Live from Yuk Yuk’s, a daily radio show syndicated by the Telemedia Radio Network on over 80 stations coast to coast. He was also the program director for Laugh Attack, on XM Canada, Canada’s only 24-hour Canadian comedy channel.

  In 1990, Breslin created the first annual Search for Canada’s Funniest New Comic, a national contest for developing new talent; that same year, he organized and hosted the first Toronto Comedy Festival, which ran for nine years under various iterations.

  In 1998, he was chosen Artistic Director for the Humber College Comedy Program and currently sits as advisory board chairman and producer in residence.  He is a founding board member of the Canadian Comedy Awards, and was a comedy mentor for the B.C. Festival of the Arts

  Breslin has been a broadcaster, having hosted call-in shows on Q107 and CFRB and having appeared as a featured panelist on multiple episodes of ROB TV’s The ArtS Panel and Global Television’s Grumps.

  Breslin is also a much sought-after public speaker. Selected speaking engagements have included the American Comedy Institute in NYC, the Big Bear Comedy Workshop in L.A., Association for Campus Entrepreneurs (Toronto keynote address), York University Cultural Studies Program, York University Department of Philosophy, Toronto Jewish Film Society, Variety Club of Toronto, MENSA Society of Canada, Glendon College Alumni Association, among others.

  Clint Couchie – Judge

  Stand-up Comic and Creator of the North Bay Comedy Festival 

  Clint hails from Nipissing First Nation and has performed at the Sudbury and Timmins comedy festivals. He is the creator of the North Bay comedy festival and is a frequent host of Yuk Yuk’s Amateur Nights. His comedy is a mix of silliness and self-deprecating humour.

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  DISCLAIMER 

  • Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Shows are UNCENSORED & UNCUT and therefore you must be 19 + to attend.
  • Yuk Yuk’s comedy may contain adult language and subject matter as a means of entertainment is not intended to offend or demean our guests.
  • We ask customers to please consider this in advance before purchasing a ticket and attending a comedy show.
  • The opinions and mature subject matter expressed by some comedians DOES NOT express the views of Western Fair District management and staff.

   

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  Want to Sign-Up as an Amateur Comic?

  To sign up contact yukyuks@westernfairdistrict.com

   

  Be prepared to do 5 minutes of ORIGINAL material.