Moms Are Not Funny

Martha O’Neill’s wry, often edgy comedy is at odds with her laid-back, likeable stage presence; a combination which has made her an audience favourite wherever she performs.

This Toronto native spent the first 10 years of her comedy career performing improv and sketch, but shifted her focus to stand-up 16 years ago and hasn’t looked back since.

She performs regularly at the Absolute Comedy chain of clubs, at corporate/private events and has performed all over Canada, and as far away as Dublin and London. Television appearances include a stand-up special, “No Kidding” on iChannel, “The Mom Show” on the Slice Network and “Come Dine With Me Canada” on W Network. She is also a busy voice actor and former on-air personality at 105.9 The Region (serving York Region).

Martha was nominated for a 2009 Canadian Comedy Award for “Best Stand- Up Newcomer”, has competed in both the 2010 and 2012 “World Series of Comedy” in Las Vegas and was a performer in the 2013 She Devil Comedy Festival in New York City.

From 2013-2018, Martha was the Executive Producer of SheDot Festival (Toronto’s Festival of Funny Women) and continues to produce shows highlighting women in comedy.

She recently released her first comedy album “Fine Big Girl”, available everywhere!

We spoke about a number thing:

• Like how she's a b-word on cider
• Her dad calling her standup shows skitches
• What's in the queens purse?
• That she was a  HUGE fanilow
• Her Irish mother-in-law
• And so much more!

Find her here:

• https://twitter.com/Martha_ONeill
• https://www.instagram.com/martha_oneill/

Stacey Prieur brings a background from Stand Up, Sketch, and even Improv at the legendary Second City, Prieur's ambition was apparent. Prieur worked comedy rooms like it was her second job. She landed spots on The Laugh Attack (Sirius XM Radio), Comedy Corner, Featured Amateur at Yuk Yuk's, The Naked News, Breakfast TV, SLICE, MC/Host of various charitable events and the list continues.  Prieur co-created a travel web series in Australia in 2009 where she packed up and went down unda to run amuck and see what life had to offer before turning 30!

She currently hosts a local Real Estate Talk Show “Agent on Duty” on Rogers TV, she also co-hosts a podcast for entrepreneurs called Level Up Nation Live, and has been a featured speaker on various bootcamps and training seminars locally and abroad.

We chat about how Jen and Stacey met at Pepper's Bar and Grill in Windsor in the early 2000s. How her grandma is hilarious, and while her mom's mental health has been challenging they both find the humour and love that they share. 

We talk about Kitty from that 70's show, Martha O'Neill, expired condom boxes, asking her gyny about her vagina size, the  aunts, recycling tinders, vagina goatees and so much more. 

On today's interview we speak with Detroit based Comedian, Writer and Actor Justin Pedick.

He fell for Comedy at a young age and followed his dreams to New York. He has since headlined clubs there as well as travelling the Mid West.  He was a finalist at the Windsor's Next Best Comic competition and he has also opened for Pauly Shore and Erik Stohhanske from Super Troopers. 

We speak about his great and hilarious relationship with his parents. How he got the nickname The Buttcrack Kid and the special pants he bought just for TikTok.
 

Check out his podcast on YouTube and Spotify: Possibly Wrong, Probably Not!
 

You can find him on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat: @justinpedick
 

Linktr.ee/JustinPedick

Lianne Mauladin has been killing crowds at comedy clubs and venues across Canada and the USA. She’s performed live on ABC's "The View" and her comedy has been recorded and or televised on ABC, Bite TV, iChannel, Sirius XM, CBC and Rogers TV.

In 2021 she released her first album "Late for the Party" produced by Cottage Comedy Digital. Mauladin hosts and produces the monthly Merry-Janes of Comedy Show, the longest running all female stand-up showcase in Toronto. When the world is functioning, the "Merry-Janes of Comedy" road show performs in clubs, halls and theatres around Ontario. She also is a faculty member at the Second City Training Centre in Toronto.

