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It has been a busy few weeks. Sorry about not updating the blog... my focus has been on Stand Up & BITE ME, a show I host & produce on BITE TV. There are 32 comedians competing for the $10,000 grand prize.

Last Thursday I flew to Vancouver with the BITE crew, Jason Agnew, Rick, Mike Fly and 600 lbs of camera & lighting equipment. to shoot the first two preliminary rounds at Lafflines Comedy Club.

The manager James and the owner Barry were absolutely fantastic to work with. On the first day of filming we got to the club at 9am so we could get set up: iron & hang a new back drop, set up lights & cameras. Then in the early afternoon the comedians who were performing that night started to arrive for their interviews. Lucky for us, it was a beautiful day so we filmed them outside. Do you know what you don’t bring to Vancouver that we really could have used? Sun screen. I was wrangling the comics: getting them into makeup, preparing them for the interview and taking them to the shoot location so I was fine. But the crew got pretty burnt.

The first night of shooting went very well. When I was warming up the crowd or filling time with material it was great. The TV hosting part was a bit rough so we had to do a number of retakes. That being said, apparently I looked sharp wearing my new vest.

Day two was much easier as there was no set up. There was a bit of stress as we ran behind schedule on the interviews because it started to rain. THEN one of my judges was a no show but thankfully I was able to find a replacement just before showtime.

All in all it was a success and I think the show will look amazing when it airs on BITE TV May 27th.

Right now I am on the Carnival Dream... sailing to Isla Roatan Honduras.