It’s hard to imagine James Mullinger as anything other than the fully formed comedian that he is today. Some two years ago when he moved to New Brunswick, it was if a bomb had been dropped on the province and we were suddenly playing host to a British invasion. Propaganda pamphlets littered our streets with little Union Jacks on one side and statements like ‘Your Conservative Overlords have no funny bones!’ on the other. His face seemed to appear in every shop window, he completely dominated the media, and you couldn’t host an event without him making an appearance as a special guest. He’s interviewed the likes of George Clooney and Jerry Seinfeld, which suddenly put me and everyone I know on par with Kevin Bacon. It was kind of a big deal. So now, two years on, seeing ‘The Comedian’s Guide To Survival’, a film based on the painful missteps of Mullinger’s early career, it immediately brings one very big question to mind: who is this wet blanket? Continue reading In Review: The Comedian’s Guide To Survival →