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Montreal 2008: Putting the business in show business

This year’s festival added that two-day Just Comedy confab to attract industry, and they also enticed comedians to come in a pay-for-play tease…you pay us for a pass ($500 for industry) and we can guaranteee you face time with the players who can greenlight your pitches. Quite a difference from 10 years ago, eh? It’s one thing for me to describe it. Let comedian Don Barnhart tell you himself what it’s like, because he paid for a pass. Barnhart, based in Vegas, got his start working at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, Calif. Anyhow, I shared a shuttle with him and Julie Seabaugh from Las Vegas Weekly, and we got him to talk about his experience yesterday (my apologies for any wind in the audio silliness):

Sean L. McCarthy

Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.

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