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GPYS Rewind: Mick Foley (2012)

by on October 1, 2025 at 12:50 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

Interviewing Mick Foley back in 2012 was crazy. We had been doing this show for less than a year at the time and the circumstances of sitting down with the Hardcore Legend at 3:00 in the morning still blow my mind.

But we did it.

The fact that in the ensuing 13 years Walter would go on to hang out with Mick Foley multiple times, including opening for him a few years back at the Montreal Comiccon is extra crazy.

We’ve gone from a few hundred (if we were lucky) downloads a month to several thousand. We’ve grown as a show and having amazing guests like Mick Foley definitely helped put us on the map.

I don’t think I’ll ever get over being allowed to just set up a computer at a Just for Laughs party and record with whoever wanted to chat. The other crazy thing is that at the time of recording Walter and I were both still in our 20s and Mick was in his 40s. Time flies.

Anyways, the more things change, the more things stay the same. Mick Foley is back in Montreal returning to the historic Café Cleopatra TOMORROW NIGHT October 2nd. As of recording this episode there are still some tickets available so get them now! Multiple tiers of tickets available now at Eventbrite.

Enjoy this blast from the past!

PS: That lovely illustration of Mick is from 2013 when Sophie got to meet Mick Foley and had uh… dreams about him.

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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James McGee Returns – GPYS 315

by on April 24, 2025 at 8:10 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks wrestling promoter and professional improv star James McGee: “What question do you hate being asked?” – That question asked as always by our very own Inés Anaya back in our last episode.

James McGee lives a life on the fringe man. A double life full of moonsaults, yes-ands, powerbombs and audience suggestions. James McGee is the epicentre of improvisational artistry taking his talents to the squared circle and the improv stage with equal measures of grace and wit.

James joins Walter J. Lyng and I at the back of Grumpy’s Bar to talk about this past weekend’s WrestleMania, Jake the Snake Roberts, Survivor Series, Sami Zayn’s comedy and much, much more!

If wrestling is your thing you can catch the next BATTLEWAR this Sunday at Foufounes Electriques (and you should probably follow the BATTLEWAR Facebook page as well to keep tabs on their upcoming events). If improv is more your style you should check out Mile End Improv where James performs and teaches.

With all that out of the way you should sit back, relax and Go Plug Yourself. We’ve had James on this show a bunch and you should probably do yourself a favour and dig into the archives to listen to all the episodes going all the way back to 2014. This is his 7th time on the show!

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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Inés Anaya Returns! – GPYS 314

by on April 11, 2025 at 6:47 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks Inés Anaya: “What is the best advice you’ve ever received, and who gave it to you?” That question asked by the one and only Dave Kaufman back in episode 313.

It’s been a few long months since Inés Anaya has graced the Go Plug Yourself airwaves so we thought it was high time she came back on the podcast to let us know how she was doing. So we dipped into the Go Plug Yourself slush fund to get Inés back to Montreal exclusively to record this podcast and catch up.

We talk about movies, underground fires, Russian oligarchs and Inés’ future forays into the behind-the-scenes movie magic world of special effects and props – all at the back of the legendary Grumpy’s Bar on Bishop Street.

Walter J. Lyng and Troy Stark join me for this episode so it’s time to kick back, relax and Go Plug Yourself with Inés Anaya. Enjoy the show!

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Inés Anaya never stops finding ways to be funny: writing for Hindwing Press and The Beaverton, running shows like Stand Up Story Slam and getting on the mic at comedy shows all over the city when it is legally possible to do so. The best way to keep track of what she’s up to next is on Instagram @clout__atlas

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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Vance Michel Returns – GPYS 310

by on January 30, 2025 at 6:50 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal arts & entertainment podcast that asks Vance Michel: “What are three things that you’re grateful for today?” That question was asked by Eva Alexopoulos back in episode 309.

If Go Plug Yourself had the budget of Saturday Night Live maybe we would invest in a 5 Timer jacket. Vance Michel probably would’ve gotten that jacket a while ago since he’s been a guest several times, been a part of multiple New Year’s Shit Shows and has jumped on in the background of a bunch of episodes too.

