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Ill - WM l-ltlAK l CHRONICLE 0 Wednesday. March 5. JUN l . M Bringing it home . Q U ; Local comics a featured attraction at newly expanded K-WComedy Festival i BYBOBVRMNMI of shows for comics with a local fan National Guard as thousands of 3 ‘ Chronicle Slaf] base is also quickly filling up. motorists were left stranded and " 'lhat's a nice feeling for Landry, kids had to take shelter in their i been so long since Dwayne who has been making his name iii schools overnight. ‘ I Landry has been home he the (1.3. for the better part of a “It was ridiculous." said landry. might not even recognize the decade but still considers this area “I was like, man that would never .. l place. his spiritual home. in fact, one of happen inCanada." fiin [ 'lhe emerging comic, who goes his most widely viewed bits on He looked around that day and it 5 by the stage name of landry, grew You'l'ube features one of the biggest thought nothing of it. He was even "a i tip in Kitchener»Waterloo attending differences between his Canadian attempting to make his way around if,” 3 ’ school at Resurrection Catholic and his adopted home. town when he saw the sheer disas» ‘ Secondary School and Cameron ' ter that comes with a little snow fl Heights before deciding to translate that far south. some of his personal charm and , “I could have driven places but ' charisma into a comedy act. After they jammed up the roads." said studying stand-up at Humber Col- Landry. “So I was trapped with t . l .. ‘ . loge in Toronto. he made the move them aswell. ‘~.- is c 5: to Atlanta, (la, in 2002 and has “I was in my house for two days ' Fl " " ' J..- ' called the capital of the southern â€" it was ridiculous You just got to ‘ . ~ "" 11.5, home ever since. wait until it melts" ' Want a sample of some of that It also served as fodder for his ..~.- ’ ' charm? Why do they call him -. latest standup material. It was ! fl it landry.7 ‘ \. comic gold for an observational » ' k a ' . “l was ”years-old playing on ' - comiclikehi'mself. _ _ . â€"-â€"â€""' ' â€"' sports teams with awhole bunch of “The things that I see I write _ -, $- ' , guys named Dwayne." said landry. (about, just like the snow." said ‘ avoiding the obvious this is my Landry. "l wrote a brand new bit at ‘ . brother Dwayne and this is my MM -.thenextdayjustmak.ingfunofhtm ' other brother Dwayne joke. “It was ,irisane they were down here.” Local comic Landry is bringing his Show home after more man a decade of just easier to call me landry. and He talks about how people try to He's looking forward to sharing making his name in the U 5. mm the name stuck.” pigeonhole him with his mixed those observations with what he He expects some of those parentage â€"~ with a lamaican expects to be a warm hometown to hlS career. "It's been a little while before making his way home this ltlt‘lltls and faintly that have know father and white mother. It meant crowd. since they’ve seen me " week. “It‘s going to be a new and him simply as laiidry to watch him hedoan't fit into their simple black "It's been a few years.” said Landry will be joined on the old experiencef hesaid. performrng this week at the Home and white View of the world. So landry. "The busier I get the less! Hometown (iomics' stage by Phil le( Lonte, executive direc» town (.()ml(Ԥ night at the newly what background do people from go bad home, so it's been a couple another “umber (killege comedy tor. of the K-W Comedy Festival expanded K W (lomedy Festival Atlanta think he hails from? ofyeaissinoe I've seen everybody.“ grad Tom O'Donnell. He had a little said they've had a strong initial Man'h ii to March H It's an upscale "I tell them l'm Canadian," he He's thankful for the opportunt less far to travel from his Baden response to the expanded format version of the successful Uptown said with a laugh. “They think l'm ty that came with the K-W Comedy home. and is urging people to buy their Waterloo (“omedy festival that has Mexican." Festival, and the winner ofa couple He said he's a big fan of what tickets lx-foretheymiuout. built a fairly rabid followmg in the That's much different than the of major US. comedy competitions landry is doing on stage. and is "lickets are suningtofly. which tlub scene in Waterloo and is now diversity and cultural understand said it will be a rest stop before be looking forward to watching his act. is ameiling." said LeConté. "We talking over the big stage with 3: ing heenjoyed while living in (Jana makes the move to los Angeles and He's also paying homage to the wry always get a big push on the last gala evening featuring comedy leg- da. But by defining him as 'other," plys his talents in the Mecca of humor of Wright, who he calls an week dilil l'm super pumped. end Steven Wright, Scott lhomp as he likes to say. it has given him entertainment He's hoping to land inspiration for hisown am. "We \ i- sold way more in son, lohn Dore. “vim Kurt and oth an interesting perspective. a guest spot on a late night show “l‘m a little more deadpan and iidV'le l' than we did last year. and I i-rs this week lhose differences were fully on and maybe even gets some work irf kiw-brow mmedy," said O'Donnell think pimple are excited about it, In fat t,‘ the first sold otit per display a couple ofweeks no when TV or film. with a laugh that is quite infectious and know the shows will sell out so lormance of the comedy festival is Atlanta was hit with a few oentime- "Poopk who have seen me per "l'm not very smart up there (like they are |lllllplng on it.“ the Hometown (omit s night lea tres of snow. lhat was a typical form in Canada haven't seen me Wright), but people seem tolike it ' lor details about the and tiiring landrv and other iomit s Monday morning in (anada. but in perform the way l am now." said O'Donnell wasjust wrapping up to piiri hast“ tickets fins” like 1lom 0'leer A second night Atlanta it required calling in the laridry, about taking that next step a couple of tours around Ontario vwvw kw itiiiii-dycom. v ' . .U V . f f