Hyperbrole: A Comedy Advice Podcast

Ep 281: Ron James (Blackfly, The Ron James Show)

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Synopsis

Ron James’ stand-up comedy performances have consistently sold out theatres from coast to coast for twenty years, garnering accolades from critics and audiences alike. His one-hour comedy specials on CBC TV have long been a New Year’s Eve tradition, the last three garnering a record breaking 1.5 million viewers, with a ninth set to air December 31st. After three years spent acting in Los Angeles as a regular cast member on ‘My Talk Show’ (IMAGINE TV) and guest starring in numerous television series, (not to mention being the national spokesman on CNN for Texas Tourism), he returned to Toronto and penned a one man show, ‘Up & Down In Shaky Town’. Filmed for the premiere season of CTV’s Comedy Network, it was heralded as ‘one of the ten best events of the television season’. Ron quickly earned a stellar reputation as a comedian who consistently delivered, appearing at every major televised comedy festival from Halifax to Winnipeg to Montreal’s prestigious ‘Just For Laughs’. The following two decades saw him