The Just For Laughs Festival (JFL) in Montreal, the largest comedy fest in the world, gets started today, and the line-up of acts who are scheduled to appear for the five-day event is A-list.
Jay Baruchel, Dane Cook, Chris Hardwick, Seth Meyers, Jeff Ross, Kristen Schaal, Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, and Sarah Silverman are all slated to put on shows throughout the festival.
Slated for a fall premiere, Comedy also recently announced the all-star line-up of its exclusive stand-up series “Just For Laughs: All Access.” Taping this week in Montreal, Comedy and Just For Laughs are set to deliver another 13 hours of hilarious stand-up to viewers in a second season of this original series. Produced in association with Just For Laughs Television, “Just For Laughs: All Access” will be hosted from Montreal by some of the biggest and brightest names in comedy, and, additionally, the likes of “Match Game” stars Darrin Rose, Debra DiGiovanni, Seán Cullen, and “Satisfaction’s” Ryan Belleville and Pat Thornton, will also tape the series at JFL. Also appearing in “All Access” are some of the hottest homegrown and international stand-up comics in the biz, including Amy Schumer, John Mulaney, Marc Maron, Tig Notaro, Harland Williams, Maria Bamford, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Bo Burnham, Todd Glass, and Jimmy Carr.
On top of making television, Comedy’s network execs are on hand to lend their expertise during the Festival’s ComedyPRO Conference. On Thursday, July 25th, Sarah Fowlie, Director of Independent Production at Comedy, participates in the TV’S POWER BROKERS panel with a bevy of other top TV brass. Then, on Friday, July 26th, Director of Specialty Programming, Rachel Goldstein-Couto participates on the From Set to Screen: The TV Comedy Search panel.
The Just For Laughs Festival runs from July 23-July 27.
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