Well guess what? Vance Michel is back again! If you’re listening to this on January 30th you should head out to IMPROV MONTREAL in Saint-Henri for “That Colored Comedy Show” for an amazing lineup that features Vance Michel, Goofy Welldone, Renzel Dashington, Claudine Napoleon, Peter Bowen. It’s where jokes meet the beats from the streets – it’s a hip-hop comedy event!

Troy Stark and Walter J. Lyng are on the mic for this one with myself and Vance Michel – we talk about celebrity crushes, pitch a CBC pilot where Vance is a cop in P.E.I. and figure out how we’re all celebrating Black History Month.

You can also catch Vance Michel this Sunday, February 2nd at the Comedy Nest as part of the 12th edition of the Underground Comedy Railroad Show.

Enjoy the podcast – go see some comedy!

PS: The reel where Vance asks some cops about Black History Month is on the Underground Comedy Railroad FB page here.

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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Go Plug Yourself: Chris Venditto Returns!

by on October 24, 2024 at 4:56 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

Don’t call it a comeback! Loyal Go Plug Yourself listeners have noted that we haven’t had Chris Venditto on the show in a couple of months. He’s been on our Long Term Injured Reserve list for the last few months while he took care of a few things but guess what?

Chris Venditto is back, baby!

Tell your friends (and book him)!

In all seriousness it was extremely special for me to be able to have Chris back with us at the back of Grumpy’s and I thought we should celebrate his return by not having a “usual” guest and instead getting Walter J. Lyng and Troy Stark to come out and just have a free-form roundtable discussion about whatever nonsense happens to come to mind.

It was great. If it’s not for you – well, I dunno, listen to it anyways and leave a 5-star review on whatever platform you listen on. What do you want me to say?

You should be hearing more from Chris Venditto on this very podcast and you should also being seeing more of Chris around town lighting up microphones as one of this city’s finest comedians. So what are you waiting for? Listen to the show already, let’s go!

Go Plug Yourself!

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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GPYS Flashback: Episode 150 Live Spectacular!

by on September 25, 2024 at 7:10 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

As occasionally happens when you’ve been podcasting for over a decade – sometimes a guest drops off the face of the planet (or the island of Montreal) and you’re left on a Wednesday night before a long weekend without a new episode of Go Plug Yourself.

Fortunately though we’ve got over 300 episodes in our back catalogue that we can dig up and re-share with you.

So we’re setting the clock back to 2018 for our 150th episode which was a live recording at the legendary Mainline Theater! Enjoy!

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Here it is, the episode you’ve all been waiting for! Montreal’s longest running English language podcast is celebrating its 150th episode in style! Recorded live at Mainline Theatre on St-Laurent Boulevard, Walter and I welcomed a parade of some of the most talented Montrealers ever to grace a single episode of a podcast!

Joining us for the whole episode is none other than our resident musically talented friend (and provider of our theme song) Leighland Beckman!

The first guest on our show is none other than our French language podcast counterpart Yannick Belzil from 3 Bières!
Then we’re joined by the Hardcore Hero himself, The Green Phantom!
Finally, as he does for many of our milestone episodes, Television’s Mike Paterson joins us as well!
Hey! Did you know you can subscribe to just Go Plug Yourself on iTunes? It’s true. Subscribe now.

Check out Yannick Belzil’s podcast “Les voyeurs de vues”

Follow Green Phantom on Facebook and keep an eye on IWS Hardcore for his no doubt triumphant comeback in the coming months.

Mike Paterson is the busiest man on the planet, he’s on TV twice a day!
Check out Toon Marty on Teletoon every day at 5 playing Burnie.
And he’s on Raven’s Quest every day on TVO! He’s the Raven!

Big thanks to Scott for this ultra special episode image.

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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Andrina Learmonth – GPYS 285 (featuring Troy Stark)

by on September 15, 2023 at 11:30 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks artist and comedian Andrina Learmonth: What’s the thing you miss most about being single? That question asked in episode 284 by Erica J. Schmidt!

Andrina Learmonth is not a psychologist, no matter what her Bachelor’s Degree might say. No, she’s a visual artist and comedian so take that! Andrina was kind enough to join myself and Special Legendary Host Walter J. Lyng over at Hurley’s before the 5th Anniversary of the Worlds Smallest Comedy Night to talk about drawing comics in school, Vampire Survivors, writing jokes for comics, writing jokes for stand up comedy and what the hell was going on with Family Circle anyways?