We chat about her mom being on team Angelina (who is on team Angelina?), turning 50, doing comedy naked, Rosanne, writing letters to the editor, and how one of her aunts keeps a pylon in her trunk, just in case she hits someone with her car. 

Check out her website here: http://www.liannemauladin.com/

And her album here: http://cottagecomedy.com/shop-comedy/

Follow here here:

https://twitter.com/jokeladyhaha

https://www.instagram.com/jokeladyhaha

Jen and Christine interview young comic Louis Brady. An up and coming comic who's as driven as he's talented.  

His devoted parents have been nothing but supportive, driving him 30+ minutes to do comedy shows downtown since he was 15! We talk about his momager, his aunts, his  grandma, Wanda Sykes and so much more. We chat about him being Gen Z, leaving TikTok because of getting bullied about his trans videos (why do people suck?) and how everyone will have a liberal arts degree eating a vegan sandwiches and hating on millennials. 

Check out his website all his channels are listed: https://louisbrady.ca/

This conversation runs the gamut. Kerri is a seasoned comedian, with a comedian husband, mother of 3. She doesn't encourage her kids to go into comedy at all.

We chat about cancel culture. Her mom, beauty pageants, having a comedian as a husband, having kids later, wishing she had them earlier and how she wants her kids to have them young, but not too young, getting her son to pee in a cup, and so so much more! How it was once the norm for moms to smoke while pregnant. 

Check out her books, her special, and album here:

Mean Mommy: Tales of Motherhood Survival from the Comedy Trenches http://amzn.to/2eeoDH6

Kerri Louise is Mean Mommy! With her fearless and hilarious attitude toward modern motherhood, comic Kerri Louise tells all and never holds back. Truthful and funny, Mean Mommy attempts to balance her career in the comedy trenches and stay grounded while raising three boys. Kerri knows you don’t need another bossy book about motherhood like you didn’t need the baby wipe-warmer you bought for $29.95. Mean Mommy costs less and offers inspiration, encouragement and non-stop laughter that will last way longer than the warm feeling on your baby’s butt. What we really want is Mean Mommy’s frank, reassuring and uproarious approach to parenting. After all, Mean Mommies raise the best kids!

Harry the Elephant has a Peanut Allergy https://amzn.to/31lGpQd

Follow Harry The Elephant as he discovers that he's the only elephant allergic to peanuts. Watch how he turns his lonely days at the peanut free table into happiness and trophies. This lighthearted, funny story explores allergies in a silly way that will spark a dialogue between teachers, parents, friends and family. With its captivating illustrations and clever wordplay, this book will entertain adults and children of all ages. Harry triumphs his way through when he finds out his new friends — Buzzy The Bee, Cam The Cow, Catherine The Chicken, and Tommy 2 Bird — all have something in common, and together they help Harry realize that he can accomplish great things when he puts his trunk into it.

Showtime Special - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_8osI1yYYc&t=136s

Her new comedy album Funny Mommy-https://orcd.co/kerrilouise

With Mike we cover everything. To modifying comedy to fit with the times, super heroes, female directors, his mom and her love of words. His hilarious wife and how she's 11 years his junior.  We chat about his podcast T.R.U.T.H.Cast which is an improvised comedy podcast that parodies conspiracy theories hosted by Mike and Alex Bozinovic, interviewing their funniest friends portraying different eccentric characters.  

We chat about how great Marc Maron was to him. We chat about the mom in A Christmas Story, Princess Leia, Bob's Burgers, Ali Wong, Jen Hanson, the mom in Jaws, and how Tup is not short for Tupperware, and his grandma. 

Find him here:

• https://offthemike.com/
• https://twitter.com/truheroism
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-made-me-watch/id1518880799
• linktr.ee/truheroism

Ronny Pascale is a Brooklyn based comedian. Who has amassed over 40K twitter followers! Ronny has had his tweets featured on Comedy Central, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, among others. Ronny formerly was the Associate Artistic Director of The PIT, was on the sketch house team Raditude, and was on improv teams Kibbles and Bits and Brunch Conflict.  

