Three JFL42 shows in two days at Toronto's Sony Centre offered audiences three different takes on comedy
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:43AMThe Australian's first headlining show in two years was one of the most technically impressive sets you would ever see at a comedy festival
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:51PMThe third edition of JFL42 kicks off Thursday night in Toronto. Here are some picks to help with your schedule-making
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:36PMJFL42 organizers followed a comedy lineup stronger than any Toronto had ever seen in 2012 with an equally impressive collection of comics this year
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:25AMJohn Mulaney's excellent, shockingly clean set suggested that swearing in comedy is wildly overrated
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:59PMUnlike the famous intros on the WTF Podcast, Tuesday night's early set was personal but not overly sincere, and there were punchlines aplenty
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:38PMThe Picnicface alumni did a series of sketches which encompassed a loose narrative about their (obviously in no way real life) high school prom
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 11:01AMBill Burr was a highly energetic, solid storyteller. But so much of his act felt rote
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:22AMCredit Janeane Garofolo for announcing at the beginning of the show that "I'm not a great joke-writer"
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:20PMEven if Sarah Silverman hasn't evolved much as a performer, her act itself has come a long way
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:57PMIgnoring the three mostly must-see headliners — Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari and the cast of Family Guy — here are five acts you should find a way to see at JFL42
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:14PMNeal Brennan's show at Second City dealt heavily with race — no surprise given his background
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:23PMPete Holmes' set at Revival on Tuesday was manic, sprawling, totally absurd and absolutely wonderful
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 12:12PMAny disappointment on Monday night was more the work of hideous timing and less the comic's
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 12:13PMAmy Schumer's set at JFL42 was depraved, offensive and so, so funny
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:00AMPatton Oswalt's JFL42 opening night set was a professional, but not exactly riotous affair
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 12:21PMDavid Dineen-Porter put three months into planning Tuesday night's show as a surprise birthday tribute to his co-host, Tom Henry
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:13PM