Hello sledders. The obsidian sled has opened forums, including a good beefy sticky on how to get the obsled’s many thousand hits a day working for you.

Also, we have opened the section on getting that $500 i’ve been telling people about.

So let’s work together!

The Forums / $500 thing are here

You be the judge

In Toronto comedy, improv has almost always been viewed as the bronze medalist on the podium, looking up enviously at sketch and stand-up. Never mind that most of the material for Second City’s revues comes from the improv sets after their shows; it’s almost always our sketch exports, like SCTV and Kids in the Hall, or individual sketch or stand-up performers like Jim Carrey or Mike Myers, that people think of when asked about comedy in Toronto.

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April 11, 2007 - In Installment Number 6 of the Serious Sad Melancholy Show at the Brunswick House, Players Players will blow your mind with sketches yet to be written, and a special guest standup. More info later!

The ALTdot COMedy Lounge

Monday March 19

MC Fraser Young

Manolis Zontanos

Massimo

Jason Rouse

Pat Thornton

Darryl Purvis

Tony Krolo

Ali Hassan

Levi MacDougall

Barry Taylor

Doors 8:30, Show 9:00, PWYC

The SketchCOMedy Lounge

Tuesday March 20

MC Pat Thornton

The Newsdesk with Ron Sparks

F’n Dead People

Asiansploitation

Holly & Inessa

And featuring:

The Understudies

Music and laughter: come early because this stuffs the Art Bar and is always a good time.

The two most recent episodes of the learn-it-yourself web series from Toronto freelance funhavers Famous Players: