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Calarogus Shark Media from the Latin Quarter of Montreal. I'm
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Jenny Mack with your daily comedy news. I just left
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New Faces two. It was awesome, way way stronger than
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New Faces one. Wally Burm was your host for New
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Faces two, not as strong as John Marco, and I
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was wondering how that would set up the room. Would
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it be strong enough to lead into the comedians. Don't
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worry about that, because boy Max Eddie came out number one,
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Max out of San Francisco. At that point in the evening,
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I wrote in my notebook Best so Far a couple
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notes he does have a hack joke in the middle
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of his set that he needs to totally drop. And
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he did do the same exact joke as somebody did
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in New Faces One that said absolutely crushed. Put an arrow.
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If I put an arrow in my notebook, that's a
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good sign. Only one person got an arrow out of
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New Faces One. Next up was Catherine Blandfield out of
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Saint Louis.
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I love her.
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I think she might have been my favorite of the
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twenty comedians I saw on Wednesday evening.
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Really really really liked her.
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She got an up arrow at a star She was
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followed by Vittorio Angeloni. That's the guy out of Northern Ireland.
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He had a great opener about the room and how
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well lit. It was very, very funny, and he crushed.
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So you had a strong open number one with Max
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Eddie and then Catherine Blandfield and Vittorio Angelone crushing back
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to back. So could it keep going? Could Sam Bero
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out of Chicago.
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Keep it going? Sam also got an up arrow out
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of me.
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He had a tough draw after two crushers, but really
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really funny, maybe just a hair not as good as
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the two previous, but super solid. In the five spot,
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Randy Numayer gets a tough straw after everybody crushing before her.
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She was really good too. She's out of Vancouver. Liked
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her a lot. Then Tom Murphy from Montreal hometown crowd
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behind him. I stepped down from the previous group, but
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by no means not funny, meaning funny. Chloe Radcliffe in
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the seventh spots out of Minneapolis, super entertaining, really strong performer,
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more entertaining than funny, but strong. Ory Styla out of
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London in the eight spot. I liked him a lot,
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really nice performer. Dean Stanfield out of Texas, came out
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dressed as a cowboy in the nine hole.
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More of a storyteller.
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I'm not sure New Faces is the right room for
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that type of act. You know, if your storyteller, you
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got to build these things and it takes a minute.
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That said really enjoyed him as well. Dylan Adler closed
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the night and it was approaching eleven o'clock. Johnny Max
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gets a little tired, starting to struggle a little bit,
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but high entered. I performer a great closer, great way
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to close the night. So you know, ten solid comedians there.
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They did do the thing again where they had his
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tatan fake laughter. I forgot to mention yesterday they had
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the room ice cold to keep us awake.
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I guess that's a good thing.
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In between new phases one and two, I saw Alistair
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Ogden hanging out in the hallway and I was really
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tempted to be like, hey, what to do my podcast?
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But I resisted.
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Also so Bruce Gray hanging around, I probably could have
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grabbed him, and I was like, oh, but then, Neil
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know I have a podcast and I'll listen to it
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and then I'll hear what I said about his set,
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so I did not ask him. Hi, let's do a
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quick news story here from the corner. Nish Kumar talked
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about why Trump isn't actually good for comedy. He says
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he's not one of your cracksmoking mayors. He enjoys the festivals.
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He says, these shows are always really good fun. There's
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an international circuit of comedians to do these things that
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do Montreal, Edinburgh and Melbourne, and it's a really great
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opportunity to catch up with some friends and also get
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to see some good stuff as well. He told Yahoo Canada.
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I watch a lot when I'm in town, and I've
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seen some unbelievable shows. He was doing a show in
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Toronto in February when Trump got into it with the tariffs.
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Kumar said, that was a particularly febrile time. I think
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I was hoping that things might have calmed down a
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little bit, but obviously they were never gonna calm down.
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It's a fascinating experiment what happens when a country for
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seemingly no reason, out of nowhere, for versus centuries of
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diplomatic relations with its neighbor with whom it shares a
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land border. Well, you know here as a Canadian. You
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Americans keep putting out Adam Sandler movies, I mean, Happy
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Gilmore too out on Netflix today.
