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Troupe of the Day – Smells Like the 80s

Posted on: October 17th, 2011 by julianne

Each day leading up to the 2011 Festival, the TOsketchfest Blog will feature one of our 40+ awesome comedy troupes.
Today’s troupe is Smells Like the 80s!

Smells Like the 80s is part of the old guard of the Toronto sketch comedy scene… I know, it’s hard to believe with their fresh faces and good nature, but these weathered sketch comedy veterans will be making their fifth appearance at TOsketchfest in 2011.

Last year was a banner year for SLT80s at TOsketchfest.  They claimed both the 2010 Sketch Com-Ageddon Championship and the 2010 Sketchiest Sketch Troupe Award… two serious accolades that they claim have “made-up sounding names.”

Trevor, Curtis, Cam and Sean are favourites around TOsketchfest. They have a high joke-per-minute ratio, wear ridiculous wigs and dresses, and treat you to straight-up sketch comedy. No muss, no fuss, just a lot of funny.

Troupe member Trevor Wilson won both the 2010 and 2011 Toronto Comedy Brawl stand-up competitions. And you lucky ducks can also see him solo, hosting some shows during TOsketchfest.

Check out their troupe profile  to see when they are playing, and to grab your tickets.

 

 

 

Video of the Day – Ninja Sex Party

Posted on: October 12th, 2011 by julianne

 

This one is definitely NSFW but it’s a goodie from our friends in Ninja Sex Party.  Enjoy this, then enjoy them live at TOsketchfest on Nov 10 and Nov 11.

Can you name these hilarious people…

Posted on: September 16th, 2011 by julianne

We saw this ridiculous pic on a comedian’s Facebook page today. It was posted in support of tonight’s season premiere of the Ron James Show on CBC.

Here’s a fun game for your Friday afternoon: Can you name all of the hilarious people in the pic?

Ok, obviously one of them is Ron James.

Oh, and four of them will be performing in TOsketchfest 2011! Watch this space on Monday Sep 19th for the full programming announcement!

 

Chicago SketchFest Applications Open

Posted on: September 2nd, 2011 by julianne

Attention all sketchy people! Wanna play in the mother of all US SketchFests? Ok, it wasn’t the first, but it is certainly the biggest. Chicago SketchFest is now accepting applications for the 2012 festival.

Head over to their website to get the details.

Members of the TOSketchFest team have enjoyed performing in and watching the Chicago festival for many years. We hope you’ll send them your reel. And if you do, good luck!

 

 

Picnicface Sneak Preview Tonight!

Posted on: August 31st, 2011 by julianne

Hey dudes… check out tonight’s sneak preview of Picnicface, the new sketch show on Comedy Network. Those crazy kids from Halifax made a TV show! Remember when they were the winners of the Audience Choice Award at TOSketchFest in 2008? Yeah, we do too. They are so great.

The sneak preview is tonight (Tuesday Aug 31) at 10 pm on Comedy Network.

Also, check out the story about their show in this weekend’s Toronto Star!

Charleston Comedy Festival Submissions Open

Posted on: August 24th, 2011 by julianne

Are you a comedian? Do you like travelling? Do you like travelling to places that are warmer than Toronto in January?

The Charleston Comedy Festival dropped us a line today to let us know they are looking for acts and their submissions are open until October 1st. The Festival is January 18-21, 2012 and all kinds of comedy are welcome to apply.

All the details are on  their website; you’ll need some basic info about your show, online video of your live performance and your bio.

Good luck!

 

Subscribe to Win!

Posted on: August 22nd, 2011 by julianne

Be a winner! We’ve got a pair of tickets to see the Toronto Argonauts take on the BC Lions on September 2nd and we’re giving them away to one lucky duck who subscribes, likes or follows TOSketchFest before August 31st.

There are three ways to enter (do all three and you get three ballots!)

1.You can subscribe to the TOSketchFest Blog by entering your email in the little purple box at the bottom of our homepage. You know, the one that says “Subscribe to Our Blog.” If you do that, our blog posts about the Canadian comedy scene and hilarious videos will come directly to your inbox!

2. You can “Like” our Facebook fan page www.facebook.com/TOsketchfest

3. You can follow us on Twitter @TOsketchfest

You’ll be glad you did.

 

Puppy Pics!!

Posted on: August 19th, 2011 by julianne

It’s video week on the TOSketchFest Blog! This vid is from Harvard Sailing Team of NYC, who, in my opinion, had one of the most memorable TOSketchFest performances ever back in 2007.  Hope we can bring them back to Toronto soon.

In the meantime, enjoy Puppy Pics!

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