Back in April 2011 I had the great pleasure of taking the stage with some of North America’s funniest comics that deal with and take on stereotypes head on in their acts. Tonight on CBC TV (9PM EST) the “Hystereotypes” gala from the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival is on and I can’t help but think what my Kookum (grandma) would have said to me had she been alive to see it…”you look real chubby on tv.”

Stereotypes are hysterical!  Just ask host Jason Priestley and comedians Chris Gibbs, Nile Seguin, Jimmy Tingle, Ryan McMahon, Darcy Michael, and Sherri D. Sutton.  It’s comedy that won’t be pigeonholed.

Produced by FRANTIC FILMS, JASON PRIESTLEY hosts this rip-roaring event – a one-hour television special that features some of the world’s best comedians - DON’T MISS IT!

I’ve been lucky enough to have done a bunch of voice work on Darrel Dennis’ CBC Radio Series, “Revision Quest”, this past couple of weeks and I’ve really been impressed by not only the staff working on it, the writing and comedy found therein, but mostly by what the series IS SAYING.  Many of the sketches are political and social in nature – taking strong stands against the system, fighting against stereotypes, and shining a bright light on the positives and the contributions Indian Peoples bring/give to the mainstream on a daily basis.

There is a poignant piece that I voiced on Friday that started with a couple of old friends that “play catch up” as they hadn’t seen each other in a long time.  The sketch opens with a line about the Native character, “becoming a lawyer, NOT a real …