Gerry Dee is bringing his comedy act to Victoria (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAnd while that\u2019s no laughing matter, Dee has proven that hard work and a lot of luck can result in a pretty solid career in comedy. A former Canadian Comedy Award winner, Dee explains that he\u2019s an anomaly in a comedy scene that sees countless comics working Canadian standup stages in search of their own big break.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not an example of what is normal,\u201d says Dee. \u201cI\u2019ve been really lucky and gotten good breaks. There are a lot of really funny people out there who don\u2019t make as much as they probably should, but that\u2019s just the nature of the business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dee\u2019s face has become a lot more recognizable in recent years due to his popular television series, Mr. D<\/i>, based loosely on his time working in the school system where he worked as a teacher and sports coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s some truth to it,\u201d he says about the show. \u201cI think most of it is exaggerated truth; a lot of things I wanted to say when I was a teacher, and a lot of things I wanted to do, but I never did. And some of it is actual stuff that happened when I was teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the show\u2019s third season premiering on CBC on February 24, and the first two seasons available on DVD and Netflix, Dee is curious to see what kind of reaction the sitcom gets as it continues to gain momentum.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s the funniest season and the best season. We\u2019re three times through it, right, so you get better and better,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy creating a great sitcom, they\u2019re few and far between, but we\u2019re trying. I think we\u2019re starting to grow more as a group and we\u2019re making it funnier and funnier.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for his upcoming standup show in Victoria, Dee says he\u2019s gotten past any pre- or during-show jitters that he used to have; now he just has fun with it. And although hecklers are few and far between at this stage of his career, he still has a clever way of dealing with the audience-borne pests.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I used to deal with hecklers, because I don\u2019t really get them anymore, I\u2019d just ask them questions like, \u2018What do you do? Do you have a girlfriend?\u2019 And they\u2019d usually just end up heckling themselves with their answers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gerry Dee
\nWednesday, December 11
\nRoyal Theatre
\n$55 and up
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