Halifax Comedy Festival - Season 20

Season 20
Halifax ComedyFest 2015
Episodes

Episode 1
Series' host Mark Critch kicks off the 20th Season of the festival, American John Crist wants to bring in a "Leave Some Kids Behind" Act and Sterling Scott explains why Orange is the new Black.

Episode 2
Actress and comedian Caroline Rhea has a warning about selfies, Newfoundland's Matt Wright wonders about people who do meth and Rob Pue orders 'walrus' in a Corner Brook restaurant.

Episode 3
Graham Chittenden tackles home renovations, Lachlan Patterson goes to the dentist and Matt Wright thinks Newfoundland has the best kind of racism.

Episode 4
Tonight Mike Delamont falls off a treadmill, Daniel Tirado talks unlimited texting, and Greg Hahn plays golf like polo! With appearances by...Tim Nutt, Mark Heath, Dylan Mandlsohn, plus more!

Episode 5
Tonight Nikki Payne has some advice for young people, Sterling Scott solves world hunger, and Graham Kay says you can't be bad to the bone if you have bad bones, plus more!

Episode 6
Tonight Canadian comedy legend Harland Williams makes his first appearance at the fest, Peter Anthony gets heckled by his father and Tim Nutt is frustrated trying to hang drywall, plus more!
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