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I blame the nose mysett Nose or no nose, whatever it is, it's working There's more to Van Allen than lust laughs, however A student at the University of Waterloo. he s working towards a Bachelor ot Mathematics and Bachelor of Education, This, coupled with his he knows " as.te?'t, IMPROV 'aie)t:'i':" $99391 EFB‘CWHM It s a good thing Van Allen hasn't gwen up the mvcroohone - he was reoentty named Yuk Yuks Funmest New Comic m Canada. And he never Imagined he d ever take his act this tar. First, he made ‘em laugh their heads off in Watedoo. Then It was off to Toronto for an all-night laugh-in against amateur comes from across the country. For Todd Van Allen, being a comedian beats sweepmg up mad kill. But It doesn’t beat being a hot dog vendor‘ Sowhatdoesahotdogvendorhavetodowith comedy” Atmolutety nothing. "I was thinking what a cool gig beung a hot dog vendot would be, tp says comedian Van Allen. "It is such a cool job, but I doubt Id give up the rmcropnone for It." Todd Van Allen PAGE H10 _ ENTERTAINMENT zone. WW1 JUNE s. 1991 UW math student by day, comedian at night - that's By Michelle Lahn THEATRE SPOKE. swamp-9‘ - [In mom. mam 'l,'tv"g2u"a"fltg'Sl "non-“um". :., At) 13 , pa jii, talent. makes for an odd combination, anti 7 25-4030 W$5 H3.- Mnu “do” Ilium also! hmnnmmm “iii-01W tra-u- Mil-m1. trtttttmroeartttimtms,-, “ii-m” WWWO-uu- 1Pte1onoNor 1mm; tttttr$36r- (human-mum) AN-tteats ttNeR-m mum ALtta8id "You get a gut feeling and stick with it, I’m always thinking. 'should I try this concept tonight' and then I think ‘no' But there's always a lime voice in the back of my head saying 'try it, come on, come on, try it.' "But it's a great job," he adds, "The nice thing about being a comic is that you're writing jokes that wouldn't have been there had you not written To date, Van Allen has performed in Yuk Yuks clubs across the province including Ottawa, Kitch. ener and Kingston. He feels that he has come a long way since his first days of amateur comedy - he's calmer, cooler and more collected on stage and the laughs he receives are more genuine Van Allen adds that he can read the crowd much better now, - this is/tN/night I'm going id'bt'ogaan entire nation wrong, That's the way I psych myself," he Van Allen is running with it, but being a comedian isn't all fun and laughter. What about when the crowd stops laughing? "It happens," says Van Allen. “You just have to keep trying and keep trying and keep trying. A lot of the professionals do that and I think that's what makes them professionals. They will just go ahead anyways."! go up every night and just perform. and think I'm going to bomb T ' - _ -"""""rm"i'. 'W"""""";"', or won‘t eat. It you can find stuff like that that's funny from the human experience, then run with it. Ir Van Allen picks up on topics like teaching and life in general to keep the one-liners rolling. "There is stuff you will always find funny - stuff that will always happen," he says. "There won't be a time when people won 't have children, don 't get married, and teaching do ma, “Teaching is just basic stand. up comedy with a message." he explains. "l'm not saying you have to sugar coat teaching with humor, but if it gets the kids interested, sprinkle a little bit on, it makes it digestabie. 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