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A Delicate Dance Between Humour and Hardship w/ Sunee Dhaliwal

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, ""Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up."" Man bursts into tears. Says, ""But doctor...I am Pagliacci.” - Alan Moore. For this week’s very special episode we speak to Sunee Dhaliwal, Canadian stand up comedian, about life as a touring comedian, using humour and performance to manage grief, the inevitability of offending someone. Check Sunee out on social media @sunnydcomedy.

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0:00.0

This week on two blocks from the White House.

0:03.2

We're talking about our recent travels and what we've learned from them.

0:06.4

I just got back from the Middle East after covering the Iran War.

0:09.6

And I took what felt like the shortest trip to France ever,

0:12.7

accompanying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting on Friday.

0:17.8

And I'm in Florida this week for the Artemis II space launch.

0:21.6

Join me, Katie Simpson and my fellow Washington correspondents, Paul Hunter and Willie Lowry,

0:26.2

every week on two blocks from the White House.

0:31.0

This is a CBC podcast. Hello, everyone. Jeremy here, of Sick Boy Podcast, of the Antica Podcast Network. This week, we've got a very special episode, something a little bit different than what we've normally brought you. We sit down with famed Canadian stand-up comedian, Sunny Dollywall. And if you're not familiar with Sunny, check him out.

0:55.2

You can check them out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, at Sunny D. Comedy.

0:59.6

That's S-U-N-N-N-Y-D comedy.

1:03.4

Sunny is a...

1:04.9

He is a hilarious man.

1:07.4

He was on tour, happened to be here in Halifax, wanted to swing by the studio, so we were

1:11.4

glad to have him in. And, yeah, we have this really fantastic chat about the importance of humor

1:20.4

and comedy in dealing with tough subjects and the challenges of being a comedian, being the one to deliver

1:28.4

the humor when things get tough. We also have a nice long chat about offending people and

1:35.6

it was a really, really fun conversation. We sat around, had some some solid bruise from

1:43.2

our friends over at Good Robot here in halifax and uh and some rum

1:47.6

and just a good old fireside chat in the studio so we hope you enjoy this week's episode um and again

1:54.1

check him out sunny d comedy uh he tours regularly and if he's in a city near you we highly highly suggest checking out his stand-up very

2:03.4

funny man uh i'll leave it there i hope you enjoy the episode and we'll see on the other side

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