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While we're all waiting for laughing in public to be legal again there are plenty of Montreal comedians putting out great content. Here's a list to get you started but no doubt we've missed lots so feel free to add more in the comments section. 2 DRINK MINIMUM (Pantelis & Mike Ward): If you haven't seen any of these yet it'll take you awhile to catch up - there are 180 videos so far and they crank out a new one every week. Pantelis and Mike have plenty to talk about between t...Continue reading

With live stand-up in Montreal shuttered until January at the earliest you might want to check out some of the city's funniest anglos in digital form. Here are 16 comedy albums from 9 Montreal stand-ups available for download. IS THIS IT? (2020) - Abdul Butt https://music.apple.com/us/album/is-this-it/1539307446?ls... PANDEREK: 1st WAVE! (2020) - Derek Seguin https://music.apple.com//album/panderek-1st-wave/1527591076 CHERUBIC (2020) - Mike Carrozza https://music.apple.com/album/1523428723 LIVE FROM THE MOON! (2020) - Mike Paterson https://www.mikepaterson.ca/albums WE AIN'T TERRORISTS (2020) - Ali Hassan & Dave Merheje https://smarturl.it/WeAint ALL THE BEST CHOICES (2019) - Jess Salomon https://800pgr.lnk.to/JessWE HANDSOME DAUGHTER (2019) - Eman El Husseini https://music.apple.com//album/handsome-daughter/1475572027 LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM! (2019) - Mike Paterson https://www.mikepaterson.ca/albums TETE OFFENSIVE (2018) - David Pryde https://music.apple.com/us/album/tete-offensive/1363237251 43.0 (2017) - Derek Seguin https://music.apple.com//derek-seguin-43-0-warn/1210437929 UNVEILED (2016) - Eman El Husseini https://music.apple.com/us/album/unveiled/1161506138 LIVING THE WRONG DREAM (2016) - Jeff Schouela https://music.apple.com//living-the-wrong-dream/1090438423 SIGHT GAGS (2014) - David Pryde https://music.apple.com/us/album/sight-gags/949933048 NEWFIE OCTOPUS (2013) - Derek Seguin https://music.apple.com/ca/album/newfie-octopus/887104204 IT WAS SEEING YOU (2013) - Jeff Schouela https://music.apple.com//album/it-was-seeing-you/1090085420 GOOGLY (2006) - David Pryde https://music.apple.com/us/album/googly/192513163

The 2021 Grammy nominations are out! Here are the noms for Best Comedy Album: Black Mitzvah Tiffany Haddish I Love Everything Patton Oswalt The Pale Tourist Jim Gaffigan... Paper Tiger Bill Burr 23 Hours to Kill Jerry Seinfeld The Grammy Awards will air on January 31st, 2021 at 8pm ET with Trevor Noah hosting.

Hello comedy friends and fans, unfortunately all show venues in Montreal have been asked to close again until October 28th as part of a larger effort by the Quebec government to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 happening outside of those businesses. Our October shows have been rescheduled to November, if you've bought tickets for October they will be honoured on the new dates or refunded at your request. See www.comedynest.com for dates and details and we truly, deeply apologize for this inconvenience.

60 seconds of funny to brighten up your day courtesy of award-winning writer/comedian Sylvain Larocque Humoriste.

Conan O'Brien will be ending his late-night talkshow run in June. Fun interview in Variety including a brief overview of his career and plans for the future: https://variety.com//conan-obrien-tbs-ending-hbo-max-1234/

Terry DiMonte (CHOM 97 7) and Ted Bird (Jewel 106.7) have been massive supporters of the Montreal comedy scene for decades. When they were co-hosting the CHOM and CJAD morning shows they also co-hosted The Montreal Show for Just for Laughs, not to mention a handful of Montreal stand-up specials for Global Montreal in the early 2000s. They're also the first two Canadian broadcasters to appear on a U.S. live-stream called Mornings Across America and the interview is VERY fun to listen to: https://morningsacrossamerica.com/full-episode-ted-bird-a/

Thinking of leaving Montreal for the suburbs? Comedian Abdul Butt made a promotional video to lure you to the West Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8d3bBjFbJs

Is it a travel show? NO! It's Massimo On The Go! Here's a sneak peek at Episode 2 from Montreal's own Massimo Cannistraro.

