COMEDY REVIEW: Jon Dore @ Helium 4/23

Jon Dore's a tough guy to pin down. On The John Dore Television Programme (a Canadian mockumentary-style show viewable round here on IFC), he comes off like a likeable guy, well-meaning, flawed, always looking like he just woke up.

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COMEDY REVIEW: Jon Dore @ Helium 4/23

POSTED: Monday, April 25, 2011, 10:00 AM

Filed Under: Comedy Stand-up

Jon Dore's a tough guy to pin down. On The John Dore Television Programme (a Canadian mockumentary-style show viewable round here on IFC), he comes off like a likeable guy, well-meaning, flawed, always looking like he just woke up. Each episode starts with him deciding to improve himself in some way — stop drinking, or get tested for STDs — so he seeks out friends and experts to discuss the issue. Then he usually says and does thing that are really funny that make these helpful people uncomfortable, perhaps regret getting involved. Sometimes there are gallons of fake barf or blood.

His standup is similarly disarming. He's got that affable Canadian accent, the plaid shirt, the bedhead, the beard, the bottle of beer in his hand at all times, and then he'll make some surprising lewd abortion joke or something, and it's twice and impactful because you just don't expect it to come from him. At least at first. He had the Helium crowd laughing the whole time with a casual, occasionally improvised show. Afterward, he could be found in the bar area, in the seat closest to the television, watching the Habs/Bruins game.

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