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Yuk Yuk’s
Yuk Yuk's is a national comedy club chain in Canada, founded by former stand-up comedian Mark Breslin and established in 1976 by Breslin and long-time friend Joel Axler. The company is currently run by Breslin and his long-time partner and president Jeff Silverman. The head office is located in downtown Toronto. Currently there are nine Yuk Yuk's Comedy Clubs in five provinces across Canada. Yuk Yuk's primarily uses talent under exclusive contract to its in-house agency, Funny Business Talent Inc., but it also books popular American stand-up comics to tour their clubs from coast to coast. Creation 1976-1986 The first Yuk Yuk's shows were held on Wednesday nights in 1976 in the basement of The 519 Church Street Community Centre on Church Street, downtown Toronto. After two years Breslin and Axler opened their first full-time location at 1280 Bay Street on March 14, 1978. In 1984 Breslin opened his second location in the nation's capital, Ottawa, Ontario. Ottawa comics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burlington, Ontario
Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is a city and List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region at the west end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton Census geographic units of Canada, census metropolitan area, and the Golden Horseshoe urban region. History Before the 19th century, the area between the provincial capital of York and the township of West Flamborough was home to the Mississaugas, Mississauga nation. In 1792, John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, named the western end of Lake Ontario "Burlington Bay" after the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The British purchased the land on which Burlington now stands from the Mississaugas in Upper Canada Treaties 3 (1792), 8 (1797), 14 (1806), and 19 (1818). Treaty 8 concerned the purchase of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Bullard
Patrick Bullard is a Canadian- American television writer, host, producer and comedian. Biography Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Bullard's elder brother was comedian Mike Bullard and his older half-brother is Downchild Blues Band lead singer Chuck Jackson. Pat Bullard wrote for such sitcoms as ''Roseanne''; '' Reba''; ''Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place''; '' Grace Under Fire''; and '' Last Man Standing''. He has also made guest appearances on '' Reba'', '' The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'', and other shows. He hosted four game shows: ''Baloney'', ''Hold Everything'', '' Love Connection'' (1998–1999) and ''Card Sharks'' (2001); as well as his eponymous talk show, ''The Pat Bullard Show'' (1996). He also hosted the reality show '' Here Come the Newlyweds'' on ABC (2008–09). Bullard has been a producer on various television series including '' Grace Under Fire'', '' Reba'', and '' Last Man Standing''. Filmography As screenwriter * 2003: '' Reba'' * 1998: '' That's Life'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bullard (comedian)
Michael John Bullard (June 12, 1957 – October 11, 2024) was a Canadian stand-up comic and broadcaster. He was the host of two late-night talk shows, ''Open Mike with Mike Bullard'' on CTV from 1997 to 2003 and ''The Mike Bullard Show'' on the Global Television Network from 2003 to 2004. From 2010 to 2016, he hosted ''Beyond the Mic with Mike Bullard'' weekdays at noon on Toronto radio station CFRB (Newstalk 1010). Early life Mike Bullard was born on June 12, 1957, in Etobicoke, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto to Jack and Ruby Bullard. His father was in retail and his mother was a housewife. His younger brother is US-based comedian, television writer, host, and producer Pat Bullard and his older half-brother is Downchild Blues Band lead singer Chuck Jackson. When Bullard was six, his family moved from Don Mills, Ontario, to Galt (now Cambridge, Ontario), later moving to Mississauga, where he attended Erindale Secondary School. Career Stand-up comedy A resident of Mississauga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Hotz
Jeremy Hotz (born May 31, 1963) is a Canadian–American actor and stand-up comedian. Hotz won a Gemini Award for his role on the television series '' The Newsroom'' in 1997. He has appeared on ''Comedy Central Presents'', the Just For Laughs comedy festival, the ''Late Show with David Letterman'', and ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. He has also worked as a staff writer for Paramount's ''The Jon Stewart Show'' and has appeared in various American and Canadian motion pictures including: ''My Favorite Martian'', '' Speed 2: Cruise Control'', and '' Married Life''. Filmography Films *'' Speed 2: Cruise Control'' (1997) *''My Favorite Martian'' (1999) *''Escape from the Newsroom Escape or Escaping may refer to: Arts and media Film * Escape (1928 film), ''Escape'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film * Escape! (film), ''Escape!'' (film), a 1930 British crime film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best * Escape (1940 film ...'' (2002) Television *'' Married Life'' (1995) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Williams
