#17: Derek Kalala

Returning to the pod, Danton Lamar. We get into his new show Douche Rehab, we talk about food, abortion, comedy, Trump. We really get into it. Enjoy.

Nitish Sakhuja is a Stand-Up Comedian and Actor, from Toronto Canada. Born and raised in Toronto's Rexdale neighbourhood, Nitish made a name as the funny guy on the block. He quickly established himself after winning both Peterborough's and Mississauga's funniest comic in his first two months on stage. He has since gone on to be a crowd favourite at Kenny Robinson's Nubian Show, as well as the NXNE festival, The Okanagan Comedy Festival, The Border Comedy Comedy Festival and many more. Most recently, he made his debut at Just For Laughs in Montreal as part of the New Faces program, and filmed his first on-camera role for an upcoming comedy web series. (2021)

Originally from the small Italian village of Woodbridge, Ontario, Dave Luca moved to Toronto in 2016 to pursue a career in standup comedy. Since then, he has gone on to achieve great things, such as winning Vaughan's Best Comic competition in 2019, and seeing Howie Mandel in an elevator once. Known both for his concupiscent comedy style and misuse of big words, Dave Luca performs in bars and clubs across Ontario looking to spread his message of overeating and antisocial behaviour.

Jeremy Dobski is a Toronto based, Montreal born stand-up comedian. In addition to being a mainstay at The Corner Comedy club, Jeremy released his first comedy album "Love Language" in February 2024 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XhE00BxLDQ). He's also in the processing of developing an animated series called "Para Legal". Jeremy has worked across North America with numerous touring professional comics including Jason Alexander, Angelo Tsarouchas, Gilson Lubin, and Pete Johannson, amongst others. For two years in a row, he was voted in as one of Montreal’s top ten comics in Cult MTL’s annual “Best of Montreal”. He currently runs numerous shows out of Toronto comedy clubs, and enjoys a good pretzel.

The human equivalent of a golden retriever, Mickey Dykeman is a high energy, punch up comic. Through personal storytelling and silly word play Mickey's stand up covers topics such as relationships, religion and the Queer experience. They also do freelance script and screenplay writing, primarily comedy. They are a regular comic at the Comedy Lab and the booker and host for Black Sheep Comedy.

Daniel Woodrow is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted as part of the ensemble that received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards, for the debut episode of Roast Battle Canada. He has been an organizer of the Underground Comedy Railroad, an all-Black Canadian comedy tour which takes place each year during Black History Month. In 2021, with the tour unable to take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, he created the Unknown Comedy Club, an online streaming platform for comedy performances. He has also had acting roles in the television series The Beaverton, Star Trek: Discovery, Pretty Hard Cases, True Dating Stories, and Roast Battle Canada.

Mike has been a key-player in the Toronto Comedy Scene for 6 years and has toured most of North America and Edinburgh (Scotland). Mike has worked with Yuk Yuks, Absolute Comedy, Rick Bronson’s The Comic Strip and runs his acclaimed monthly show; The Stand-Up Show with Mike Payne at the world famous Comedy Bar. Mike has worked with acclaimed acts including Rick Mercer, Jeremy Hotz, Ali Siddiq, Simon Rakoff, Martha Chaves, Casey Corbin, Jason Rouse, Tyler Morrison and Aaron Berg. Mike has also appeared in festivals including The Cottage Country Comedy Festival, The Dirty Bird Comedy Festival, The Brantford Comedy Festival and was a winner of the Gemini Comedy Festival along side Al Val. Mike is most commonly recognized from his appearance in Burger King’s Impossible Whopper commercial (National Campaign, 2021) as the “that’s pretty good” guy.

Carolina DG is a Toronto based comedian, host and producer. Carolina organizes and presents "Comedy for Dummies" at The Piston Bar, including a similarly named open mic event. Her production and hosting work extends to virtual comedy shows for hospitals throughout the Greater Toronto Area, specifically for social worker week and nurses week, as a tribute to frontline heroes. Her recent feature in The Toronto Star and on The Filipino Channel highlights her dual accomplishments in comedy and her two-decade-long career in senior care.

Derek Kalala is a Toronto based comedian that has performed a New York Vancouver, New Orleans, Ottawa, and other great cities. When Derek is not performing on stage alone, you can catch him performing as part of the three person troop Try-Racial, which has been featured at the Toronto Fringe and Toronto Sketch Festivals.

Matt Puzhitsky is a Toronto based comedian and content creator. We talk comedy, philosophy and living purposefully.