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Comedy Video Roundup - July 31

New comedy videos from Shannon DeVido, Luba Magnus and Meg Mackay, and Andrew Packer.

ComedyParton and PearlJuly 31, 2020Comedy Video, Sketch Comedy, Shannon DeVido, Luba Magnus, Meg Mackay, Andrew Packer

Review: Canada's Drag Race, S1 E5 The Snatch Game

Canada really . . . snatched . . . this episode, but why no Double Save on the runway?

ComedyChris MiddletonJuly 31, 2020Canada's Drag Race, Drag Queens, Television, Review, LGBTQ2S+

Jon Blair: Now More Than Ever

Jon Blair’s Now More Than Ever is an adaptable and conquering approach to Sketch comedy’s new normal

ComedyMarty YoungeJuly 30, 2020Sketch Comedy, Jon Blair

Review: Canada's Drag Race, S1 E4 Single Use Queens

Reduce, Reuse, Regina!

ComedyChris MiddletonJuly 30, 2020Canada's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race, Drag Queens, LGBTQ2S+, Television, Review

TOsketchfest Announces Best of the Fest Award Winners

Recipients included Dead Parents Society, Ajahnis Charley and more

ComedyParton and PearlJuly 29, 2020Theatre CentreToronto Sketch Comedy Festival, TOsketchfest, Awards, News, Sketch Comedy

Review: Canada's Drag Race, S1 E3 Not Sorry Aboot It

Canada’s Drag Race finally takes off

ComedyChris MiddletonJuly 29, 2020Canada's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race, Drag Queens, LGBTQ2S+, Television, Review

Review: Canada's Drag Race, S1 E2 Her-Itage Moments

By the way, “I Forgive You”

ComedyChris MiddletonJuly 28, 2020Canada's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race, Drag Queens, LGBTQ2S+, Television, Review

Review: Canada's Drag Race, S1 E1 Eh-Laganza Eh-Xtravaganza

Canada’s Drag Race got off to a Rocky (Mountain) Start

ComedyChris MiddletonJuly 27, 2020RuPaul's Drag Race, Canada's Drag Race, Television, Review, Drag Queens, LGBTQ2S+

Review: Slo Pitch, OUTtv and KindaTV

Slo Pitch Hits Different. Enter the absurdly entertaining reality of The Brovaries.

ComedyMelanie DahlingJuly 27, 2020Slo Pitch, Kirsten Rassmussen, Karen Knox, Amanda Cordner, Lane Webber, Wayne Burns, Television, Review

Review: Taylor Swift, folklore

This is a smart record, well considered, often transcendently beautiful, with surprising formal choices, but one that is haunted by being left behind, trapped in the past.

CountrySteacy EastonJuly 25, 2020Taylor Swift, Folklore, Album Review

Country Music Video Roundup - July 24

New videos from Tebey, The Hello Darlins, Sarah Wickett, and Michael Bernard Fitzgerald.

CountryParton and PearlJuly 24, 2020Tebey, The Hello Darlins, Sarah Wickett, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald

Comedy Video Roundup - July 24

New comedy videos from Ola Dada, Flo & Joan, and Devon Hyland.

ComedyParton and PearlJuly 24, 2020Ola Dada, Flo & Joan, Devon Hyland, Musical Comedy, Sketch Comedy

Review: Jade Eagleson, Jade Eagleson

Jade Eagleson’s self-titled album sounds like a damn country record, a needle in a haystack. He knows where he’s headed and he’s getting there at a powerful clip, throwing up dust in his wake.

CountryKim HughesJuly 24, 2020Jade Eagleson, Album Review

Here's Your One Chance, All-Stars, Don't Let Me Down

In the lip sync battle between Kennedy Davenport and Miz Cracker, the only person who knew the words was Blair St Clair.

Comedy, CountryTom HearnJuly 23, 2020Reba McEntire, RuPaul's Drag Race, Kennedy Davenport, Miz Cracker, Television, Crave, LGBTQ2S+, Drag Queens, Feature

Queer Comedic Artists in Toronto You Should Know!

A spotlight on nine Queer artists from Toronto’s comedy scene

ComedyTricia BlackJuly 23, 2020Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Coko and Daphney, Coko Galore, Selena Vyle, ABA AMUQUANDOH, Ben Sosa Wright, Ophira Calof, Ajahnis Charley, Kirsten Rassmussen, Tom Hearn, Ashley Cooper, Improv, Sketch Comedy, LGBTQ2S+, Stand Up, Feature