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Why wait for someone else to write your eulogy when you can just do it yourself? 😂 Sir Patrick Stewart takes “if you want something done right, do it yourself” to the next level. Segment from the 2015 Just for Laughs: Sir Patrick Stewart: A Knight of Comedy special. Watch more here.

Back to school is here. Consider this your permission slip to procrastinate. Press play, avoid your responsibilities for a little while, and start the school year the only way we know how: laughing.

Featuring John Mulaney, Gerry Dee, Malik Elassal, Debra DiGiovanni, Jim Jeffries, Marcello Hernández, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Thune, Willie Simon, Chris Gethard and Maggie Winters.

Mental health like a Nintendo. 🎮😂 Byron Bowers breaks down the ups, downs, and unexpected glitches of keeping it together.

Maybe it’s the cold that makes us so funny. Or the long winters. Or the shared national experience of pretending we’re fine when it’s -25.Whatever the reason, Canada has produced some of the funniest comics in the world, and today is a good day to celebrate them.Featuring: Rick Mercer, Arthur Simeon, Sophie Buddle, Jon DoreIvan Decker, Dakota Ray Hebert, Kyle Brownrigg, Mark Forward, Jeremy Hotz and Paul Rabliauskas.

If you think Australia is all sunshine and koalas, think again. Ron Funches has news for you, always finding the perfect balance between awe and absurdity, ultimately showing why travel makes for some of the best comedy you’ll ever hear.

Before the Emmy wins, the sold out tours, and the latest Netflix special, Wanda Sykes was already tearing the roof off at Just For Laughs.This compilation brings together some of Wanda’s funniest, sharpest, and most unforgettable moments from the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. From brutally honest relationship jokes to razor sharp observations about family, politics, and everyday life, Wanda proves exactly why she remains one of the most respected voices in stand-up comedy.Watch more legendary stand-up from Just For Laughs:

Jim Norton joins Plenty of Fish, reads one rule and immediately takes it as a personal attack.

Watch Jim Norton tackle online dating, age gaps and the fine print nobody reads.

You know that dream where everything goes wrong in front of an audience? ‪@mike_birbiglia‬ lived it- except the audience was The Muppets, and they were not impressed.This compilation pulls together some of his sharpest material: the slow-burn horror of chronically late people, childhood dreams that aged terribly, a yoga class that became a personal betrayal, and the unspoken negotiations that hold a marriage together.Specific, strange, and somehow completely relatable- this is Birbiglia at his best.

Marriage, therapy, family, anxiety and the culinary possibilities of a gas station. Maria Bamford finds the deeply strange in everyday life and somehow makes it all feel perfectly reasonable.

Enjoy some of Maria Bamford’s funniest Just For Laughs moments, featuring seductive waddling, joy whack-a-mole, anxiety songs, questionable restaurant orders and one woman’s courageous admission that she is, in fact, a raccoon.

Johnny Pemberton loves Santana and Rob Thomas’ “Smooth.” Does he know the words? Absolutely not. Will that stop him from performing it a cappella? Also absolutely not.In this full Just For Laughs set, Johnny mangles a modern classic, invents the most aggressively sponsored summer festival in history and reveals exactly what America sounds like. Spoiler: there are air horns.

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Jonathan Van Ness loves Canada. The Olympic figure skaters, the maple syrup and, most importantly, Antoni Porowski.Watch Jonathan celebrate Canada’s finest exports, discover a wildly inappropriate new use for maple syrup and finally set the record straight about their Queer Eye co-star.

These comics all "got that dog in them". Celebrate man's best friend with some classic Just for Laughs jokes that are mostly bark, with a bit of bite.

Mentally we're still at the Montréal Just for Laughs Festival 2026. Catch up on classic clips from artists that appeared at the festival this year! Featuring Tiffany Haddish, Mike Birbiglia, Maria Bamford, Dave Merheje, Marito Lopez, Mark Watson, Joel Kim Booster, Keith Pedro, Dan Soder, and Ron Funches.

If your family didn’t scream through dinner and bring Tupperware to restaurants, Sebastian Maniscalco’s gonna make sure you feel left out. It’s full-volume nostalgia from the king of Italian-American comedy, live from the JFL stage!

The Just For Laughs New Faces of Comedy is the annual selection of comedy's next generation. We're running it back and highlighting some of the most successful comedians who were once New Faces! Featuring early performances from Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Nikki Glaser, Lil Rel Howery, Kumail Nanjiani, Pete Holmes, Roy Wood Jr., Dulce Sloan, Marcello Hernandez and Hannah Berner.