He has something in the works with Kevin Hart,  a YouTube show called Roast Yerself and so much more. He's a real sweetheart who's goal for his twitter account is so that he can write late night jokes for Jimmy Kimmel. 

We chat about his mom's wonderful dark sense of humour and how she once stole something from Liberace. His grandma who raised him after his mom passed, his love of comedy, how his grandfather learned English by reading a joke book, and how his mom would fight the nuns at his school.

Follow him on Twitter, @RonnyPascale

Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RonnyPascaleNYC

Ok, so Courtney is incredible. She's  one of Canada's most unique voices, a comedy powerhouse. She won the Homegrown Comics Competition in 2017 at Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, she filmed a set for Kevin Hart's LOL Network. She's taped a set for The Comedy Network, was part of the JFL Roadshow and performed on The Howie Mandel All Stars Gala on The CW Network. She does the Fringe Festival and wins awards there. She's been on The Beaverton, CBC's The Debaters and has an animated series in the works. 

To sum it up, this lady is going places. Here are some of the things we chatted about:

• Slam poetry
• Internal dialogue 
• Whether or not a juicer can be life changing
• Shaving your legs past the knee
• Sarah Silverman
• John Dore
• Beyoncé
• Tina Fey
• Amy Poehler
• Her mom 
• And much much more!

Check out her website: https://www.courtneygilmour.com/

Her facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtneygilmourcomedy

Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneyjgilmour/

Her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86ngBzqdJSABEzyR4ZjDKQ

And, of course, her awesome podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2NNtRXomCRBNgzA4jSpmMb

Gosh, what didn't we cover in this. First we go through her impressive and lengthly bio. From being the host of the UK Fashion police, getting a monk to show his undergarments, her upcoming book Swagger: Unleash everything you are and become everything you want. 

We talk about her mom, Evelyn Hannon, the Original JourneyWoman and how she pushed and inspired her daughters to be truly authentic. Her inspiring sister Erica Ehm. Her neighbour, boxing, the benefits of summer camp. How she adopted her kids and thinks everyone should adopt. Her admiration for Ron Tite.  And the inspiring love she has for her husband.

This is an empowering listen that's also very very very very funny. 

Enjoy. 

Also, pre-order her book here: https://www.leslieehm.com/book/

Mike Geeter has headlined some of the best comedy venues in the US and has worked with leading comedians like Kevin Hart, Hannibal Burress, Natasha Leggero, Jim Norton and Rickey Smiley. He was featured  on Fox Television’s comedy showcase “Laughs” (Season 1) and the Detroit episode of “Kevin Hart Presents: Hart Of The City 2” on Comedy Central (Season 2).

On today's episode we cover:

•  What it was like in a family of 17 kids
• That time he drank bleach (by accident as a child, not to prevent covid)
• Bill Cosby 
• Moms Mabley
• Being on Kevin Hart's Hart of the City
• How the moms in his life unfortunately made him have empathy
• And the difference between scarlet fever and scurvy

Be sure to check out his first full length comedy CD “The Charm Offensive” available on all digital platforms.

His website is here: 

https://michaelgeeter.com/

And don't forget to subscribe to his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwgFb63el2Rot1JHua2QvA

We interview Comedian Cathy Boyd. She's a regular at Absolute and so so so funny. We talk about her four kids, her millions of brothers and sisters. She's a huge fan of Amy Schumer, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolf, and Rosanne.  She's a real up-and-comer in the comedy world and someone you have to see! 

Cathy got into comedy later in life, but she's been funny her entire life because she had to be. Her parents had  11 children. 

Check out her new website here:  https://www.boydsoflondon.com/

https://twitter.com/can_am_cathy

Jen's former Second City Comedy Writing teacher Paul Bellini joins Mom's Are Not Funny to discuss his band Mouth Congress, which premiers March 5th at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. It's about his band with Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson that they started in the 80s. It was a first of its kind, a Gay Punk band (in the 80's when most people were still in the closet). 

He talks about his supportive mom, how she loved lying, his dutch neighbour and more. 

