What's So Funny?

Tanyalee Davis returns to our studio after a 4-year absence to tell tales of her little 'gina, relocating to small town North Carolina, and hanging out with big stars like the Bay City Rollers and P Diddy. Your regular host was contagious and in the isolation booth so manservant Colleen Brow took over to ask the tough questions with occasional input from MacPherson.

Garrett Clark returns to our studios a mere five months after making his What's So Funny? debut. Why so soon? Because he's off to seek his fame and fortune in the City of Angels and wanted to say goodbye. He talks about his love of AC/DC, his adult circumcision, and his opinion of background actors. And along the way drops some impressions off, including Hank Hill, Jiminy Glick, Damonde Tschritter and our absolute favourite, Richard Lett.

Glenn Wool is baaaack! Both in studio and living in Vancouver. Well, Surrey, but that's a lot closer than England and Los Angeles. He's fitting right in, too, going for long walks around the seawall and taking yoga classes. We talk about immortality, his battle with Aasif Mandvi, and his bromance with Frankie Boyle, among other things.

Diana Bang is best known for her role as Sook, Kim Jong Un's propaganda minister, in the movie The Interview. But maybe you also recognize her for her work as Coffee Shop Server in No Clue, Barista in Miracle in Manhattan, or maybe even Market Cashier in Guess Who's Coming to Christmas. We talk about her surreal ascent to the red carpet, Seth Rogen's luscious lips, and learn why you should never trust an acting teacher. Also, this marks her very first appearance on any podcast anywhere!

Ron Vaudry is a Canadian standup pioneer, in the game since 1979. He talks about an early foray across the frozen tundra back in 1982 with Mark Breslin and his stable of stoned comics, doing comedy at Foxy Boxing, his bad luck with competitions, his ten years abroad, and his beef with the Canadian entertainment industry. Check it out!

Harry Doupe returns for his annual year-in-comedy review. We start off with the old chestnuts: Canadian Comedy Awards and YYComedy Festival and quickly branch off to The Interview, Corner Gas: The Movie, and The Grand Seduction, move over to the year in comedy deaths, talk about Demetri Martin's response to hecklers at the JFL stop in Vancouver, Harry's worst experience with hecklers, Christmas specials from Russell Peters and Dave Foley, Lachlan Patterson's appearance on Last Comic Standing, and the upcoming Schitt's Creek.

Matt Besser loves to talk about comedy. And we love to listen. The co-founder of Upright Citizen's Brigade (UCB) in New York is also a comic, first and foremost. In this episode, he throws out sports analogies aplenty, we learn what a Razorback is, talk about Steve Martin and Andy Kaufman, I stick my foot in my mouth in regards to Tim Meadows, why if-then is better than yes-and, and he tells us who the greatest Canadian band is.

Ken Lawson returns to walk us through some improv games and exercises. If you've ever considered taking improv courses, have a listen. At the very least, you'll come away more confident knowing you're better than the host of this show.

Mark Forward opens up! The very private standup comic and actor gives What's So Funny? an exclusive about being canned from CBC-TV's Mr. D. And he talks about his sensitive childhood and how therapy helped him become less angry. It sounds so serious but this is a really fun chat.

Darren Frost returns. Could this be the last time the Toronto comic is in Vancouver? Would he dare retire from comedy? These are questions we can't know the answer to. But he can ponder them, as he does in this episode, his fifth appearance on the show. Lotsa good stuff here in this one.