Podcast episode 474ish: Paul Anthony

Paul & I ignoring each other before the show.

Here's a little pre-Christmas treat for you: our recent episode with Paul Anthony. We started off the show talking about the most recent comedy news, much to Paul's chagrin. We also discussed Hugh Phukovsky and his urine gun, the challenges of producing the monthly Talent Time showcase, and we re-enacted a year-old Facebook Messenger conversation/argument we had. Plus we bring back the Funny or Not? segment!

So sit down and get a load off, pour yourself some eggnog (don't forget the nutmeg and rum!), put some logs on the fire, and fire up this episode. Pipe is optional. (You can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and most hardware stores.)

Nov. 12: Paul Anthony

Has it been two years already since Paul Anthony last visited us? Apparently so. Vancouver's own Major Bowes returns for his fifth solo visit (back in 2007, he co-guested with Aubrey Tennant, and he may have guested on a lost episode as his alter ego Hugh Phukovsky). We'll find out what's new in the world of his always-fun monthly show Talent Time at the Rio Theatre. And we'll talk about his serious acting work in a very deep and dark play he starred in. And who knows what else!

Tune in to CFRO 100.5 FM in Vancouver at 11 pm or livestream us at coopradio.org. If those options don't work for you, there's always your TuneIn Radio app. They all lead to us.

Podcast episode 382ish: Paul Anthony

In this episode, Paul Anthony returns with tales of Europe. That's right, the host of Paul Anthony's Talent Time in Vancouver just got back from Austria where he shot Paul Anthony's Epic Endgame. He explains just how the hell that happened and what it was like. If there's one take-away from his time there, it's that loopholes are part of ze fun! We also talked about pissing on Mozart, doing Kenny and Dolly on Neil Hamburger's show in LA, and the pros and cons of Gallagher.

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Mar. 15: Paul Anthony

What time is it?! It's time for our check-in with Talent Time's Paul Anthony. I guess that doesn't roll off the tongue quite the same way as the way he starts his show, but it works for this blog. The weirdest live host in the city recently returned from a television game show hosting gig in... Austria? Apparently. I, for one, want to hear all about this. So on tonight's show I'm going to get all the details. And, of course, we'll talk about the monthly Talent Time at the Rio and whatever acting gigs he has on the books.

We're on the air at 11 pm. CFRO 100.5 FM is where we are. Join us.

Podcast episode 323ish: Paul Anthony

Paul Anthony getting ready for Arsenio

On the heels of the very popular Ewan Currie episode, we now bring you the Paul Anthony episode. I told you I was catching up this week. Paul visited us a couple weeks ago and talked all about the fun time he had on the new Arsenio Hall show. It was the best night of his life! (we need an irony emoticon) We also talked about his impending fatherhood, his confidence crisis about performing standup, and his latest film work. You'll have to guess which film it is and who stars in it because it's heavily bleeped. These things are top secret, afterall.

I know Paul's been asked a lot lately about the Arsenio debacle. Now you won't have to ask him anymore. Just listen to the show. Either right here below or check it out on iTunes.

Sept. 15: Paul Anthony

Paul Anthony ready for his close-up

We're gonna get busy tonight, folks. We've got local actor/comedian/host Paul Anthony in studio off his triumphant debut on the new Arsenio Hall show. Or something like that. As you may have read in the Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald or watched on CBC TV, Paul won a contest to be on the famous sycophant's latest television vehicle and flew down to Los Angeles on Thursday to be on the updated version of the show he revered as a child. (Take a look at his winning video entry below – it's pretty great.) We'll find out if it's a good thing to meet one's hero. We'll discuss just how groovy he felt dancing to Johnny Gill. But there's more to talk about, too, such as the return of Talent Time, Anthony's monthly showcase at the Biltmore, and his newest baby Data Transfer.

Tune in tonight for all the Hollywood gossip at 11 pm PT to CFRO 100.5 FM in Vancouver, or livestream the show at coopradio.org.

Audio-visual presentation

Remember back in September when I posted those photos from my humbling table tennis experience against 13-year-old Natasha Carr-Harris on Paul Anthony's Talent Time? Subsequent to that, Ken Lawson, my sorry excuse for a coach, and I rehashed the evening on What's So Funny? I decided to meld those two formats. Here's what I came up with:

Podcast episode 217ish: Paul Anthony

When Paul Anthony guested on the show a few weeks ago, we had a grand old time. I pressed him on whether his monthly talent show was to be appreciated on its own merits or if something more sinister, something akin to laughing at, as opposed to with, the performers was going on. He also talked about his love for Carrot Top and why the phrase "bike rentals" will always take him to a special place in his head. Plus we got a call all the way from Las Vegas.

