This month I travelled to Canada for a comedy competition called the Yuk Yuks Great Canadian Laugh Off.
It all happened courtesy of the folks at Yuk Yuks, their sponsors and the South African stand-up comics who selected me to represent. Now, I think that means they like me in a "Send him, he's expendable" kind of way... But, what the hell, it was bloody marvellous!
Performing in Toronto was a fever dream come true. I won my first round and took part in the final show with seven other winners. Seeing as upwards of two thousand comics entered from at least six countries, I'm very proud to have made it to the big night, even though I didn't scoop the grand prize. My congratulations to Paul Myeraugh, the winner.
I also got the opportunity to watch some really cool international acts, meet very funny people and several North American industry heavyweights who said complimentary things like, "You didn't suck."
And my eternal gratitude to all the people at Yuk Yuks, namely Mark Breslin, Kyle, Shannon, Beth and all those whose name I was too boolahlah'd on fine Canadian microbrew to remember. Hope to see you all in Africa soon.
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