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Exclusive: Two-time Canadian Olympic medallist Elvis Stojko is to guest star in CBC’s comedy One More Time.
We’ve got a first look at the popular figure skater, who will appear in the seventh episode of the Counterfeit Pictures series. The ep, titled ‘Lazer Blade,’ will air on Tuesday February 20 and also on streamer CBC Gem.
Stojko will play himself opposite star D.J. Demers (The Tonight Show) in the workplace comedy, in which hard-of-hearing second-hand sporting goods store manager Demers leads a team of ‘enthusiastic’ employees.
The figure skater won back-to-back Olympic silver medals at Lillehammer in 1994 and Nagano 1998 along with three world titles and seven national titles. He was inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2011.
“Elvis Stojko is a Canadian icon and a huge part of my childhood — which is crazy because he doesn’t even...
We’ve got a first look at the popular figure skater, who will appear in the seventh episode of the Counterfeit Pictures series. The ep, titled ‘Lazer Blade,’ will air on Tuesday February 20 and also on streamer CBC Gem.
Stojko will play himself opposite star D.J. Demers (The Tonight Show) in the workplace comedy, in which hard-of-hearing second-hand sporting goods store manager Demers leads a team of ‘enthusiastic’ employees.
The figure skater won back-to-back Olympic silver medals at Lillehammer in 1994 and Nagano 1998 along with three world titles and seven national titles. He was inducted to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2011.
“Elvis Stojko is a Canadian icon and a huge part of my childhood — which is crazy because he doesn’t even...
- 2/15/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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Production is underway in Toronto on comedy series “One More Time,” from stand-up comedian D.J. Demers and showrunner Jessie Gabe (“Workin’ Moms”), and a cast has been revealed.
The 13 x 30′ series is a workplace comedy about D.J. (Demers), the hard-of-hearing manager of a second-hand sporting goods store, and the team of “enthusiastic” employees he leads. D.J.’s optimistic, community-oriented outlook on life is challenged at every turn, as he and his team struggle to keep the small independent shop alive.
Joining Demers in the cast are actor and comedian Geri Hall (“Astrid and Lilly Save the World”), Daniel Beirne (“Fargo”), Elise Bauman (“Workin’ Moms”), emerging actor Seran Sathiyaseelan and Dayton Sinkia (“Letterkenny”).
The cast also includes Nadine Bhabha (“Letterkenny”), Chris Robinson (“The Amazing Gayl Pile”), Maddy Foley (“The Boys”) and Marito Lopez (“Gary and His Demons”).
Demers’ one-hour specials include “[Indistinct Chatter]” “Interpreted” and “Born In ‘86” and he has appeared...
The 13 x 30′ series is a workplace comedy about D.J. (Demers), the hard-of-hearing manager of a second-hand sporting goods store, and the team of “enthusiastic” employees he leads. D.J.’s optimistic, community-oriented outlook on life is challenged at every turn, as he and his team struggle to keep the small independent shop alive.
Joining Demers in the cast are actor and comedian Geri Hall (“Astrid and Lilly Save the World”), Daniel Beirne (“Fargo”), Elise Bauman (“Workin’ Moms”), emerging actor Seran Sathiyaseelan and Dayton Sinkia (“Letterkenny”).
The cast also includes Nadine Bhabha (“Letterkenny”), Chris Robinson (“The Amazing Gayl Pile”), Maddy Foley (“The Boys”) and Marito Lopez (“Gary and His Demons”).
Demers’ one-hour specials include “[Indistinct Chatter]” “Interpreted” and “Born In ‘86” and he has appeared...
- 7/27/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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Exclusive: Shelved producer Counterfeit Pictures has hired long-serving Just For Laughs comedy expert Zoe Rabnett.
She takes on the post of Director of Talent and Comedy Development, effective immediately, at the Toronto-based producer.
Rabnett recently exited her post as Just For Laughs’ Director of Canadian and International Programming, having spent 14 years at the Montreal-based comedy house.
Well-known on the Canadian comedy circuit, Rabnett also worked at Diamondfield Entertainment, where she produced and booked the Rivoli’s famed caberet-style ALTdot COMedy Lounge show for 10 years.
