Eight comedians took the stage tonight and great performances took over the stage for the sixth show of the contest.
The young crowd stayed laughing as Lars Calleiou (right) and Peter White (left) won the judges over to move to the semifinals.
Our thanks to the judges, and everyone that came out to enjoy a night of laughs. The next night of fun starts Wednesday at 8 pm. Reserve tickets by calling 416-967-6425 or reserve online.
The late show on Saturday had everyone hooting and hollering. The competition was stiff, but two noble comedians prevailed:
Saturday night live! Our Twitter stream was going full tilt on Saturday and so were the comedians. Two clever comedians managed to beat out the rest of the competition. Here are the highlights:
The contest has been running for three nights so far. After five successful shows, ten lucky comics will progress to the semifinals.
Didn’t catch the shows? Oh no, not to worry! Resident Laugh Off laughologist Fatima has been cooking up some video highlights from the first five rounds of the contest!
Here are the highlights from March 19’s Laugh Off:
The local Laugh Off contests are in full swing, but there’s still plenty of time to enter the random draw online. Who knows? You could walk away $25K richer!
Canada has been buzzing with Laugh Off anticipation. The contest has popped up in the Toronto Sun, Chronicle Herald, Durham Region News, Barrie Examiner, London Free Press and Shecky Magazine. This year’s Canadian Blog Award winner, Michael Morrison, also gave a special shout out for the contest.
Thanks to everyone for the support. It’s shaping up to be the best Laugh Off ever!
The 2010 Laugh Off is underway and we are receiving oodles of talented submissions from the funniest people all across the world!
Perhaps you shyer comics need a little persuasion? Luckily resident Laugh Off expert Fatima has put together a little video with you folks in mind.
…but not at Yuk Yuk’s during the Laugh Off. Not a wet person in the house, can’t promise about the seats though. With another installment of the Laugh Off complete, comics from Massachusetts, California, Alabama, St. John’s, Toronto and South Africa, made sure that everyone was laughing throughout the night.
That feat was also possible due to the MC for the evening, Tony Krolo, who kept the momentum going between comedians.
After the rain stopped and the dust settled, there were only two comedians moving on into the semis this coming Saturday….
…Congrats to Toronto’s own Bryan Hatt and, all the way from San Francisco, California, Marty Grimes.
We’d also like to thank the judges; Anne Hines (Metro Toronto), Chantal LeBlanc (Life Force TV), Jeff Marshall (Jeff Marshall Casting), and Norwayne Anderson (NAM Talent)
Bryan Hatt
Marty Grimes
The Laugh Off has been listed in the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and Now Magazine. Now also features a Q and A with Yuk Yuk’s founder and CEO Mark Breslin.
Lucky Laugh Off contestant Cedric Newman was featured in a second Mississauga news article now that he’s made it to the semi final round and Toronto resident Chuck Byrn got written up in the Toronto Community News.
We didn’t forget about Trixx and Graham Chittenden’s performances from last Sunday night. See below for some video clips of their routines. Trixx was also recently featured in an article from Vaughn Today.
The comedy world is buzzing about the semi final shows that are happening this Saturday at 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM. Warriors of laughter will battle for the prize of 25 thousand dollars and the glory of the title: Yuk Yuk’s 2009 Laugh Off champion.
The final list of regional winners has been announced! Yuk Yuk’s congratulates the following comedians on joking their way to the top at their Local Laugh Off competitions:
Andrea Jensen – Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa
Andrew Iwanyk – Yuk Yuk’s Edmonton
Jasen Fredrickson – Yuk Yuk’s Calgary
Manolis Zontanos – Yuk Yuk’s Hamilton
Mark Casey – Yuk Yuk’s Barrie
They will be joining the following previously announced regional competitors:
Colin Hollett - Yuk Yuk’s St. John’s
David Lawrence - Yuk Yuk’s London
Graham Chittenden - Yuk Yuk’s Mississauga
John Beuhler – Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver
Johnny Munro - Yuk Yuk’s Kitchener
Kevin Foxx – Yuk Yuk’s Ajax
Mark Forward - Yuk Yuk’s Toronto
Mark Little - Yuk Yuk’s Halifax
Trixx - Yuk Yuk’s Vaughan
Check back tomorrow for the list of random draw winners.
Welcome to the official news feed of the 4th annual Yuk Yuk’s Laugh Off!
Keep checking back here to follow contest updates and get your fix for all the latest and greatest YYLO news.
And remember: the contest entry deadline is March 15, 2009. So far we have over 1000 online entries.
ANYONE can enter. Just go to the site and register for a chance to win one of 48 randomly-drawn spots.
Previous winner, Alberta’s Paul Myrehaug, was featured in his very own Comedy Now special.
A great act is tough to follow. So don’t just sit there - enter now!
