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Comedy Now!

Ron Josol

CTV · 2002 · 30 min

An early look at the comic's fast-paced storytelling.

Ron Josol uses his Comedy Now! debut to outline the contrasting realities of growing up in a multicultural urban center. The Filipino-Canadian comic relies on a fast-paced delivery, alternating between quick punchlines and longer narrative structures about immigrant family dynamics and daily life in Toronto.

Broadcast on CTV in early 2002, the episode captures him a few years after his breakthrough win at the Just For Laughs Homegrown competition in Ontario. It serves as an early document of a working comic establishing the rhythm and perspective that would keep him touring internationally for the next two decades.

How it plays

On stage
Described as possessing a modish comedy style and commanding stage presence.
About
Everyday Observations, Filipino Culture, Asian identity

Backstory

Part of the Canadian comedy showcase series Comedy Now! on CTV and The Comedy Network, which highlighted rising Canadian comedic talent with 30-minute stand-up sets.

Details

Released
Runtime
30 min
Where
CTV
Topics

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