While at Just For Laughs, she was responsible for finding and booking comedy talent from Canada and around the world for the festival, as well as for the organization’s tours and TV specials. In that capacity, she first collaborated with Counterfeit, acting as a producer on co-productions such as CTV Comedy programs Roast Battle Canada and The Stand Up Show and several stand-up specials for Crave.
She takes on the post of Director of Talent and Comedy Development, effective immediately, at the Toronto-based producer.
Rabnett recently exited her post as Just For Laughs’ Director of Canadian and International Programming, having spent 14 years at the Montreal-based comedy house.
Well-known on the Canadian comedy circuit, Rabnett also worked at Diamondfield Entertainment, where she produced and booked the Rivoli’s famed caberet-style ALTdot COMedy Lounge show for 10 years.
While at Just For Laughs, she was responsible for finding and booking comedy talent from Canada and around the world for the festival, as well as for the organization’s tours and TV specials. In that capacity, she first collaborated with Counterfeit, acting as a producer on co-productions such as CTV Comedy programs Roast Battle Canada and The Stand Up Show and several stand-up specials for Crave.
- 11/8/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: CTV’s Canadian sitcom Shelved has found its leads.
Lyndie Greenwood will be joined by Paul Braunstein (Baroness Van Sketch), Dakota Ray Hebert (Run Woman Run) and Chris Sandiford (What We Do In The Shadows) in the Anthony Q. Farrell single-cam comedy about employees and patrons at the Jameson Public Library in Parkdale.
See above for the first shots of them in role.
Taylor Love (Most Dangerous Game), Varun Saranga (Wyonna Earp) and Robin Duke (Schitt’s Creek) round out the ensemble cast.
Greenwood stars as Wendy, Head of the library’s Jameson Branch and an energetic dreamer who always sees the best in people and cares passionately about her library and the community of Parkdale. Her staff includes the fastidious and judgmental Howard (Sandiford), who begrudgingly joins after a transfer from a prestigious Midtown branch; social rights activist Jaq (Hebert), who is obsessed with dystopian...
Lyndie Greenwood will be joined by Paul Braunstein (Baroness Van Sketch), Dakota Ray Hebert (Run Woman Run) and Chris Sandiford (What We Do In The Shadows) in the Anthony Q. Farrell single-cam comedy about employees and patrons at the Jameson Public Library in Parkdale.
See above for the first shots of them in role.
Taylor Love (Most Dangerous Game), Varun Saranga (Wyonna Earp) and Robin Duke (Schitt’s Creek) round out the ensemble cast.
Greenwood stars as Wendy, Head of the library’s Jameson Branch and an energetic dreamer who always sees the best in people and cares passionately about her library and the community of Parkdale. Her staff includes the fastidious and judgmental Howard (Sandiford), who begrudgingly joins after a transfer from a prestigious Midtown branch; social rights activist Jaq (Hebert), who is obsessed with dystopian...
- 6/29/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Toronto -- Jay Roach, best known for his "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" comedy franchises, is to receive the Comedy Director of the Year Award at the upcoming Just for Laughs comedy conference, organizers said Tuesday.
The yukfest also tapped My Damn Channel CEO Rob Barnett, Ricky Van Veen, CEO of College Humor/Notional, and Andra Sheffer, executive director of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, to judge selected multiplatform web projects as part of the Pitch 'Til Your Sides Split sidebar in Montreal.
And Nick Weidenfeld, vp of comedy development at the Cartoon Network and Anton Leo, creative head of CBC TV comedy are on board to field TV show pitches from show runners, producers and performers.
The Just for Laughs comedy conference is set to run from July 15 to 17.
The yukfest also tapped My Damn Channel CEO Rob Barnett, Ricky Van Veen, CEO of College Humor/Notional, and Andra Sheffer, executive director of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, to judge selected multiplatform web projects as part of the Pitch 'Til Your Sides Split sidebar in Montreal.
And Nick Weidenfeld, vp of comedy development at the Cartoon Network and Anton Leo, creative head of CBC TV comedy are on board to field TV show pitches from show runners, producers and performers.