Interesting interview on CBS Sunday Morning with Steve Martin and New-Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss on their new collaborational book, "A Wealth of Pigeons."

Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin shared lots of insight and plenty of funny in this interview for The New Yorker Festival a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NqTWHGIJ7Y

Montreal comedian Mike Paterson is in a new show for kids on Peacock TV called "Test Dummy Science." Here's Mike becoming a human magnet so scientists can throw metal at him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ3fx7ktk3w

Montreal comedians please share! The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is accepting submissions for 2021 TV Gala sets until November 20th! Each of the galas has a theme, written submissions are accepted as opposed to video submissions given the various regional lockdowns (that's us!), more details here: https://www.winnipegcomedyfestival.com/whats-new/submissions

Season 3 of David Letterman's "My Next Guest" is now on Netflix! Four new interviews with Dave Chapelle, Lizzo, Robert Downey Jr. and Kim Kardashian. Here's the trailer:

Over the past 10 years or so you might have caught Paul Ash's half-improv, half-prepared comedy-battle show BattleCOM at Montreal Comiccon, at the ComedyWorks or right here at the Nest. More recently he's taken the show virtual and there's a brand new episode streaming TONIGHT featuring Montrealers Erica Taddeo and Serag Meletian, Hamiltonian Justin Shaw, Ottawanite Karen Joy and Torontonominian Eric Fell! Catch it at 8pm here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR6sXkEvRYg&feature=youtu.be

Joey Elias talks Red Zone from the perspective of out-of-work artists in his latest segment on Global Montreal.

HUGE congrats to the three Montreal comedians who recorded TV spots at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival this weekend Derek Seguin Gino Durante and David Pryde! Air dates TBD!

There's a Montreal connection on tonight's television premiere of CBC's Because News - Comedian Martha Chaves started her stand-up career right here! Go Martha!

This winter keep your head and most of your ears warm with a Comedy Nest hat! (we're working on a better slogan) Mailed anywhere in Canada for $20 taxes included, available in white or black, PLUS we'll throw in a gift certificate for two to catch a show at the club! E-transfer to [email protected], specify colour and let us know where you'd like us to mail it! Limited supply!

If you're not following Montreal comedian Geoffrey Appelbaum on Facebook you're not laughing as much as you could be. Here's his 60-second exchange with a 2030 time-traveller on how the world beat Covid.

Former Montrealers and current New Yorkians Jess Salomon and Eman El Husseini have a new show/podcast on BBC World Service called Comedians vs The News. They're 8 episodes in with great guests already and the show is scheduled to run through to the U.S. election... and who knows how long THAT will take! Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08p118h

A little taste of the funny on this great comedy album by Montreal's own (and Toronto's adopted) Ali Hassan and honorary Montrealer Dave Merheje (we're trying to get him the key to the city to make that official).

Podcast fans! Are you a fan of podcasts? Well here's another fun one with roots in the Montreal comedy scene! Comedian/actress/burlesque performer JENNIFER-JUNE CHAPMAN and author MEGHAN REDMILE are two talented friends who tackle an age-old question: do you need to be crazy to be creative? Check it out here: https://anchor.fm/meghan--jennifer-june-red

Montreal comedians Derek Seguin and Abdul Butt have launched a podcast called Bacon No Bacon where they talk about things. And stuff! Lots of stuff. You can find it on YouTube and all audio streaming services. Here's a taste:

Joey Elias weighs in on what 2020 might have been without Covid in his weekly segment on Global Montreal.

Montreal comedian Rodney Ramsey is the host of a new live talkshow filmed entirely in virtual reality! This is the first episode, which includes an interview with comedian Keith Pedro, and there are two more episodes now posted on Rodney's Facebook page featuring DeAnne Smith and Massimo.