It's our 50th episode celebration! For this special episode, we asked our Really Bad Advice Givers the question "If you were asked to be a groomsman or maid of honor but I didn't want to - how do you say no without ruining a friendship"
Bad Technical Advice Producer
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.
Host
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.
Guest Bad Advice Giver
Known as the Bi-Polar Buddha, Tazz turns mundane events into side-splitting stories! Big Daddy Tazz is the act that has no act. His quick wit, improv style, crowd interaction and amazing stage presence bring audiences to their knees in laughter and to their feet with applause and adulation, with no two shows being the same.
His amazing stand up comedy shows have been featured on Just for Laughs, the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC’s “The Debators” and the Comedy Network. He once set a record for the longest stand-up comedy show at 8 ½ hours as a fundraiser for one of the many charities Tazz supports.
Guest Bad Advice Giver
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.
Guest Bad Advice Giver
Shannon has been nominated 5 times for a Canadian comedy award. Over the years she has worked with Dana Carvey, Louis C.K., and Robert Klein. You can hear her on Sirius XM: Just for Laughs Canada and Raw dog. She is currently writing and a featured performer on A Little Sketchy TV on NTD. She has also appeared at the Winnipeg Comedy Fest, Club 54 and the host of Mondo taboo 2.
Guest Bad Advice Giver
Laurie is in the podcast protection program, so her identity cannot be revealed.