The Just for Laughs comedy conference is set to run from July 15 to 17.
- 4/13/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Also at JFL: 'Family Guy' pic possible
MONTREAL -- It was time for some dealmaking, deal talk and talent buzz as the industry phase of the 25th annual Just for Laughs comedy festival came to an end during the weekend.
On the deal front, Canadian stand-ups Nick Beaton and Gerry Dee got agency representation after well-received performances, and Heidi Foss and Sarah Glinski walked away with CBC development deals for their TV show pitches built around siblings.
Foss' comedy idea "Four Minutes Apart", about an anti-establishment female stand-up who moves in with her upwardly mobile brother and his family, and Glinski's "Sibling Rivalry", about a young woman's changing relationship with her younger brother, convinced CBC head of comedy Anton Leo at the annual Just For Pitching panel.
It was the first time that the CBC had promised to pick at least one of the nine pitches for a development deal.
Meanwhile, the Gersh Agency signed Dee, a finalist on NBC's "Last Comic Standing", and Beaton, both currently based in Toronto.
Beaton, the runner-up Wednesday in the festival's annual Homegrown Competition of Canadian comics, entertained the audience with jokes about funny T-shirts and his Nick Beaton rules for girls.
Dee earned laughs with jokes about his teaching experience and married life.
MONTREAL -- It was time for some dealmaking, deal talk and talent buzz as the industry phase of the 25th annual Just for Laughs comedy festival came to an end during the weekend.
On the deal front, Canadian stand-ups Nick Beaton and Gerry Dee got agency representation after well-received performances, and Heidi Foss and Sarah Glinski walked away with CBC development deals for their TV show pitches built around siblings.
Foss' comedy idea "Four Minutes Apart", about an anti-establishment female stand-up who moves in with her upwardly mobile brother and his family, and Glinski's "Sibling Rivalry", about a young woman's changing relationship with her younger brother, convinced CBC head of comedy Anton Leo at the annual Just For Pitching panel.
It was the first time that the CBC had promised to pick at least one of the nine pitches for a development deal.
Meanwhile, the Gersh Agency signed Dee, a finalist on NBC's "Last Comic Standing", and Beaton, both currently based in Toronto.
Beaton, the runner-up Wednesday in the festival's annual Homegrown Competition of Canadian comics, entertained the audience with jokes about funny T-shirts and his Nick Beaton rules for girls.
Dee earned laughs with jokes about his teaching experience and married life.
- 7/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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MONTREAL -- The annual "Just for Pitching" panel, an offbeat book presentation with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross as guest stars and an inaugural welcome cocktail were among the daytime events here at the Just for Laughs comedy festival Thursday.
The midday "Pitching" session featured nine five-minute presentations of show ideas to a panel of industry executives, namely Matt Tombs, vp programming of the Paramount Comedy channel in the U.K., Comedy Central's Aaron Rothman, Jordan Feiner from Endemol USA and the CBC's head of comedy Anton Leo.
Among the "Pitching" standouts were "Four Minutes Apart" -- about an anti-establishment female stand-up who moves in with her upwardly mobile brother and his family, by Heidi Foss -- and David Cormican's "Crazy People", about two friends who check themselves into an institution to live an easy life only to find out that others have done so before them.
Tombs called "Four Minutes" a "fully formed classic situation comedy project," adding that he would like to see a script.
The midday "Pitching" session featured nine five-minute presentations of show ideas to a panel of industry executives, namely Matt Tombs, vp programming of the Paramount Comedy channel in the U.K., Comedy Central's Aaron Rothman, Jordan Feiner from Endemol USA and the CBC's head of comedy Anton Leo.
Among the "Pitching" standouts were "Four Minutes Apart" -- about an anti-establishment female stand-up who moves in with her upwardly mobile brother and his family, by Heidi Foss -- and David Cormican's "Crazy People", about two friends who check themselves into an institution to live an easy life only to find out that others have done so before them.
Tombs called "Four Minutes" a "fully formed classic situation comedy project," adding that he would like to see a script.
- 7/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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