First Day on the Job

Once a tech, always a tech! Andrew started with the "tech club" in school and built a career that has spanned live theatre, television, and information technology. He's always been much more comfortable behind the camera (or microphone) instead of in front of one but occasionally will stick. his neck out and join in to provide some Really Bad Advice.

Ari isn’t just the host, he’s the producer as well. He’s been dabbling in comedy for over 30 years, starting out running an improv company, then a comedy room.
Gifted with 100’s of hamsters running in his brain at any time, you sometimes just have to strap in and enjoy the comedy ride.

Laurie is in the podcast protection program, so her identity cannot be revealed.

Dean Jenkinson is a Canadian Comedy Award-winning and Canadian Screen Award-winning comedy writer, performer, and festival producer. You’ve seen him on The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Comedy Now, and Air Farce; and heard him on The Debaters, Laugh Out Loud, and SiriusXM. He’s written for The Hour Has 22 Minutes for fifteen seasons, and for Just For Laughs galas since 2012. He’s been the Creative Producer of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival television galas since 2011, and in 2020 he became the festival’s Artistic Director.