83. Kliph Nesteroff: Sorry, We're Funny

“You can hardly move about Hollywood and Manhattan without bumping into Canadians," wrote Variety in the 1960s. Scores of talented Canadian comics had already infiltrated American writers’ rooms and studios, while dreaming of a comedy scene they could call their very own. The infrastructure didn’t exist at home yet, so our comedians began to build it independently. Pushing back against cultural conservatism, media control, and national modesty, they invented a new and distinctly Canadian kind of comedy—sly, smart and subversive, character-driven and absurdist, and quietly revolutionary. Kliph Nesteroff, the “premier popular historian of comedy” (The New York Times) shares the impressive history of Canadian comedy in Sorry, We’re Funny and at this entertaining event. Moderated by Charlie Demers. 

Presented in partnership with The Improv Centre. 

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