Who Needs Drugs? You’ve Got Fear On Your Side!
Frank Sinatra once mused in an interview to Larry King that after all his success and the accolades, before he went out on stage every night to perform a thought was always at the back of his mind, every time out. He wondered if he would still have it when he gets on stage, would that first note be there? Mind you,...
Read MoreA Word To The Wise
I started this blog a couple months after I started doing comedy, so it’s been about three years that The Stand-Up Diaries have been part of the Saskatoon comedy scene. One doesn’t do something they enjoy for that long without making their share of mistakes, and being able to admit to them. There are a...
Read MoreA Lesson In R-E-S-P-E-C-T — Wolseley Style
There is only one thing I don’t like about stand-up comedy. It’s something that’s prevalent more than ever in our society today. Without being able to narrow it down to one word, the best way to describe it is that in comedy you eventually see people for who they really are. Comedy is a singular...
Read MoreLadies & Gentleman Here Is Your Host…..
Well, a new chapter in the comedy journey of Trevor Dean has been written with the completion of my initial shows with The Laugh Shop. While I have put all three videos on this blog (there should be 4 but you’ll get an explanation towards that shortly), I hope you would follow along and do me the courtesy of...
Read MoreThere Is No “I” In Team
It’s not about you. The more online articles that I read about being a comedy emcee, the more that one phrase stands out as being the principle thought. I get that, as this weekend we have two great guys co-headlining. But in a way, Friday night is about me. If I had been a regular comic and had a bit more...
Read More