• Robin Duke

  • Nov 9 2024
  • Length: 57 mins
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Robin Duke

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  • This week on Finding Your Bliss, we have a show devoted to Comedy! Celebrity Interviewer and Bliss Coach Judy Librach is joined by comedy legend, Robin Duke. Robin began her career writing and performing comedy at Second City Theatre in Toronto. Since then, she has written and performed on television’s SCTV and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, creating memorable characters and sketches, The Whiners and Mr. and Mrs. T’s Bloody Mary Mix. You might just recognize her as “Wendy” from the Blouse Barn on SCHITT’S CREEK. Most recently she appeared in the CTV, CSA-nominated-half-hour comedy series SHELVED. She also appeared for three seasons on FX /HULU’s, MAN SEEKING WOMAN. Her Film work includes the classic Harold Ramis comedy, GROUNDHOG DAY as well as his other films; CLUB PARADISE, STUART SAVES HIS FAMILY and MULTIPLICITY. Robin continues to write with, perform and co-produce the all-woman comedy troupe, WOMEN FULLY CLOTHED with Jayne Eastwood, Kathryn Greenwood and Teresa Pavlinek. Since 2004, WFC have successfully toured Canada, the United States and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to sold-out houses and rave reviews. Now retired, as a Professor and full-time faculty in the comedy program at Humber College for 19 years, she taught everything from sketch writing, performing, and improvisation to Canada’s up-and-coming comedy stars. Robin Duke also completed a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Nonfiction at King’s College in Halifax and plans to complete her memoir; My Funny Life and Improvising Through It, by 2024. Her awards include a Star on Canada’s Walk of Fame for her work on SCTV, an Emmy nomination for writing on Saturday Night Live, a Canadian Screen Award for her ensemble work with Shelved, the David Broadfoot Comic Genius Award, and The John Candy Award, not to mention an Innovator of the Year award with Humber College. She has her Grade Two Royal Conservatory Theory in piano and enjoys quilting. This was a very special interview with lots of laughs and also some very heartwarming moments, with one of Canada’s leading comedy icons! For more on Finding Your Bliss, you can follow us @theblissminute on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook. Or you can visit our online magazine at findingyourbliss.com and take one step closer to finding your bliss. Listen live every Saturday at 1pm on Zoomer Radio
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