This week in press releases: Sugar Sammy

A shout-out to my main man, Sugar Sammy, today. (Do I sound hip enough? Lord knows I try.) Sammy's been a guest on What's So Funny? at least three times that I remember. He's a good guy. And a funny guy, which helps because, after all, he's a professional stand-up comedian. He's also chill, charming and probably even another word that starts with 'ch' that isn't 'Chinese'. Cheeky! Yes, definitely cheeky. Chill, charming and cheeky. Put that on the poster, stat!

Sugar – no wait, Sammy's got a TV special airing on Saturday night on the Comedy Network. Check it out if you like comedy, which I know you do because you're reading here. And before you do, why not listen to his last episode on my show to warm you up and get to know the man behind the stage persona. Here it is for you:



Now here's the press release you've been dying to read:

Sugar Sammy: Live In Concert – airs on Comedy network’s Saturday Night Standup series Saturday, January 19 at 9pm ET/PT 

After traveling across the country in the winter of 2009 hometown boy, comedian Sugar Sammy, makes his triumphant return to Montreal for the final leg of his cross-Canada tour in this one-hour comedy special. Filmed in the beautiful Place des Arts – Théâtre Maisonneuve, Sugar Sammy Live in Concert: Direct From Montreal, produced by Just For Laughs, showcases a rising comedy star at the top of his game with A-list material guaranteed to bring the house down. 

 A Canadian born to Indian parents, Sugar Sammy draws on everything from arranged marriages in his own Indian ancestry to his view on politics, pop-culture and modern-day relationships. Brilliantly entertaining, Sugar Sammy will have you laughing, thinking and seeing life in a whole new way. 

Sugar Sammy has been having incredible success in Canada and around the world. In the last year and a half he has sold over 100,000 tickets to his shows across Quebec, including 60,000 to his groundbreaking bilingual show. 

Setting him apart from the pack, Sugar Sammy performs in four languages (English, French, Punjabi and Hindi), and travels the world, performing to his dedicated fans in cities and countries as varied as London, the U.S., Dubai, South Africa, Singapore, Holland, Australia and of course, Canada. He’s been invited to perform at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival seven times and has performed in their English, French and Toronto editions. No stranger to the prestigious festival circuit, he’s also performed at the Sydney, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Auckland, Halifax, Winnipeg and Quebec City comedy festivals.