Podcast episode 271ish: Jay Brown vs Patrick Maliha

In this most awkward of What's So Funny? episodes, Jay Brown and Patrick Maliha hash out their differences. Jay was in town from his Toronto home and I invited him to be a guest. But while here, he saw some things that riled him up about the Vancouver scene and decided to call Patrick on the carpet. The two have never been friends, but managed to come to a kind of truce by hour's end.

March 7: Carter Hortie

If they handed out Oscars for the best name in comedy, Carter Hortie would surely be nominated. I've never asked him if that's his real name, but I will tonight. Carter's been with us once before, back in May 2005 so no doubt we'll have plenty to talk about. Hortie and Patrick Maliha are organizing a fundraiser for the homeless planned for April 16th at the Legion on Commercial Drive. They hope to do one a month at different locations across Vancouver. This first one will go to the Union Gospel Mission Soup Kitchen and the following one to the Vancouver Foodbank's meal delivery program. So there's that to discuss. And we'll figure out some other things before now and tonight.

Patrick Maliha podcast

Got another podcast for you. This one goes all the way back to November 23, in the year of our Lord 2008. Patrick "Fatty McGee" Maliha was our guest. Patrick's a big-shot A.M. radio talk show host, as well as being a very funny stand-up comic and the king of pleonasm. I forget what we talked about, and I'm sure as hell not going to listen to it again, but I'm sure it was fascinating. You can listen to it here or over at the Comedy Couch, where you'll find lots of other podcasts.

November 23: Patrick Maliha

I remember when Patrick Maliha was just a standup comic. Today, he's still a standup comic, but he's also got his hand in everything else. Not only does he run almost every comedy room in the lower mainland, giving Mark Breslin a run for his money, but he does movie reviews on TV's Urban Rush and an afternoon talk show on CFUN radio. I, for one, hope Patrick does his movie reviews for ever. Because whenever somebody questions how I can review comedy without ever having done it myself, I always point to Maliha and his movie reviews.

Tonight – it's tonight already?! – Patrick joins us for what is sure to be a spirited hour of conversation. Always opinionated, Maliha is also the only guest in our four-year history who uttered the 'c' word live on air. Ah, that's co-op radio for you! I betcha he's never done that on his CFUN show, the pussy.

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I didn't see any live comedy this week, but I did interview Cheech & Chong for a story coming out later this week in the Georgia Straight. Yeah, that's right. They got a guy who's never smoked weed to interview the most famous stoners in the world. Hey, if Patrick Maliha can review movies without ever having made a film, why not?

They're playing the Queen E. on Dec. 5.

The people have spoken

You know, when we put this little blog together, we had no idea people would actually read it religiously. In the ocean of blogs on the internet, why should our humble offering stand out? I don't know, but apparently it's hit a bit of a chord with the masses if our survey is any indication. We asked how you, the reader, stumbled across this blog and you answered in spades. A whopping 66 percent of you admitted you followed a link to arrive on our page. Not only that, but 33 percent of you found us after we directed you here. What can we say? We are humbled. To know that 99 percent of you are not only regular readers but took the time to answer our survey, well, I'm tearing up. Look for more surveys in this space (or the space to the right, anyway). You have spoken. It's an awesome responsibility we face knowing so many of you are reading.

The show booked three more comics today. Kevin Foxx will be joining us the first Sunday in November, and Brett Martin on the 9th of November. And Patrick Maliha will be taking a break from CFUN to slum it with us on the 23rd. We had a great conversation with Paul Myrehaug last night. I'll let you know when the podcast gets uploaded in case you missed it. Next week is my Victoria homeboy, and current neighbour, Chris Molineux. Check out some of his videos in our margin and tune in on Sunday.

Hey, who wants to be the first to leave a comment? Don't be shy. It'll be historical. It's up to you whether it's hysterical.