Tom Rhodes sure knows how to make an impression at Rome's Colosseum.

Before his latest Netflix special, Rory Scovel was already bringing his hilarious takes on everyday life at Just For Laughs.Rory shares what it’s like getting high and heading to the grocery store, aka the most expensive scavenger hunt. 🛒😂

10 years ago, who would’ve thought reading Reddit stories would lead to sold-out theatres?We caught up with Genevieve LaForce and the  @smosh  crew to talk about the journey and everything that brought them to the JFL stage. 🎥

Mike Birbiglia’s a champion scrambler, so long as he doesn’t look at anything. Don’t miss him hosting a Gala theJust for Laughs Montreal Festival this year

Sasheer Zamata thinks the only thing weird about periods is pretending they don't exist.

Nothing says "I'm getting older" like the moment you stop thinking "hot" and start thinking "cold." 😂

Johnny Pemberton loves Santana and Rob Thomas’ “Smooth.” Does he know the words? Absolutely not. Will that stop him from performing it a cappella? Also absolutely not.In this full Just For Laughs set, Johnny mangles a modern classic, invents the most aggressively sponsored summer festival in history and reveals exactly what America sounds like. Spoiler: there are air horns. Don't miss him at Just For Laughs Toronto: https://toronto.hahaha.com/en/page/detail/shows/johny-pemberton-852/

Jo Sunday's New Faces of Comedy is all about breaking down the myth of “intense immigrant cultures,” why it might actually just be your parents, and why “get home safe” sounds more like a warning than a wish.

What do you get when you mix Irish dancing, pregnancy timelines, bald kings, and a Latina therapist with unusual homework? Anjelica Scannura‬'s New Faces of Comedy set- a whirlwind of family stories, relationship truths, and the kind of jokes you definitely can’t tell at dinner.

Dylan Adler brings his electric energy to New Faces of Comedy, riffing on everything from mispronounced names and gay twin life to biracial identity and grandparents who knew all along. With musical twists and sharp punchlines, this set is chaotic, personal, and completely unforgettable.

From confusing Grindr with a job-hunting app to losing hoodies on Tinder, Dvontre Coleman  has no shortage of awkward encounters. Dodging dad duties, roasting his nephews AND rethinking haircuts, takes a lot of figuring out- this is adulthood, one misstep at a time.Watch more #standup #comedy on youtube from Just for Laughs https://youtube.com/@justforlaughs/videos

Making her Canadian debut at New Faces of Comedy, Chloe Petts unpacks the perks of being mistaken for a man, the struggles of being a "flexitarian," toxic soccer blokes, and why British people owe their sense of humour to the Vikings. Smart, sharp, and unapologetically funny.

Medicine, shame, tiny ding-dongs, and Mercedes-Benz ultimatums, Ken Jeong’s journey from doctor to comedy star is unlike anything else. Here’s the full story, folks: unfiltered and unforgettable.

Anthony Jeselnik recalls the surreal night he performed stand-up at San Quentin State Prison. From armed guards to a warden with questionable taste, Jeselnik’s deadpan delivery turns a dangerous gig into one of his funniest stories yet.

Gianmarco Soresi share's a few uncomfortable anecdotes. From New Faces 2022 at the Just For Laughs Festival.

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From birthmarks to bad exes, Chloe Radcliffe isn’t afraid to call it exactly how she sees it. With razor-sharp honesty and a little too much detail (depending on who you ask), her 2025 New faces of Comedy set flips awkwardness into laughs and turns taboos into punchlines.

Heckled into an identity crisis, downgraded to “buddy,” and battling toxic masculinity via digestive issues - Alistair Ogden’s New Faces 2025 set proves the struggle is hilarious.

Comedian Neal Brennan has some thoughts on old people, Twitter and being single.

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Sam Morril on dating and faking it.

Amanda Seales on the level of crazy needed for dating apps.

Kumail Nanjiani on public restrooms, watching his first dirty movie, and arguments with stupid people.

Colin Quinn predicts the next civil war the future in 2018 at Just For Laughs.

Jay Pharoah loves travelling and dealing with security checks and Australia.

Michelle Wolf's stand up performance from Just For Laughs All Access.

Why Michael Che avoids talking politics.

Watch the Michael Che @JFL Just For Laughs Comedy special here.

The Daily Show's Roy Wood Jr. on immigration issues and language learning.