The nineteen nineties were a great time for comedy.
\nThat was when I really hit the Montreal Comedy Festival, otherwise known as
\nJust For Laughs (Juste Pour Rire), for interviews and material for the show.
\nAll the comedy acts would stay at the Delta Hotel right on the main drag and
\nI would set up shop in the bar\/restaurant at about one in the morning and wait
\nfor them to return from their gigs, looking for food and drink.
\nI was lucky enough to interview some superb folks, The Radio Free Vestibules,
\nEmo Philips, Elayne Boosler, Dom Irrera, Craig Shoemaker, Bobby Collins and many
\nlesser known, but just as funny, people from all walks of humor.
\nAt the time the festival people did not have any rules for interviewing, and if you
\ncould get a comedian to give you a few minutes, you had it made!
\nThey have since tightened up on all that, you cannot get any interviews unless you
\nclear it with the security folks and management.
\nNeedless to say, I liked it better the old way.
\nOne of the better groups that I had some fun with was Corky and the Juice Pigs.
\nThey gave me a superb interview, along with station IDs and many great memories.
\nI saw them live and they did all their hits.
\nThis was one of them…<\/p>\n