As always, listen here, download at iTunes or your favourite podcast server. What's So Funny? is where you want it to be.

Jan. 23: Paul Anthony

Paul Anthony is the modern-day Ted Mack. Yes, there are more contemporary references I could make, but that'd be too easy. You're already at this site; how hard is it to toggle on over to Google? They say you learn something new every day, so why not get it out of the way right now?

Anyway, back to Paul Anthony. While we're on comparisons, how about a cross between Pee Wee Herman and Crispin Glover? The irrepressible Mr. Anthony, besides being an actor of repute and the father to many a comedic alter-ego (Hugh Phukovsky, Porker), hosts a monthly variety showcase at the Biltmore Cabaret the first Wednesday of every month. The next one – its 3-year anniversary – is drawing nigh: a week and a half, to be exact, Feb. 2. Check out this line-up according to Talent Time's Facebook page:

2 of our favourite entertainers share the stage together for the first time. Not since Elton John joined Eminem at the Grammy's has there been a more anticipated musical collaboration.......

✔- A hilariously epic duet between Teen Pop Sensation I,KANDEE & 11 year old NHEMY CEPEDA!!!

PLUS>>>>

✔-BC's #1 Senior's Entertainment Troupe: THE VAUDEVILLIANS!!

✔-The King of the Ukulele: RALPH SHAW!!

✔-MORE ACTS TO BE CONFIRMED + COMEDY + THE COVER CHARGE PINATA + SO MUCH MORE......

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Stay after the show for KARAOKE & CHAMPAGNE with WEEKEND LEISURE!! If you can stay and celebrate with us and VancouverIsAwesome we would love it.

Oh, and did I mention Paul will be our guest live in studio tonight? Well, he will. And we'll talk about this show (is it chalk full of irony or is his earnestness honest?) and lots, lots more. So tune in at 11. Details are somewhere over there ––> in the right panel.

(Oh, and speaking of VancouverIsAwesome, I never plugged the little interview with yours truly from last month. Read it here. That sounds like an order, but it isn't. Just a point of information.)

Podcast episode 215ish: Paul Bae

I'm slowly getting caught up around here. As proof, I offer you now the Paul Bae episode, recorded Dec. 19, 2010. There's a good 15 minutes on Paul's philosophy of religion. We also discuss why he keeps a clean desk on jobs, talk about his experience on Comedy Death-Ray years ago in Los Angeles, and what it takes to get him to cry. It was our last show of 2010, if you're keeping track at home.

Have a listen here or over at iTunes. If iTunes is your poison, you'll notice we finally got a review! Now that the ice has been broken, feel free to add your own. Good or bad.

Oh, and hey, have you checked out our upcoming line-up? We're booked solid for the next little while. We've got Talent Time's Paul Anthony this Sunday, then new Vancouver addition Larke Miller, who you might have seen on Craig Ferguson, the following week. February starts off with some of the comics from the Snowed In Comedy Tour, then American Dino Archie, dual citizen Pete Johansson, and man-about-town Johnny Scoop. And March 13th sees the return of former Great Canadian Laugh-Off $25,000 winner Paul Myerhaug. Good times!

May 24: Eric Fell & Shaun Stewart; more new podcasts

A few weeks ago we had the Urban Improv gang in for the show. Seven of 'em, two of which were Eric Fell and Shaun Stewart. We didn't get a chance to talk to any one of them in detail, so we invited them back. These two fellers have lots on the go. Along with their Monday night Justice Pals show at Chivana, they have a Justice Pals podcast, and host Behind the Scenes on the internet. Oh, and they also have taken over the monthly Anzabonanza pub quiz. If I know them at all, there's a good chance most of the questions will be about Star Wars and/or comic books. We'll find out more tonight.

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I hope you're all caught up on the podcasts because there are eight more to whet your whistle. Check these ones out when you get a chance:

Drew McCreadie & Ian Boothby from May 4, 2008:


Kristeen von Hagen & Laurie Elliott from May 25, 2008:


Jack Showers from August 10, 2008:


Paul Anthony from September 28, 2008:


Jane Stanton from December 7, 2008:


Richard Kiss from December 14, 2008:


Riel Hahn from February 15, 2009: