Ya Gotta Laugh! An Improv Podcast

Oh my goodness WAKE UP AND DUST YER COBWEBS OFF YA BIG BATCH OF COOKIES - weeee’reeee beckkkkk. #Beck #MorningPhase Beck in action!! OpEn ur EaRs and Open ur butts because we are DIVING INTO IT AND LAUGHING ALL THE WAY. ! We’re BACK. And we NEED. TO. LAUGH. Emily and I took some time off the pod. WE’RE OVER IT and were BaCk BB’szz!! With an episode we recorded sometime in the past?!! Re-listening to this episode brought back the many joys of regularly podding SO MUCH SO that it made me cry laughing. Emotions <3 SO please JOIN UZZZ as we embark on a comedy journey with the improv-force-to-be-reckoned-with - Jo Ann Tacorda [ @onejoannband ] !! Jo - it was and always is an honour to bask in the light that you shine!! And an EXTRA honour to be in a sketch comedy troupe with you (YUP - One 5th of @bigchickenergysketch! B SUR 2 FOLLOWW!! Sum (41) Highlights INCLUDE: Divorce at the splash pad Women in the workplace! They dislike each other! They love each other! They’re sleeping under a desk! A LITTLE GOOD COPPA BAD COPPA  - involving #LadyLiberty’s picnic’d shoulders, & #EastSideMarios Omg and last but not least - sorry in advance - ONCE JO ANN STARTS LAUGHING WE CANNOT STOP 1 more example Thank you, Jo, for joining us on the pod and creating this beautiful moment in time with us!! XO Alicia & Emily! FOLLOW / WATCH / LISTEN @onejoannband Make sure you’re following us on Instagram at @yglpodcast and please subscribe - wherever you get your pods! Leave us a 5-star rating and a written review on Apple Podcasts to help more people find the show, let’s beat that algorithm together babeee! Heads up! We’ve moved over to The Hatch, Big Chick Energy’s improv social podcast, where we tell silly stories to each other and then do some long-form improv! Join us over there at https://bigchickenergysketch.com/podcast

On this episode, our super cool friend Caelin Bayker of Baby Carrots shares his secret recipes for rats, and provides us with a delightful story about... A SURPRISE!

It's part two of the episode that comes before it!

Step right up, step right up! Extra extra read all ab- WHO CARES THE POINT IS - The wonderful, the great, the hilarious Vivek Srikanthan of BABY CARROTS sketch troupe joined us on the podcast! And ya gotta listennn, guys!

BINGO BANGO guess who stopped by our ShOWShoW! Our dear dear friends and improvisers from WEIRD TOWN COMEDY - Matthew ‘The Astronaut’ Ardill and Brian ‘A Game Show Host’ Archdekin!! And guys?... Can I tell you something? It’s frickin weird, man. It’s perfect. It’s…. IMRPOV!

IT'S A SUPER SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE AHHHH!Emily and Alicia (that's us) just wanted to PLAY today. So we did! And you get to listen to it! As per usual it's weird. HAVE. A. GREAT. WEEKEND. IT. IS. FRIDAY.Follow us on Instagram at @yglpodcast and get new...

OOOO BABY, BABIES, TOTS - do we have a FUN one for you guys this week! We had the chance to sit down and do a lil I-M-P-R-O-V with none other than the wonderful and super talented EMILY MEADOWS! She joined us from Winnipeg, Manitoba since that is where...

On this week’s episode of Ya Gotta Laugh: An Improv Podcast! We got to improvise with Leo Morgenstern! Actor! Improvsier! Sketch comedian! Recent U of T grad! CONGRATULATIONS <3 We, like your family (can we be in your family?) are very proud of...

Oh hi, yeah, we’re going to need to put a pin in this meeting because ya know what? We need to focus on this episode of Ya Gotta Laugh: an Improv Podcast because !*THE*! Aba Amuquandoh has DROPPED and you’re gonna need to take some notessssss! Aba...

What a gaddang trip this episode was with @lukesinstantgram AKA Luke O’Grady!! An awesome improviser, comedian and sketch comedy performer, part of the Second City Training Centre’s Conservatory Program and all around great guy, Mr. O’Grady takes some...

Did you know that Julia Jones is a murderer? Well that ruined the entire true crime arc of this podcast… and it’s also a bald faced lie. This week on Ya Gotta Laugh! We brought our pal Julia Jones on to get her advice about the best way to not ruin your...

We were so lucky to be able to snag some time away from the wonderfully talented actor, writer, director – TARYN CRANKSHAW! We met Taryn via the Second City Conservatory Training Program – big surprise! – and it was a freaking blast improvising with her...

THE GOSS IS HOT WITH THIS ONE! Actor, writer, comedian, runner, Pat Gourdeau joins us for a laugh! Joining us from his family home in Le Montreal, Pat dishes about his days vacationing in New Jersey and visiting the Cheese Factory where he adopted his...

Toronto-based actor, writer, director SAMANTHA SEXTON jams with Alicia and Emily on the SECOND episode of YA GOTTA LAUGH: An Improv Podcast! WOOoo! We get into it with some quick convo and rapid fire q’s then we are truly off – to – the races. Let this...

Gotta make your own fun these days - and that’s how YA GOTTA LAUGH: An Improv Podcast was born! Welcome to a small corner of the Toronto Improv World! In this jam packed, character driven variety-show improv comedy podcast, Toronto-based comedians...