Spotlighting stand-up comic Timothy Norris (better known as “Big Daddy Tazz”)
Written by admin2 on September 1st, 2009Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report, Irked Videos
The Bipolar Buddha!
The Marathon Man of Mirth!
A whole lotta laughter…after the jump!
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Extracted from Ashley Fitzpatrick’s article for thetelegram.com:
Known as the ‘Bipolar Buddha,’ stand-up comedian Big Daddy Tazz can deliver entire shows devoted to the serious and sometimes ‘touchy’ subject of mental illness and still receive laughs. The Canadian comedian’s name has spread steadily over the years, supported by successful sets at premiere stages such as The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival.
Tazz [was recently] in St. John’s, Newfoundland for a one-time show, “What’s so funny about mental illness?” The show was by special request and hailed the arrival of the national conference of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, an annual congregation of more than 1,200 mental health professionals . . . The stand-up comedy show was free. It was open to the public and included a subsequent panel talk on mental health.
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Watch this classic clip of Tazz performing some of his best mental health jokes at the 2006 CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival’s “The Best Medicine” series. It’s rollicking good fun, and some seriously funny shit:
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Meet the Bipolar Buddha at bigdaddytazz.com
Check out more videos of Tazz being funny
Watch an ‘08 CBC documentary about Tazz
Listen to his Gray Area of Comedy interview
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