A long lover of all things comedy, Paul has been in the comedy world spanning four decades with great success on Canadian show's like Kids in the Hall and This Hour has 22 Minutes.

Check out his documentary here:

https://kingcanfilmfest.com/2021/mouth-congress/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pbellini2

Fiona got into comedy by writing jokes for a friend in Ireland. When she moved to Canada, she decided to start doing her jokes for herself.

She’s a mother of three. And a joy to be around.
She grew up in a family of strong and funny women that inspired her to see the humour in life. Her nana had 10 children, she golfed and drank whiskey all day long. She was hilarious.

He mom was wild, and took parenting into her own hands.

Her album Magically Malicious is found on iTunes, Sirius XM and more.

http://www.fionaobrien.ca/

https://twitter.com/RealFionaO

https://www.instagram.com/realfionao/

Wow! Season one is done. What a ride!

Today's episode we interview Scott Gaughan and Tim Reaburn from the 'with Tim and Scott' podcast. We talk about Joan Rivers, Lorelai Gilmore,  and their top five moms. At one point they flip it around on Christine and Jen and ask them questions.  

Tim talks about how Amy Schumer's joke structure helped him with his comedy, and Scott talks about how his mom is like Rosanne. 

Find their podcast on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/with-tim-and-scott/id1459808793

Youtube: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbi25_Cpr8k3OReo9pp0Hw?fbclid=IwAR3OUNBz0WbOpbYY9MX63DQEzOG_JBf5OtJfJ63PJbCCobFlVrk1buStxOc  

With Rob we talk about comedy during the pandemic, his childhood, politics, Rosanne and growing up in Windsor. He's currently living in Chicago and is an incredible comedian!

Topics range from:

• Bernie Sanders
• New Mexico
• The natural beauty of the US
• Comedy during the pandemic
• His adoptive mom
• His step mom
• Carly's mom
• The Dark Comedy Festival
• How growing up in Windsor you could just show up in someones house
• The former bar scene in Windsor Ontario
• Living in Chicago vs. New York
• And much much more!

https://twitter.com/RobLovesArguing

We talk about getting stage time in Windsor, being nervous and shy, Rosanne Barr, the spelling of Taunia's name, Cardi B, Brittany Spears and her gym bag. 

@rk.olsen

@rkocomics

@taunlee

Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, Canada currently living in Los Angeles. She's wildly funny, and full of energy.  Steph has done the  prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal four times! She made her American TV debut on on Comedy Central part of Bill Burr’s show “The Ringers”. AND she was recently named one of Vultures “Comics You Should and Will Know” and one of Comedy Central’s “Up Next” comics to watch. She also has a Comedy Central web series that she co-wrote and co-stars called ” Steph & Deb” with comedian Deb Digiovanni.   Steph can also be seen in the Amazon show “Please Understand Me” produced by Sarah Silverman and was featured in season two of “Corporate” on Comedy Central.  Steph has won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Stand up and was a finalist in Sirius XM’s next top comic.

Steph is a comedic force who has us laughing the entire time. She talks about Sarah Silverman and beautiful she is, her experience on Bill Burr's show, her Juno nomination and her mom. 

http://stephtolevishilarious.com/

Also make sure to follow her on instagram. Her videos are the funniest thing on the internet right now. 

https://www.instagram.com/stephtolev/

https://twitter.com/stephtolev

Ron Tite is founder of Church+State (an advertising and creative agency), host and executive producer of the hit podcast, “The Coup”, and publisher of This is That Travel Guide to Canada – a best-selling and award-winning satirical book. He has written for television. Penned a children’s book. Wrote, produced and performed a hit play. Created a branded art gallery. And was executive producer & host of the award-winning comedy show, Monkey Toast.

Ron speaks all over the world about leadership, disruption, branding and creativity. 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-coup/id1480587856

http://rontite.com/

https://twitter.com/rontite

https://www.instagram.com/rontite/

Today we interview Paul Montanier about how maybe Eve wasn't so bad. And how thankful he is for Eminem's mom. 

Follow him on Twitter/Instagram: @paulmontanier