Jon Dore is no stranger to comedy – not only did he have his own show, “The Jon Dore Television Show,” but he has no joined a list of illustrious comedians for the The Capital One Just For Laughs Comedy Tour, which runs from November 5-16 from Newfoundland to B.C. There are three different lineups: Dore performs with Demetri Martin, Levi MacDougall, and Todd Glass from November 5-16 from Winnipeg to Victoria (there is also a Maritimes’ run November 5-9 that travels from St. John’s to Moncton featuring Mike MacDonald, Godfrey, Lynne Koplitz, and Graham Chittenden, and an Ontario run from November 12-15, which hits Hamilton, Toronto, and Ottawa and features Gabriel Iglesias, Martin Moreno, Godfrey, and Dom Irrera. Check the official website to find out the tour dates and line-up in your city.
CraveOnline: Tell us a bit more about the JFL Comedy Tour.
Jon Dore: It’s difficult for me to tell you more about the JFL Tour because I don’t know how much you already know. I might repeat something you already know, therefore I wouldn’t be telling you more. I’ll assume you already know everything I do and I can just tell you a fact about bees. Did you know that the honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by humans? It’s a fact.
What cities are you hitting for the tour?
We’re visiting Winnipeg and moving west to Victoria, stopping in Regina, Kelowna, and a few others. Vancouver is always a great city to visit with lots of friends and great food. I wish audiences would just fly to Vancouver for two weeks so we wouldn’t have to go anywhere else. They probably won’t though. People are lazy.
What other projects are you currently working on?
I have a book of poetry coming out in the New Year – it’s called “I wish I was a meadow” [and] I’m thrilled to be expanding my horizons.
The Canadian comedy landscape is definitely unique, wouldn’t you say?
I don’t know if I would say that. I suppose it’s unique in that it’s made up of Canadians telling jokes. You know, human beings that happen to have been born in Canada. Other than that I’m not sure how unique it is.
If you hadn’t become a comedian, what do you think you might have done as a profession instead?
I’d be a police officer with an attitude. I’d show up to work with the smell of booze on my breath. I’d give the police sergeant a hard time about his wife’s facial hair in front of the other cops. I’d really stir things up. I’d break the rules a little bit. I’d sneak into the evidence locker and lay down a few lines of cocaine. I would call the K9 unit a bunch of dog walkers. I wouldn’t need friends because I’d be married to the streets. Yeah, that’s what I’d be.
Who do you look up to professionally, and why?
I look up to window washers.
What’s one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
I have a tiny vagina.
