Modified On January 16, 2006
Sarah Boothroyd, writing in The Ottawa Citizen (“Ottawa’s humour and politics rarely stand up together”), on the current state of political humor in Canada:
While the number of comics in the capital may be tied to the city’s political character, their humour is not often tied to politics.
“Political comedy is not all that popular any more and hasn’t been for some time,” says Howard Wagman, who opened Yuk Yuk’s in Centretown 21 years ago. “Political humour is a bit one-dimensional. It’s just government bashing. It’s ‘enter name here.'”
Fear not, Howard. Mr. Harper is about to change all that.