Back in April 2010 it was announced that I was one of the Featured acts in the CBC TELEVISION/RADIO GALA RECORDING of, “Welcome To Turtle Island Too – A Celebration of Aboriginal Comedy.” It took place at the beautiful Arden Theatre in St. Albert, Alberta (a suburb of Edmonton). It was a night of comedy that I’ll never forget.  It featured Canada’s best Aboriginal standup comedians – Don Kelly, Howie Miller, Dawn Dumont, Lars Cailleou, Don Burnstick and Ryan McMahon (me).

If you’ve never heard me do standup then this will be your intro to what I do. Of course, it’s “clean” and there is no swearing and some of the content is a bit toned down – but all the same – you’ll get a flavour for what I do. The audio is from one of CBC RADIO 1′s flagship shows, Laugh Out Loud, and I was surprised to get messages from a few friends that told me they heard my set on the radio. I downloaded the podcast and here it is.

Enjoy everyone!

About 3 years ago, Clarence Two Toes ran for Chief in his home community of Dead Moose Lake, Ontario. He wasn’t victorious, but he put up a valiant fight. Many community members in Dead Moose Lake were impressed with Clarence’s resolve and vision. After losing, Clarence vowed that he’d be back to run as Chief in his community one day.

Here is an audio clip of one of Clarence’s appearences on his local radio station.

Dead Moose Lake – Community News: Prepared Statement from Clarence Two Toes

So I was walking around Toronto when I bumped into this super stoic Native dude. He was just hanging out on the street, enjoying the day, and when I passed him he whispered something. I didn’t quite hear what he said so – asked him to repeat himself. He called me closer. I took a few steps closer and much to my delight this wooden, Native dude told me I was his favourite Native comedian.

Wooden Native dudes are my favourite.

Clarence Two Toes decides to return all of Tony’s stuff he forgot in the van he sold to Clarence. Seeing the good side of Clarence, Tony makes Clarence a job offer he can’t refuse – and Clarence sees this as yet another chance to start over.

Here is a sneak peek from a track on my debut comedy album, “I FEEL BROWN.” This is an unedited, unmastered version of the joke and once mastered I’m hoping to have everything cleaned up. For those wondering “where your copy” of the cd is – it’s coming. As I said, it’s currently being mastered and cut up the way I like it as once this is released…it’s out there forever and there’s no turning back.

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.MP3 Version
I Feel Brown – HAND OUT
.WAV Version
I Feel Brown – HAND OUT

Official release date of the album is now JULY 1, 2010.

In EP#5 we find Clarence Two Toes at the crossroads. Clarence, Indian Country’s Favourite Shit Disturber, is back at it – looking for happiness as he walks “the red road” in a good way. In this episode, we find Clarence on the side of the road in a State Park as he’s decided to “leave it all behind” and go back to where he came from.

The Clarence Two Toes Radio Show was the best accident that ever happened to me. I discovered a built in mic and Garage Band on my macbook one night and I just started talking. This podcast is the result of that. The podcast is COMPLETELY IMPROVISED and edited/produced by myself.

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The Show

The show needed a format once I realized that I may have been on to something. I started to tinker around with what I wanted to include in the podcast and the original format of the show was wildly different than what you are listening to now. I worked for close to an hour and this is what came to me:

The Clarence Two Toes Radio Show is hosted by Clarence Two Toes -  an enrolled band member in the fictional First Nation – Dead Moose Lake. The show is recorded inside of Theresa’s Minnow Shack (the community gas bar, laundry mat, grocery store, chicken shack, coffee shop, etc.). Clarence aims to deliver the news to his small community all in hopes of helping his community move forward and keep them on top of what’s going on in their communities.

• Intro
• Community Announcements
• Birthday Greetings (a birthday shoutout, with a funny story about that person)
• Swap and Shop (buy, sell or trade on the radio)
• Community News/Sports
• Dear Clarence (the Indian Dr. Phil helps people get their shit together)
• Cooking With Clarence (learn some of the best Indian Cooking recipes on the planet in this segment)
• The Indian Top 10 (a David Letterman style countdown, done Indian Style)

I fell in love with this project immediately and I was lucky enough to have this podcast featured on iTunes Canada through 2008 and 2009 in the comedy podcast section.

This little podcast is where Clarence Two Toes was born.