Mark Breslin, is a Canadian entrepreneur, producer, stand-up comedian and actor best known for being the co-founder of Yuk Yuk's, the largest chain of comedy clubs in Canada.
13 Facts About Mark Breslin
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Mark Breslin is a founding member of the Canadian Comedy Awards, and was a comedy mentor for the BC Festival of the Arts.
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Mark Breslin made several guest appearances in the Robocop: The Series television series.
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Mark Breslin appeared in an episode of Kenny Vs Spenny.
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Mark Breslin has produced such television programs as The Late Show with Joan Rivers for Fox Broadcasting, Yuk Yuk's - the TV show for CBC Television, Mondo Taboo pay-per-view specials for The Movie Network and The Yuk Yuk's Great Canadian Laugh Off annual TV special for The Comedy Network, which he hosts.
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Mark Breslin was executive producer on Friday Night with Ralph Benmergui for CBC TV and Yuk Yuk's 25th Anniversary Special for the Comedy Network.
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Mark Breslin was a story consultant for the first two seasons of Kenny vs Spenny for CBC TV and Showcase and an associate producer of Petal Pushers on HGTV.
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Mark Breslin was the program director and an on-air personality on the XM Satellite Radio channel Laugh Attack, which features predominantly Canadian comedy and is Canada's only 24-hour Canadian comedy channel.
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Mark Breslin hosted call-in shows on Q107 and CFRB and has appeared as a featured panelist on multiple episodes of ROB TV's The ArtS Panel and Global Television's Grumps.
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Mark Breslin has written four books so far: Zen and Now, a Brian Mulroney joke book Son of a Meech, and an autobiographical novel, Control Freaked.
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Mark Breslin wrote and narrated two 5-CD audio book, published by HarperCollins, titled Yuk Yuk's Guide to Canadian Stand-Up and Rarities and Road Warriors.
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Mark Breslin wrote a weekly movie review column alongside Richard Crouse in the Metro newspaper.
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In 2014, Mark Breslin was included in the Toronto Stars list of 180 most influential people to come out of Toronto.