Another nice person!

Hey.

I decided to keep posting messages and blogs that people have wrote to me. This is from my friend Camiel Pell, who I went to high school with. She is a very funny and talented performer, another person who I am very glad to have met along the way.

I asked her for some advice on what I should do out here. Camiel attended a Comedy school here in TO called Humber. They offer a two year comedy program that I was debating looking into. I asked her opinion of that, Second City, and any other advice. Thank you Camiel.


Camiel sent you a message.

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Re: Hello!

Hey Braddy!

Humber was cool. The only thing I really got out of it was the contacts and when I say contacts I mean like friends who are now successful. The school was fun, but I think you'd be way better off taking the second city programs and work your way up that way. Doing that you'll come out a way stronger improviser and generally a better performer. It depends on what kind of comic you are. If you wanna be a stand up Humber is good cause it gets you in with Mark Breslin, owner of YUks, but you can do that on your own by calling to get on open mic nights.

If you're a a writer, go to humber. They'll help you become a stronger writer if you wanna go that route. If you're a character comedian (THATS ME) then go to Second City. My advice is go to as many open mic things as poss, as many shows as poss and just fucking make sure every night you're out absorbing as much as possible. Make some connection. Eventually you'll be in the loop. Join a Improv group. Get in any way you can and if anybody doesn't accept you or makes you feel like an outsider, push them to the side and assert your place.

You'll do amazing. Keep me posted. Right now I'm in Victoria and doing the writing thing and I perform with Atomic, pretty much all I'm doin right now. I call it phase 1.

bon chance!