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EPISODE 52 - Tommy talks with Sam Demaris about how tough the Seattle Comedy Competition really is, learning Christopher Titus' secret to making stories funny and why an AK-47 turned out to be poor investment choice.

EPISODE 51 - Tommy talks with Doug Funk about entertaining the troops at the North Pole with Randy Bachman, getting two sketch shows onto the Comedy Network in the 90's and letting material take its own shape on stage.

EPISODE 50 - Tommy chats with David Acer about his 25 years in standup, rebuilding the brand of the Comedy Nest and why so many Canadian entertainers need to keep multiple irons in the fire.

EPISODE 49 -Tommy chats with David Heti about his recent album It Was Ok, his Hard and Slow tour of the Maritimes this summer and how he was Googled out of a job in Law.

EPISODE 48 - Tommy talks with Brian Hope about expanding the Absolute Comedy Empire into Kingston (he manages the club there), gathering 27,000 followers on twitter and how to lose 25 pounds in one summer (it involves a fur hat and tremendous discipline).

EPISODE 47 - Tommy chats with Stephen Spinola about how to get kicked off the radio  twice, preparing to tape his dvd Living Your Dreams (also at this years Montreal Fringe) and his upcoming show/drinking game Mont Royal Rumble at Just For Laughs' Zoofest.

EPISODE 46 - Tommy talks with Julien Dionne about his journey from being a humble financial advisor/taxi driver in New Brunswick to meeting his girlfriend in an basement comedy club in Ottawa, breaking into (literally) the Big Apple and why every comic should start a room like his very successful and unique Julien Dionne Comedy Hour at Toronto's C'est What?

EPISODE 45 - Tommy talks with Fraser Young about how he has managed nearly two decades of stand up without writing anything down and rarely reading, writing on staff for Stroumbo, Almount Heroes and CBC's upcoming Punchline and having appeared on such Canadian classics as Video on Trial and Degrassi (TNG).

EPISODE 44 - Tommy chats with Matt Watson and Chris Timms about producing their fairwell fundraiser at the National Arts Centre and stringing together a tour of our Western Provinces.

EPISODE 43 - Tommy talks with Dave Merheje (MTV Live, Just For Laughs' Zoo Fest, etc., etc.) about his 700 page application for a green card and why he won't settle for being the wacky neighbour.

EPISODE 42 - Tommy talks with Rick Currie about writing on staff for Open Mike with Mike Bullard and Rick Mercer Report, how comedy festivals are both the best and the worst of times and why he (briefly) went postal.

EPISODE 41 - Tommy talks with Ben Miner about how giving a speech to the CRTC led to hosting Comic Stripped and programming SiriusXM's Canada Laughs, having the Super Bowl open for him and why he isn't a huge fan of Louis CK.

EPISODE 40 - Tommy chats with Matt Falk about headlining his first club at 19, winning second place in the World Series of Comedy and why he doesn't want to be friends on facebook.

EPISODE 39 - Tommy talks with Trevor Thompson and Matt Carter about the differences (plural) between Ottawa and Toronto's comedy scenes and what they miss about public sector employment.

EPISODE 38 - Tommy talks with the host of CBC's Laugh Out Loud Ali Hassan about being the lead comedy panelist on Strombo, why appearing in three feature films (Goon, French Immersion and Breakaway) in a year might not lead to auditions in Toronto and how his adventure all started with trying to get his cooking show blandisboring.com on the air.   

EPISODE 37 – Tommy chats with the appropriately named Larry XL about the Black Comics Burden of the Def Jam generation, acting in the 2012 film Elf-Man with Jason Acuna from MTV’s Jackass and the economic necessity of merch.

EPISODE 36 – Tommy talks with David Pryde about his experiences writing for Just For Laughs, taping The Debaters for CBC and why he has never watched his Comedy Now.

EPISODE 35 - Tommy chats with Canadian Comedy Award Nominated (2012) Stand-Up Josh Williams and Impresario (Dark and Dirty Show, Hilarious Basterds, Open Mic Mondays) about the real value of open mics, getting heard on the radio and eating shit for being Ottawa's Favorite Comedian.    

EPISODE 34 - Tommy just barely talks about comedy with Keven Soldo (NXNE, JFL42) instead focusing more on a mutual hatred of large telecoms, if humans are more than animals and possibly qualifying as a sex addict.

Episode 33 - Tommy chats with Buffalonian Dan Mahoney about surviving Cancer, Addiction and Comedy Competitions, the value of power yoga and the various ways to write a joke. (Yes, Buffalonian is the correct term, but I chose to use it because it reminds me of baloney, which incidentally rhymes with Mahoney.)