MONDAY 7 JANUARY 2013
Lauren Hammersley When Lauren isn’t doing photography and stand-up comedy,
she is acting full time. She has starred in Stag,
Jon Dore Television Show, and Mr. D.
Shaun Majumder was born in
Burlington, Newfoundland to a European descended mother and Bengali Hindu
Indian father. He started his career on YTV’s Clips, but is most known for his work on CBC’s This Hour has 22 Minutes. Although he is associated with his alter
ego, Raj Binder, Shaun has appeared on other shows like Republic of Doyle and The
Firm. He also played Kumar’s brother in Harold
and Kumar go to White Castle. Shaun
is also proud of his Newfoundland heritage and it shows in his HBO documentary Every Word is Absolutely True.
WED 9 JANUARY 2013
Adam Rueben Beach is a Canadian
Saulteaux actor who was born in Ashern, Manitoba. He grew up on the Lake
Manitoba/Dog Cree First Nation Reserve and lost his mother when he was eight
years old to a drunk driver. Eight months after his mother’s death, his father
drowned in a nearby community unable to deal with his grief. He and his
brothers were put into residential schools before embarking on his illustrious
career in television and film. Adam has starred in Smoke Signals, Walker Texas Ranger, Flags of our Fathers, Windtalkers,
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Law and Order: SVU, Skinwalkers, Thief of Time
and now the lead on Arctic Air. He is
also currently involved in the Idle No More campaign. George discusses acting,
filming up north, and getting older with Adam. The panel features stand-up
comedian Darrin Rose
Darrin Rose can be
seen as Bill on Mr. D. Audiences may
also know him from his time on Videos on
Trial.
THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013
Ron James was born in Glace Bay,
Nova Scotia and has a degree in History and Political Science from Acadia
University. He originally intended to be a History Teacher, but fell under the
influence of Helen Starr Bogg who ran the theatre program there. Upon
graduating he moved to Toronto where he worked at Second City and later moved
to LA where he had an interesting career. He has also done voice work in
animation for shows including Star Wars: Ewoks and RoboCop: The
Animated Series. James also played a bank security guard in Tommy Boy. Ron is mostly known for
his stand-up comedy and associated with The Ron James Show, which debuted its
fourth season premiere earlier this week.
Plus, our
comedy panel features stand-up comedian Jonny Harris
Jonny Harris is a
Canadian comedian from Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and can be seen as George on Murdoch Mysteries, which had its sixth season
premiere on Monday night. He has also appeared on the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival, The Debaters and The Sketchertons.
Friday’s
show will feature the best of the week.
Remember to tune into CBC Radio 2 tomorrow night to hear the conclusion of The Hundo on on The Strombo Show where George will count down the top 50 songs of 2012.
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