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Don't do that. Why would you do that? Anyway?
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Let me take the break a little early here. I
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got to go back to the hotel room to upload
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these shows so that you're actually hearing this now, and
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I've got a pretty robust second half. So early break,
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you're right back here in Montreal. He just for laughs,
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Montreal Comedy Festival. It is the second Friday, so it's
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a big day. At one o'clock today the New Faces
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Writers four o'clock, Smash Reads, Reddit Stories Live. They a
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lot of industry type stuff. At five o'clock breaking down
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the pilot structure. Six thirty Early show just for laughs.
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Gallow with Roy Wood Junior. Seven o'clock Nick Muhammad is
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mister Swallow Show Bony seven o'clock. Robbie Hoffman headlines JFL.
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That's a good title for a show. Well done there,
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The Nasty Show at seven, Nathan McIntosh at seven, Wally
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Burram at seven, Gina Yes Sheer. Gina's show at seven
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is called twenty twenty five One hell of a Decade.
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Seven o'clock Just for laughs, Shorts, New Faces, Stand Up
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Encore at seven, Best of the Fast seven thirty, Nate
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Jackson A Lot of Buzz on Nate at eight o'clock,
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Will Anderson's Will Legitimate eight thirty, Nish Kumar Nish, Don't
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Kill My Vibe eight thirty. Bilingual show Bonjour High at
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nine o'clock. I always love the title because one of
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my I mean, I'm not the most original person, but
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if I'm in Montreal or France, I always do the
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bonjour hello, and then you speak to me in English.
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But I find that works a lot better than walking
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and going yeah, let me get a Venti iced coffee,
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like just at least attempt. My brain is able to
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read French pretty quickly, especially if I'm in a French
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speaking country for thirty six hours. The vocabulary comes and
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goes depending on how much prep I've done. When I
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did Paris a couple of years ago, I was five
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years ago. No, it was right before the pandemic. I had,
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you know, done the duelingo and listen to a bunch
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of French podcasts and I was okay. Ish pronunciation otuocious.
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But you know, I find if you try, people are
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pretty cool about It, Rachel Scanlon at nine o'clock Just
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for Laughs, Pilots at nine o'clock, Michelle Batill's Gala at
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nine thirty, Danny Boy at nine thirty, May Martin at
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nine thirty, Variety's ten Comics to Watch at nine thirty
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That's a heck of a show. Also at nine thirty,
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New Faces, Stand Up, Encore, Best of the Fast nine
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forty five, Andrea Jinn at ten, Steph Tolev at eleven thirty,
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and Midnight Surprise at eleven fifty nine. At the Festival
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tonight at nine thirty, May Martin said, I usually get
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people to write questions and put them in a bucket.
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Then I do a little section where I improvise and answer
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questions from the audience. I like to create a kind
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of atmosphere where it feels like we're seeing something that
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won't happen again. May says, Canada has been very good
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to me. Yeah, it's great up here. No Adams Sanlor movies.
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I like it. I've been coming to Montreal since I
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was a kid. It's it's nice to check back in.
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You see the same people every summer. It's special and
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I'm glad it's the Festival still thriving also tonight in Denver,
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the Rise Comedy Festival, running tonight through August second to
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the fourth annual Rise Comedy Festival more than one hundred
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and fifty performers from around the United States. Organizer Nick
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Armstrong says, the comedy scene in Denver's huge. We're happy
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to be hosting so many people here. We have an
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all access pass which allows you to get into all
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of the shows, and it's actually very inexpensive ninety nine bucks.
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That's great.
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I mean, if you're around and you want to hit
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shows for a week, that's awesome. We try to make
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it as inexpensive as we can so people can watch
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as many as they want. There are some comedy junkies
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in Denver this weekend. The focus is on stand up.
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There's a Stand Up Colorado. It's a local showcase Saturday night.
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These stand up competition finals. Comics compete for five hundred dollars,
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two hundred and fifty dollars, and one hundred and fifty dollars,
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but the big prize is to get to perform in
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front of influential judges. Armstrong said. Each year we bring
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in different judges who work in the industry, book festivals
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and help comics get real exposure. Last year, some guys
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gave out their emails and told comics to send them tapes.
