“The goal was to piss on Cavendish and everything they believe,” says Mark Little. “It’s government-funded revenge.” His new sitcom Cavendish, premiering January 8 on CBC, stars Little and former Picnicface colleague Andrew Bush, also executive producers The show revolves around the adventures of Andy (Bush) and Mark (Little), brothers who return to Cavendish, Prince […]
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Newlywed Game with Chris Locke and Kathleen Phillips-Locke
In a special episode of The Scene, one cool couple will prove their love with random questions for a chance to win The Coast’s Newlywed Game with your host, me, Adria Young! Thanks for tuning in. Let’s meet our contestants! Today on the show, we have Toronto comics and lovers Chris Locke and Kathleen Phillips-Locke. This dashing pair […]
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Mark Little’s Good Dad Tonight Returns Tomorrow
For the last few summers, while filming CBC series Mr. D, Toronto-based/former-Picnicface comedian Mark Little has hosted a whacky talk show called Good Morning Tonight. What started in 2012 as a sketch show in the sweltering Khyber attic — with Andy Bush, Cher Hann, Brian MacQuarrie and more — Good Morning Tonight became such an annual hit that […]
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Good Morning Halifax
Mark Little’s contribution to the Halifax comedy scene spread out considerably with Picnicface’s TV (their woefully short-lived Comedy Network show), movie (Roller Town) and literary (Picnicface’s Canada) takeover. Since that boom, some of the members have moved on to bigger, more concrete pastures in Toronto, but home is where the heart is. Back in town […]
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Mark Little laff of the day
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Pardis Parker’s Afghan scores another award
Pardis Parker, from Afghan Pardis Parker’s Afghan is unstoppable. The short film, starring Parker and Mark Little, won the jury award for 1st Place at the Desiderata Film Festival in New York. Parker is currently adapting the short into a feature. But first, you can watch it here:
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Shaving with Girl Boner and Mark Little
Local online comedy sketch show Girl Boner gets its lady-comedy premiere. Starring Erin Elliot, Dayle Hendrix, T. Nicole Holland and Heather Young, I really hope these cute and funny girls do a parody of the new Schick razor commercial where all the garden bushes turn into triangles and landing strips. Today we also learned that […]
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Halifax comedy on the laugh track
[Editor’s note: this story is one of five Coast articles selected as finalists for the 2010 Atlantic Journalism Awards. All five stories are collected here.] Monday night at Gus’ Pub is a quiet affair, though the tables are dotted with tiny beer glasses. Chairs are filled with a mostly hoodie-wearing crowd. The disco twinkle of […]
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Best Comedian
“How peculiarrr,” writes Mark Little in an email upon hearing that he’s been voted Halifax’s Best Comedian again this year. He’s had a good 2009: he won a Yuk Yuk’s competition and the Just For Laughs Homegrown Competition. He’s been working with his Picnicface cohorts on a variety of projects, including a screenplay called Roller […]
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Best Comedian
Professional comedy often comes from a dark place, born of anxiety and frustration, channelled into making people laugh. It can also just be a reaction to frat boys who yell at you from passing cars. “Frat boys is just a generalization for that kind of guy,” explains Mark Little, the Picnicface member, stand-up comic and […]