He was funny.
September 3, 2015 8:34 AM   Subscribe

I'm trying to find a comic and his routine from YEARS ago. Can you help?

I was watching Just for Laughs on the Comedy Network here in Canada, one evening, when a biracial comic came on and began doing his routine. I remember it as HILARIOUSLY funny, and it discussed racial issues (in Canada? maybe?) among other things: part of the routine involves him discussing the police looking for a large black man, breaking into his apartment, and his response: "I'm a flabby beige guy, leave me the fuck alone!" (I'm paraphrasing from memory.)
I've never been able to figure out who this guy was so I could watch that routine again. I thought his name was Kevin Anderson, but that's probably wrong.

Data:
- This would've been between 1995-2005. Helpful, yeah?
- It was definitely on the Comedy Network but MIGHT not have been Just for Laughs - if you know the old Comedy you know they had a bunch of shows featuring a few comics, 10 minutes each, on stage. This is why I can't just look it up on a list of JfL comedians, even if such a list existed.
- He was really funny.
- Obviously he is a larger biracial man.

Thanks!
posted by Nyx to Media & Arts (6 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Sorry if this is obvious but it's not Russell Peters is it?
posted by Cosine at 8:38 AM on September 3, 2015


Howie Miller?
posted by holborne at 8:47 AM on September 3, 2015


Response by poster: For the record, not threadsitting, but I believe he was black/white biracial (as opposed to First Nations or others) - my Very Fuzzy Memory seems to suggest that part of the routine was dealing with how those issues aren't dealt with in Canada. But again, I could be misremembering.
posted by Nyx at 9:06 AM on September 3, 2015


Really long shot, but you could post on Retrontario's FB wall and ask there and see if anybody happens by and has an idea...
posted by kmennie at 9:40 AM on September 3, 2015


Best answer: Kenny Robinson?
posted by northernish at 10:19 AM on September 3, 2015


Response by poster: And... Metafilter does it again! northernish is correct. Thanks for solving something that has driven me mad for YEARS.
posted by Nyx at 1:01 PM on September 3, 2015


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