We got US Comic Steve Hofstetter in a very posh hotel this week!

In this episode, we were very fortunate to get Steve to join us as he tours through Canada.

Join tva, Steve, Darcy and Ian as we discuss:

- Touring comedy across North America
- Social Networking and how to actually use it to get shows
- Honing the act and making it your own instead of someone elses

Also check out our fancy new Facebook Page

Enjoy!

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Funny New Brunny Julien Dionne hops in from NYC to join us this week.

Join tva, Julien Darcy and Ian as we get to the bottom of:

- What the state of stand-up is in NYC
- Hosting the hell out of a room…and failing
- One-Nighter + Legion Hall + Nothing But Women = Hot Hot Death
- Scranton, PA and The Office Tour
- First-time-on-stage character acts and other atrocities of nature

Audio excerpt: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4855356/julien_dionne/

Also give our phone line a call at 206.202.8065.

Enjoy!

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We got him! Celebrity chef BRAD LONG cooks up a storm on this week’s podcast!

Join tva, Chef Long, Darcy and Ian as we fry up the following:

- How a career in music can lead to a life of cooking
- We talk about his restaurant Veritas
- We get into Restaurant Makeover, of course
- We field a ton of Tweet The Guest questions
- Belong Café at the Brick Works, opening November 2010
- Bloor Cinema’s screening of Fresh and discussion panel after the film – Aug 26, 2010

Also give our phone line a call at 206.202.8065 and let us know your guilty food pleasures.

Enjoy!

Also give our phone line a call at 206.202.8065.

Enjoy!

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The breathless and funny Ian MacIntyre takes time out of his busy schedule with The Sketchersons and Approximately 3 Peters to join us this week.

Join tva, Ian, Darcy and Ian as they get very giggly discussing this:

- Splitting time between two great sketch troupes
- The fantastic show that is “Sunday Night Live”
- Podcasting with a puffin
- Movie nerditry
- We discover we have “Approximately 3 Ians”

Also give our phone line a call at 206.202.8065.

Enjoy!

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Welcome to S1E2 of Comedy Above the Pub.  This week we have Canada’s darling Debra DiGiovanni!  Join tva, Debra, Darcy and Ian as they get to the bottom of such topics as:

- Keeping waaaaay too busy

- The joys of holiday cookery and Deb shows up in a magazine for Sobeys

- We get our take on the Stand-Up Boot Camp as well as other places that will teach you comedy

- A huge raft of “Tweet The Guest” questions that talk about Deb’s “Last Comic Standing” stint as well as her “Video On Trial” days

Also give our phone line a call at 206.202.8065.

And a correction from last week.  Follow us on Twitter and send in your “Tweet The Guest” questions to our account @CATPPodcast.  That’s right…Cat-P!

Enjoy!

Helen Arney’s (TVA Podcast #193) “Indie Song”

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Welcome everyone to Season 1, Episode 1 of Comedy Above the Pub.

For the listeners who came over from the TVA Podcast, thanks for following us over here.  We’re looking forward to some exciting times ahead and thank you for continuing with us on the journey.  The show will focus on comedy and bring you guests who may or may not be comedians themselves, but are in fact funny.  We’ve had great comics on in the past like Jo-Anna Downey, Ron Josol, Paul F Tompkins, Imran Yusuf and will continue to bring out the best comics we can.  The likes of “Thirsty Traveler” Kevin Brauch will also be welcomed back.  It’s all in the interest of bringing you a weekly dose of comedy.

To new listeners, we have a bit of a history and can give you a sense as to what we’re about in this archived episode from our previous podcast.  There are others for sure, and we welcome you to troll the archives of the TVA Podcast to find some others that we’ve talked to.  To pick one does a disservice to the other guests that have been fundamental in getting us the listeners that we’ve had.

We’re starting this new show off strong with Montreal-based funny man Jocko Alston.

Join host Todd Van Allen, producer Darcy Fiander, co-host Ian Atlas, and guest Jocko, as the following happens:

- The comedy scene in Montreal
- We have a jazz riff on jazz…be warned
- Behaviour unbecoming in Hartford, CT, starring Pauly Shore
- We talk about voice work and the dreams of sports casting
- Darcy back-peddles up a storm, first episode in…it’s a treat!
- Our first “Tweet the Guest” on the new series floors the guest for a bit.  It’s a deep one, folks.

Enjoy!

tva

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