YA GOTTA LAUGH: An Improv Podcast was born when Toronto comedians Alicia Carrick and Emily Milling decided they needed to make LAUGHTER a priority in their lives! In this super low stakes variety-show style podcast, Toronto-based sketch comedians and improvisers play short form games and make up scenes with hosts Alicia and Emily! Follow wherever you get your podcasts!Follow us on Instagram at https://instagram.com/yglpodcast Check out our website at https://yglpodcast.com LOVE YA! xo
Singing Window Gazing Songs and Splash Pads with Jo Anne Tacorda
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
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Thank you, Jo, for joining us on the pod and creating this beautiful moment in time with us!!
XO
Alicia & Emily!
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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 (https://bigchickenergysketch.com/podcast)
23 Feb 2021
The Best Rat Sandwich You've Ever Eaten with Caelin Bayker
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!
23 Oct 2020
Cornish Game Hens & Coffee Addiction with Vivek Srikanthan - Part 2
It's part two of the episode that comes before it!
16 Oct 2020
Cornish Game Hens & Coffee Addiction with Vivek Srikanthan - Part 1
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!
9 Oct 2020
Symbiotic Twins and the Tantalizing Manor!
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!
2 Oct 2020
Diva Cup Clones and Lucky Charms
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...
25 Sept 2020
Toilet Frogs and Smmmmokin' Babies with Emily Meadows!
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...
18 Sept 2020
Glitter Yachts & Kinky Christmas Sing Alongs with Leo Morgenstern!
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...
11 Sept 2020
Snakes, Mermaids and Melatonin Madness with Aba Amuquandoh!
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...
4 Sept 2020
Magic Sandwiches and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance with Luke O'Grady
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...
28 Aug 2020
It’s not mine, it’s my mom’s! With Julia Jones
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...
21 Aug 2020
Iguana Love & Ladle Cupping with Taryn Crankshaw
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...
14 Aug 2020
Cool Ranch Slip n’ Slide with Sam Sexton
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...
14 Aug 2020
Cake Death and Chicken Cloners with Pat Gordeau
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...
12 Aug 2020
One Thing's For Sure, Ya Gotta Laugh!
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...
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