Born Again New Canadian
YouTube · 2026
Back from Los Angeles, testing Canadian pride in Wolfville.
Shaun Majumder's first special since Comedy Now!: Shaun Majumder - On the Edge (1998). Released , on YouTube.
Leaving Los Angeles after the 2025 wildfires and the U.S. election, Shaun Majumder packed up his family and moved back to Halifax. That late-career U-turn drives Born Again New Canadian, where a comic who spent decades working both sides of the border tries to act like a proud repatriate until his own reflexes trip him up in a Deer Lake Tim Hortons drive-thru.
The centerpiece bit follows Majumder, whose father came from India and whose mother is from Newfoundland, getting impatient with an Indian worker’s accent over the intercom and imagining his late dad scolding him from the grave before a local manager named Helen steps in. Around that story, he tests the room on Canadian smugness toward the United States and polls the crowd on which province is the most racist, drawing a loud cheer for Alberta.
Taped across two sold-out shows on November 8, 2025 at The Church Brewing Co. in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, the 59-minute special arrived on YouTube via Macaw Studios in July 2026. It is Majumder’s second stand-up special, following his 2024 audio album Cool Dad and a run playing Father Khatri on MGM+’s FROM.
Notable bits & set list
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Moving back to Canada and free healthcare
Contrasts paying $1,400 monthly for U.S. health insurance with setting his wife up for free Canadian healthcare, embracing socialism despite conservative stigmas.
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America as an injured older brother
Describes America as Canada's older brother who recently suffered a horrific motorcycle accident with head trauma and needs time to heal.
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Shared custody of Alberta
Jokes about preventing Alberta separation by suggesting Canada work out a weekend shared custody arrangement to avoid losing the province and its hockey teams.
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Original title 'Horny for Canada'
Explains having to change the show title from 'Horny for Canada' to avoid algorithms miscategorizing it as adult content.
How it plays
- On stage
- Larger-than-life personality delivering candid stories, observational comedy, and spontaneous crowd interaction.
- About
- family, culture, identity, life back in Canada, socialism and healthcare, moving back from Los Angeles
Backstory
Reflects Majumder moving back to Canada (Halifax) after living in Los Angeles for 20 years to raise his two young daughters, contrasting Canadian public healthcare and social safety nets with American systems.
Details
- Released
- Where
- YouTube
- Topics
- Before
- Comedy Now!: Shaun Majumder - On the Edge (1998)
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