The winner of the gold-medal performance for top comedic act at the 2010 Winter Games will make his rounds across central Vancouver Island this week, starting in downtown Nanaimo.
The Big Beast Comedy stand-up series will have Damonde Tschritter tour with fellow comics Chris Gaskin and John Beuhler in five stops with Tschritter as the headline act, opened by Gaskin and hosted by Beuhler.
The headliner described his style of comedy as five-minute layered stories, crammed with jokes that build in intensity and woven callbacks.
Although not all personal stories, heB次元官网网址檒l note observational humour and what it was like going through certain experiences.
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His specials have aired on CTV, CBC, HBO, Comedy Network and Comedy Central, and heB次元官网网址檚 credited for sharing stages with comedy legends Robin Williams, Bob Saget and Tim Allen.
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Other than the title and a certificate, Tschritter said he was awarded a chocolate B次元官网网址渓oonieB次元官网网址� gold medal with the Olympic rings insignia.
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And although the B次元官网网址榞old medalB次元官网网址� winning comic is based in Vancouver, he grew up on the Island in Errington just outside of Parksville, and fondly remembers trying to get into Nanaimo bars when underage
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