ABOUT

Gary Rideout Jr. began his career in entertainment at a "FAME" style arts high school in Toronto. He studied screenwriting at Ryerson Ùniversity and went to Humber for the Comedy Writing and Performance program. He performed in two critically acclaimed national tours in 2002 and 2003 with sketch troupe Todd`s Lunch before starting Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch troupe, The Sketchersons. In 2006 Gary co-wrote and starred in the comedy short "Everydave Life" which won the Funny or Die Canada best video in Canada contest. In 2007 Gary was hired to write for the only live-to-air season of Royal Canadian Air Farce, dubbed Air Farce Live. This past year as a member of The Sketchersons Gary performed at the New Years Eve Extravaganza at Massey Hall and at the prestigiousJust for Laughs comedy festrival. He has produced more than 400 live comedy shows and is proud to use that experience to make Comedy Bar a success.

James Elksnitis has been involved in the business community in various capacities over the past 8 years. Currently, he is by night the Director of Operations for Comedy Bar and by day a business consultant for RBC Financial Group. He has a B.A. in I.T. from York University along with a number of professional accreditations in the financial sector. His involvement in the comedy community began with aiding in the production of Todd’s Lunch: The Musical, and Sunday Night Live.