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That kind of connection can open real doors. Next weekend
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is dedicated to improv. There's also Festival Intensive, a four
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day educational programming featuring four instructors and twenty four hours
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of training. The festival got three hundred and fifty submissions
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for this year's festival. Nick says that was actually down.
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I think people are travel adverse because of budget, or
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at least that's what we've been told today. I'll still
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take it. I mean, that's still a really healthy response.
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Sure is.
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Nick doesn't want the festival to get too big. We
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don't want it to become this huge thing because we
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don't want it to become so diluted that people can't connect.
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Sounds like a good festival. San Diego Comic Con kicks off.
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The south Park guys will be there with their one
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point five billion dollars that would pay for thirty seven
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and a half years of Stephen Colbert shows. There's an
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immersive south Park experience at court Yard. While you're there,
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you can take part in an interactive photo opportunity, some trivia,
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karaoke giveaways, and more. There's also a costume contest, including
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categories for best Kenny, Best Kyle, Best Stand, Best Butters.
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The event is free and open to the public. You
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can also check out the Comedy Central panel at six
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forty five and Hall Eah featuring Trey Parker, Matt Stone
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and there are a billion and a half dollars down
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in the United States. I feel bad for you people
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because you are being stuck with the release today on
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Netflix of Happy Gilmour Too. I mean, it's just awful. Luckily,
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here in Canada, we don't have to deal with such things.
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Adam Sandler says fans stopped him in the streets for
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twenty eight years asking for this sequel. Well, everybody, you
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got white yass Or, Sailor said, for almost three decades,
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he rejected the idea, and then one day changed his
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mind to maybe I'm wondering how much money Netflix offered
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him that changed his money spoilers. I mean, I don't
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want to ruin an Adam Sandler comedy for you spoilers
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when Happy gil Woar two begins. His life isn't perfect
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right now, says Adam Sandler at least at the beginning
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of the movie, and he's a family man. He's getting
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back into the golf game. The cast includes Ben Stiller,
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Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Travis Kelcey, Bad Bunny, and a
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bunch of pro golfer. As Adam Sandler said, we wrote
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him stuff and everybody was kind enough to come and
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everybody and it did a great job. Every day on set,
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someone cool would show up and would hang out. Christopher McDonald,
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who's seventy years old now and as one of the
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best guest starring roles on Star Trek The Next Generation
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as Lieutenant Castillo. Remember that, Yeah, Yesterday's Enterprise.
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One of the best episodes. He said.
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What I love about Adam Sandler is his heart. He's
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got so much love for people, and he's done some
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amazing work in the last few years. I'm very happy
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for him. Let's break that apart. Adam Sandlor does have heart,
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and that is admirable. I'm there with that. He's got
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love for people. That's fantastic And as McDonald says, he's
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done some amazing work in the last few years. Yes,
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he uncuts you in the Basketball Movie and the Alien one.
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Those are all really good. Just stop making comedies. McDonald
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would not talk about the plot. He said, I signed
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an NDA, this is kind of a big deal. At
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the Happy Gilmore premiere, Sandler was asked by Entertainment Tonight
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what it would take for him to make a movie
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featuring all three of his famous co star actresses together.
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They are Julie Bowen, Jennifer Aniston, and of course Drew Barrymore,
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who has the unique ability to make an Adam Sandler
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comedy watchable. Sandler said it would require a great set
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and happiness. He joked all the ladies, which suggests different
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diets to me during filming that say, Adam, you got
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to stop beating this because they're all like best friends.
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Drew Barrymore, of course, co starred in the two of
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the watchable Adam Sandler comedies, The Wedding Singer and Fifty
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First Dates. But even Drew Barrymore can't solve everything. She
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was also in Blended, which is not a great Adam
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Sandler movie. Sandler said he had to rewrite Happy Gilmore
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two following the death of Carl Weathers, who appears as
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Chubbs in the original. Sandler said, we had a painful change.
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Carl Weathers had a massive part. I would talk to
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Karl and we were excited, and then Carl passed away.
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We had to rewrite a lot of the stuff and
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even what the story was. We made a lot of