Mike MacDonald – The Comic's Comic

Andrea Martin and Colin Mochrie honored with inaugural Candy Awards at Crackup Comedy Festival

March 27, 2018March 28, 2018

The legend of John Candy lives on in the spirits, hearts and minds of funny Canadians and comedy lovers everywhere. And now, the comedy festival in Canada’s capital city has begun handing out annual awards in his name, with the first recipients of the Candy Comedy Award being Andrea Martin …

R.I.P. Mike MacDonald, the king of Canadian comedy

March 18, 2018March 19, 20181

Mike Allan MacDonald joked onstage that he was “the King of Canadian Comedy,” but to many in Canada, he was royalty. Unlike the other great comedians to come out of Canada, MacDonald stayed. He stayed ’til the end, dying Saturday from heart complications. He was 63. 62 according to his …