Oh, and for the record I did some follow-up research on Doonesbury and it turns out that it was Bill Clinton who was the waffle. George W. Bush was a floating cowboy hat. Man, talk about a comic that ages well. Not like freaking Marmaduke. This will all make sense if you listen to the show I promise.

As Andrina says towards the end of the episode, the best place to find out about the latest drops of Banana Moon Comics is currently over on Instagram @bananamooncomics – oh and friend of the show Troy Stark sits in as a special guest for this episode too! What a time to be alive! Wow wow wow!

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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NDG Comedy Fest – Go Plug Yourself 277 with Walter J. Lyng & Troy Stark

by on May 10, 2023 at 9:22 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks Walter J. Lyng and Troy Stark (of The NDG Comedy Fest) not one, but two questions:

  1. What is your favorite Montreal thing that isn’t around anymore?
  2. What is your dream vehicle that is also a Transformer?

Those questions asked by Yannick and Alex (Les Voyeurs de Vues) back in episode 276.

My former (and sometimes still) co-host Walter J. Lyng can never be faulted for his work ethic. It seems like every time he closes a project off he’s got something bigger and better in the pipeline. Why not add “organize a comedy festival” to that list?

The inaugural NDG Comedy Fest is happening next weekend from May 19th to the 21st in beloved Montreal borough NDG. Walter is bringing out some of the biggest names in the Montreal comedy scene for your enjoyment. Derek Seguin, Leighland Beckman, Joey Elias, Bowser & Blue and a host of other amazing comedians round out the festivities. Walter tells me that the best way to enjoy the NDG Comedy Fest The best way to enjoy the festival is to get the all-access pass (to buy an all-access pass just click on any event and select the all-access pass option at ticketing).

Troy Stark also jumps on this episode (is he one of the NDG Comedy All Stars perhaps?) and we have a grand old time at the back of Grumpy’s.

Listen to the show, go to the NDG Comedy Fest.

It’s that easy.

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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Andy Belanger aka Bob “The Animal” Anger – GPYS 275

by on March 29, 2023 at 9:45 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal arts and entertainment podcast that asks freelance comic book creator (and pro-wrestler) Andy Belanger: “What is your favorite childhood book?” – asked by comedian Elie Gill back in episode 274.

“I want to be a comic book creator by day and a pro-wrestler by night” sounds like the kind of thing you would say to a high-school councilor right before they yelled at you like the Teacher in Another Brick in the Wall Part 2.  But that’s exactly the life that Andy Belanger leads.

As one of the co-creators of Lethal Comics Andy Belanger brings independent comics (like his own Mother Trucker) directly into your hands thanks largely in part to the power of Kickstarter *cough cough* get notified when Mother Trucker 3 campaign goes live right now *cough cough*. As a pro-wrestler Andy becomes Bob “The Animal” Anger and wrestles at indie wrestling events all over Montreal. Perhaps most notably as one half of the tag-team “SeXXXy Beasts” over at IWS.

Because this is a wrestling episode Walter invoked the clause in his GPYS Legends Contract to jump on as co-host and we recorded this one live (to tape) at the back of Grumpy’s on Montreal’s historic Bishop Street.

Listen now- support Andy wherever you can and keep tabs on him like a superfan on Instagram.

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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Joshua Clarke – GPYS 270

by on January 19, 2023 at 8:16 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal arts and culture podcast that asks Montreal Comedian, Vocalist and Freestyle Rap WORLD CHAMPION Joshua Clarke: “If you were a celebrity with a ton of time on your hands what hobby do you adopt?” That question was asked back in episode 268 by Serag Meletian.

It’s been a minute since we had Joshua Clarke on the show, about 5 years worth of minutes in fact.

Walter J. Lyng steps into co-hosting duties for this one (Joshua is after all a member of the Legion of Dads) and we talk all about comedy, the Jazz festival and what’s coming up for him in 2023.

Do yourself a favour and listen to this episode. Seriously.

Do it.

 

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There are so many different ways to enjoy the talents of Joshua. Your best bet is to just follow him all over the place.

Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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