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Bo Burnham is a new generation of entertainer and comedian. He found his audience after gaining millions of views on YouTube with his unique brand of satire. Now he is releasing albums and selling out venues, and also causing some controversy with a comedic voice that some are saying is too edgy. Jordan sat down with Bo before his recent performance at Just For Laughs in Toronto. Oh ya – he’s also working with Judd Apatow!

andPOP’s Jordan Bortolotti took to the streets of Toronto to see if he could make people laugh.

He couldn’t.

So he caught up with some real comedians, who were in town for the second Just For Laughs festival.

Check out the piece, featuring Sugar Sammy, Jeffrey Ross, Jo Koy and Kevin Hart.

Come back soon to see the full – hilarious – interviews with the comedians.

The Just for Laughs Festival will kick off its second year in Toronto at the Wintergarden Theatre on Wednesday night.

CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos (try to say that ten times fast) hosts Wednesday’s festivities, The All-Star Ethnic Show, a showcase of ethnic comedians.

The show hosted by Strombo will feature comedians from Canada, the U.S. and Britain. Most noticeable is Shaun Majumder whose previous roles include “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” and in the film, “Harold and Kumar”.

A gala will also be hosted by comedian and “SCTV” alum Martin Short. Other comedians at the festival who have gala hosting duties include Jason Alexander from Seinfeld and Jimmy Fallon from Saturday Night Live.

The festival runs from July 23 to July 27.

Jimmy Fallon, heir to NBC’s “Late Night” throne, will have the chance to flex his hosting muscles at this summer’s Just For Laughs Festival in Toronto.

Fallon, who was recently confirmed as Conan O’Brien’s replacement on “Late Night” next year, is set to emcee at the comedy festival along with two faces familiar to TV audiences: “SCTV” and “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Martin Short and “Seinfeld” actor Jason Alexander.

It’s the second year that Toronto is hosting the event, which launched in Montreal.

The gala events, which Fallon, Short and Alexander will take turns hosting, take place at Massey Hall over several nights. Among those performing will be popular Canadian comedian Shaun Majumder and Craig Robinson, who plays Darryl Philbin in TV’s “The Office.”

Other events include a one-man concert event by ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, the Best Homegrown Comic Competition with host Debra DiGiovanni and two ethnic-themed shows dubbed “The Asian Invasion” and “Wiseguys.”

The Toronto Just For Laughs festival runs from July 23 to 27. Its debut in the city last year attracted 60,000 people to outdoor events, with 20,000 buying tickets for the indoor shows.

Just for Laughs, the Montreal comedy festival which has just celebrated its 25th anniversary announced yesterday it would be taking its show to Chicago in 2009.

The Globe and Mail reports the festival will be partnering with Turner Entertainment Networks to bring the festival south of the boarder next summer.

The festival – known as Just for Laughs: A Very Funny Festival – will kick off a five day comedy festival with a special by Ellen DeGeneres.

The festival will also feature top names in comedy, improv and sketch comedians including Second City, and will feature a film component to the show.

Montreal’s Just For Laughs is taking its hilarity and hijinks south of the border.

The legendary comedy fest, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary, is teaming up with U.S. cable station TBS to launch a five-day event in Chicago next year, called “Just For Laughs: A Very Funny Festival.”

The festival will include the taping of a TBS stand-up special featuring Ellen DeGeneres and improv from Chicago’s world-famous comedy troupe, The Second City.

On top of its annual cross-country comedy tour, Just For Laughs also launched a smaller festival in Toronto last year.

Details for “Just for Laughs: A Very Funny Festival,” including exact dates and ticket information, will be released this fall.

The Just for Laughs festival is finally hitting Toronto next week.

After 25 years of laughs in Montreal, the festival will branch off into Toronto for the first time for three days starting Thursday, July 26.

Deal or No Deal’s Howie Mandel hosts two shows at Massey Hall on Thursday. Also on the bill are John Pinette, Alonzo Bodden, Bill Burr, John Mendoza, Kathleen Madigan and Frank Skinner.

The next night, Lewis Black hosts two galas at Massey Hall with special guest Richard Lewis and other comics including Jeremy Hotz, Jo Koy, Bob Marley, Nikki Payne and Ardal O’Hanlon.

Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson will be in town for two shows on Saturday at Massey Hall and will share the bill with Russell Peters, Greg Giraldo, Tom Papa, Derek Edwards and Elvira Kurt.

Also Saturday, Angelo Tsarouchas will host the Ethnic Heroes of Comedy at Winter Garden Theatre with comics Frank Spadone, Jo Koy, Sugar Sammy and the Doo Wops.

Friday night, Peters will also perform a free show outside at Dundas Sqaure, home of a two-day street theatre (Friday and Saturday).

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