An exhaustive and humourous inventory of everything that's wrong with Protestantism. Enjoy.

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Certain parts of your brain become less active, with interesting results.

Louis C.K.

 

 

 

More than just a spouter of great jokes, this guy shows evidence of non-dual thinking.

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I was raised pretty strongly Catholic, but the venture was ultimately doomed because of the music. Is that how these people feel about God?

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Comedian Louis C.K. pays homage to George Carlin, and George Carlin lays down a tour de force send up of political language.

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Love yourself, your body and laugh till every last bit of that beautiful body of yours hurts.

Russell Brand

 

Socrates, corporate responsibility and a little endorsement of pedophilia for good measure, Russell Brand is a cosmic, comedic paradox.

 

 

Context isn't everything - but it's certainly something. For example, the stand-up comedy of Brian Regan...

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July 1st was Canada Day. Many people painted red maple leaves on their faces and sang O Canada: a dreadful, outdated, whiny piece of music.

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Arj Barker cleanses cruelty from the kingdom of his shower.  Hilarious.

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Arj Barker on why he's the sickest Buddhist alive yo!

Larry GriswoldEver heard of the comedic stylings of Larry Griswold? Me either. Unfamiliarity is part of what made this clip of him performing in the 50s so incredible. Well, what's he's doing is incredible, whether you've heard of him or not.

Mark Meer

 

 

Mark Meer is an Edmonton based actor, writer and improvisor. His totems are Jim Henson, John Cleese, Alan Moore, Doctor Doom, and Tom Waits.

 

Ivan E Coyote is a spoken word artist, novelist, storyteller and columnist. Her totems include Bill Cosby, writers Barbara Gowdy, Sherman Alexie and Tom Spanbauer, musicians Veda Hille, Laurie Anderson and Rufus Wainwright.

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The legendary outlaw comic Bill Hicks- who both Radiohead and Tool dedicated albums to- is the subject of a new documentary. Watch the rousing trailer for that film, and another piece of live Hicks comedy to boot.


 

 

 

 

Kahlil Ashanti turned his painful childhood experiences into a one man show. He leads at risk youths in workshops that show them how to do the same thing with their lives.

 

 

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Kahlil Ashanti is a writer and performer. In this interview he talks about who would be on his Mt. Rushmore: Richard Pryor, Don Knotts, Eminem, and various formative experiences and friendships.