Go here to see the lineup (or most of it, as they’re still working out the bugs) for the 2007 Festival Just For Laughs. It’s the 25th anniversary, so that might explain why most of the names seem… familiar.

They’re adding some sketch to the mix. And music. Of course, we take a dim view of this kind of thing. We’re all about standup and nothing but standup, but the organizers of the fest are convinced that “the kids” don’t really like straight standup comedy, so sketch and musical comedy are “where it’s at!” (That’s lingo that the kids are using these days– it means “ginchy,” or “the bee’s knees.”) Our point, of course, is that standup is always cool, always contemporary, always a hoot to see live and “the kids” (at least the hip ones… and maybe the coolest of the geeky ones) always love it, even though they mope around and get “Rage Against The Machine” tattooed on the small of their backs rather than “Bill Hicks Forever.”

Anything special? The Family Guy cast will be there, which will make for a lot of uncomfortable moments for Alex Boorstein (we know, it’s misspelled, but we think it’s more appropriate that way!), who was overheard last year on a shuttle ride going on about how much she hated standup comics (this, from a gal who does a stale Scooby Doo reference in her “act”)! Mee-Ow!

And there’ll be a Kids In The Hall reunion as well, which means maybe an uncomfortable moment or two for The Female Half, as Dave Foley stares at her from across the room, trying desperately to recall why she seems familiar. (Johnny Walker Black– or maybe it was Red– no doubt clouds his memory of their encounter a few years back in Hollywood. At that month’s cool, chic and trendy H-wood dive bar, the two found themselves seated next to each other and somehow became embroiled a king-hell crazy argument! Paul F. Tompkins has still not forgiven her… we think.)

They’ve branded the one-person shows as “The Richard Jeni One-Person Show Series.” A somewhat cumbersome tribute to the late comic who made many a splash in Montreal over the past quarter century. (Would someone explain to us the difference between the One-Person Show series, the Flying Solo series and the Special Event series (which has Russell Peters, Eddie Izzard and Billy Connolly doing what appear to be one-person shows and, for that matter, they seem to also be flying solo.)

And, “the hottest comics at the fest talk to ‘Aristocrats’ director Paul Provenza in that special way comedians have of talking to each other when ‘civilians’ aren’t there” in “The Green Room with Paul Provenza.”

Hey, look at us! We’re filing a report from the Festival without even being there! And the fest hasn’t even started yet! Hmmm… maybe we should just stay home in July, crack open a Labatt’s or twelve and file reports from the cool, breezy comfort of our new apartment here in Jersey!