An Hour With Joel West

One of our favorite guests, the hilarious Joel West joins Savage & Starbuck for some funny, thought-provoking conversation.

Joel West was born in Montreal and, when he was 14 and at summer camp, his parents moved to Toronto. After tracking them down, Joel also moved to Toronto. He has studied Improvisation at The Second City and has performed stand-up comedy across North America at clubs as diverse as The World Famous Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory in Hollywood, Flappers in Burbank, California, The Dallas Comedy Club and at Yuk Yuks Comedy clubs across Canada. As a child, he appeared as "Danny Tannenbaum" in the Oscar nominated feature Lies My Father Told Me and later in his life as Joe the Manager in Donna Lypchuck’s Tragedy of Manners at Theatre Passe Muraille. Joel is also an award winning short story writer and has had several short plays produced. He currently produces a regularly running comedy show at The Red Rocket coffee shop and was also assistant producer of Humber College's New Faces showcase at the Second City. He also produced Humber’s “Anti Industry Rejects Show” at the Comedy Bar. Joel is also probably the oldest honours graduate of the Humber College Comedy Writing and Performance program. Joel has opened for Gilbert Gottfried and last summer he appeared at the inaugural Border City Comedy Festival in Windsor. He regrets not being taller.