Yuk Yuks seeks comedians for Laugh Off

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 4th, 2010

The Yuk Yuks people are having their annual Laugh Off, their Great Canadian Laugh Off in which they give $25,000 to the winner.

To enter, click here or click on the ad in the upper right corner of this page.

It’s a pretty ambitious contest. Let them explain it:

Competing in groups of eight, sixty-four contestants will be systematically eliminated to eight remaining finalists over the course of 8 days.

Starting on Friday, March 19th 2010 eight acts will be showcased daily with two shows on Friday March 26th, Saturday March 20th, and Saturday March 27th 2010 at 7:30pm and 10:30pm. Finals will be held on Sunday, March 28th, when the $25,000 grand prize will be awarded to the Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh-Off Champion.

Comics can apply on-line in the following categories:

Canadian Amateur American Amateur
Canadian Professional American Professional
International Amateur International Professional

Randomly by computer we will choose:
8 Canadian Amateurs
8 Canadian Professional
8 International Amateurs
8 American Amateur
8 American Professional
8 International Professional

They provide a full set of rules at their website. Apparently, they aren’t kidding when they say that they pick the bulk of the contestants randomly. Of course, they choose a bunch of them via mini-Laugh Offs at the various Yuk Yuks, but as you can see, they select a bunch from the folks who apply online. So hop on over there and read the rules and apply.

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