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<\/a>The Snowed In Comedy Tour this year also features, among others, Erica Sigurdson, Toby Hargrave, and Dan Quinn. Zedlacher says his jokes for the tour will be new; he adds that he\u2019s tough on himself when it comes to his jokes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSelfishly, I always want to do a show that I would laugh at,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m my own worst critic\u2014\u2018Is this funny? Am I trying to win people over with this joke?\u2019 All these critiques that I have of myself are the editing process that I go through before I put it on stage. I\u2019ll bring things up on stage that make people very uncomfortable, but as long as you bring it around and make people laugh and give them your point of view, you can pretty much do anything you want on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zedlacher\u2014 who won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up in 2006, which he describes as \u201cthe manifestation of a dream come true\u201d\u2014says audiences understand him and his style, so he doesn\u2019t run into being misunderstood on stage very often.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m in a very fortunate position now, after 21 years of stand-up comedy,\u201d he says. \u201cPeople know me. People come out and see me again and again; they know the humour that I\u2019m going to bring to the stage. Especially on Snowed In, these towns all across western Canada that <\/i>we\u2019ve <\/i>come to two, three, seven, 10 times in a row now, they know us, so they know what kind of show we\u2019re going to put on.\u201d<\/p>\n
But that wasn\u2019t always the case for Zedlacher. He says he worked extremely hard early in his career to get to where he is now, and he always had a vision of being the best comedian in Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter 21 years of comedy, I kind of know what\u2019s going to make me laugh and what\u2019s going to make an audience laugh,\u201d he says. \u201cIt comes from a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zedlacher is not one to write his entire act out the way some comedians do. When he gets an idea, he jots it in his notes and trusts that, at this point in his career, he\u2019ll know how to deliver it. That freedom keeps his shows fresh and personable, he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat works best for me is I have the nugget of a joke\u2014something funny happens to me, or I observe something that I think is stand-up comedy\u2014and I put down just a little bullet note in my notes and then I, literally, just hit the stage and just try to work it out on stage,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
And with this relaxed approach comes spontaneity: Zedlacher says that each time he tells a joke, it\u2019s a little different.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always try to find a new way to approach the joke each time, keep it fresh so it\u2019s not stale. It\u2019s not a rehearsed show,\u201d he says. \u201cI think comics that get into writing out every word of their act, they\u2019re performing a performance rather than actually giving a performance.\u201d<\/p>\n