Harland Reesor Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian and American comedian and actor. After several years of performing stand-up comedy in Toronto and Los Angeles, he made his film debut in '' Dumb and Dumber'' (1994) before playing starring roles in the short-lived sitcom '' Simon'' and the Disney comedy '' RocketMan'' (1997). He co-starred in '' Half Baked'' and played a psychopathic hitch-hiker in ''There's Something About Mary'' in 1998. He later appeared in films such as '' The Whole Nine Yards'' (2000), '' Freddy Got Fingered'' (2001) and '' Sorority Boys'' (2002), and provided voices in works such as '' Gary & Mike'', ''Robots'' (2005), ''Meet the Robinsons'' (2007), and '' Sausage Party'' (2016). He is also an author of children's books, and creator of the children's animated series ''Puppy Dog Pals'' (2017–2023). Early life Harland Williams was born on November 14, 1962, in Toronto, Ontario, to Lorraine Mary (née O'Donnell), a social worker and writer, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howie Mandel
Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel is known for voicing Gizmo in the 1984 film ''Gremlins'' and the 1990 sequel ''Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', playing rowdy ER resident Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama ''St. Elsewhere'', and creating and starring in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox children's cartoon ''Bobby's World''. He has also been a judge on NBC's ''America's Got Talent'' since 2010, and Citytv's ''Canada's Got Talent'' since 2022. He hosted the American NBC and later CNBC game show ''Deal or No Deal (American game show), Deal or No Deal'', as well as the show's daytime and Deal or No Deal Canada, Canadian-English counterparts. Early life and education Mandel was born in Toronto and grew up in the Bathurst Manor neighbourhood of the city. He is Jewish, and his ancestors emigrated from Romania and Poland. Mandel is a distant cousin of Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman. His fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Carrey
James Eugene Carrey (; born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. Known primarily for his energetic slapstick performances, he has received two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for BAFTA Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. After spending the 1980s honing his comedy act and playing supporting roles in films, Carrey gained recognition when he was cast in the American sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'' (1990–1994). He broke out as a film star after starring in a string of box office hits, such as ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''The Mask (1994 film), The Mask'', ''Dumb and Dumber'' (all 1994), ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', and ''Batman Forever'' (both 1995). The success of these five films led to Carrey being the first comic actor to receive an upfront $20 million salary for performing in films, beginning with ''The Cable Guy'' (1996). Carrey continued to have success as a leading actor in comedies such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area. Mainly a suburban city, Surrey is the province's second-largest by population after Vancouver and the third-largest by area after Abbotsford, British Columbia, Abbotsford and Prince George, British Columbia, Prince George. Seven neighbourhoods in Surrey are designated town centres: Cloverdale, Surrey, Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Surrey, Fleetwood, Guildford, British Columbia, Guildford, Newton, Surrey, Newton, South Surrey, and City Centre encompassed by Whalley, Surrey, Whalley. History Surrey was incorporated in 1879, and encompasses land formerly home to a number of Halqemeylem-speaking indigenous groups, including the Semiahmoo people, Semiahmoo, Katzie, and the Kwantlen First Nation, Kwantlen peoples. When Englishman H.J. Brewer looked across the Fraser River from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwest of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in many sectors: energy; financial services; film and television; transportation and logistics; technology; manufacturing; aerospace; health and wellness; retail; and tourism. The Calgary Metropolitan Region is home to Canada' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Highway, Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as the cultural and economic hub of central Saskatchewan since its founding in 1882 as a Temperance movement, Temperance colony. With a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 266,141, Saskatoon is the List of cities in Saskatchewan, largest city in the province, and the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, 17th largest Census Metropolitan Area in Canada, with a 2021 census population of 317,480. Saskatoon is home to the University of Saskatchewan, the Meewasin Valley Authority—which protects the South Saskatchewan River and provides for the city's popular riverbank park spaces—and Wanuskewin Heritage Park, a National Historic Site of Canada and UNE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshawa
Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the Greater Toronto Area and of the Golden Horseshoe. It is the largest municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham. The name Oshawa originates from the Anishinaabe language, Ojibwa term ''aazhawe'', meaning "the crossing place" or just "a cross". Founded in 1876 as the McLaughlin Carriage Company by Robert McLaughlin, and then McLaughlin Motor Car Company#McLaughlin, McLaughlin Motors Ltd by his son, Sam, General Motors of Canada's headquarters are located in the city. The automotive industry was the inspiration for Oshawa's previous mottos: "The City that Motovates Canada", and "The City in Motion". The lavish home of the automotive company's founder, Parkwood Estate, is a National Historic Site of Canada is located in the city. Once recognized as the sole "Automotive Capital of Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
