Revoilà Sugar Sammy (à Miami le 23 février), avec désormais le statut de « star internationale de l’humour », mais sans se départir de sa proximité incroyable avec le public. Cette fois, c’est un spectacle en anglais qu’il vient jouer, mais il y parle beaucoup de ses années d’expérience au Québec et en France. « Les Américains aiment bien ce choc des civilisations, la découverte de nos mondes francophones, mais le spectacle plaît aussi beaucoup aux Français et aux Québécois qui s’y reconnaissent ! » On est allé lui poser quelques questions… et on...

Comedy sensation Sugar Sammy is bringing his wit to the Atlanta Punchline. Sugar Sammy is not afraid to push the envelope and jokes about politics, culture and social issues are not off limits. He's in town to perform at The Punchline and we are happy to have him at Good Day Atlanta first. Watch full interview here.

The comedian Sugar Sammy credits his Montreal upbringing for making him so funny. He shares his favorite spots. A superstar in Quebec with a growing global following — he recently sold out a four-month residency in Paris — the comedian Sugar Sammy relishes returning to Montreal after touring. “I love living here because it’s a big city, but not so big that you feel lost,” said the 43-year-old Montreal native who was born Samir Khuillar. “You can have a real life. And you can still find quiet, human moments.” Fluent — and funny — in English, French, Hindi and Punjabi, the performer has been conquering audiences around the world by riffing on politics. The son of Indian immigrants,...

It was an active week for West Island Community Shares (WICS). They started the week off with their annual BMO Thanks Giving Dinner. The party started as soon as the guests arrived. Sitting down was not the mandate of the event with DJ George Thomas as emcee, despite the delicious turkey dinner. The event raised more than 55,000 for the 41 community groups cherished by the WICS team The week with WICS got more and more exciting as the days went by. For the first time benefitting WICS, Sugar Sammy graced the West Island with his hilarious comic performance. The show kept the audience entertained for more than an hour with provocative looks into politics, culture and social themes. The master spent a great deal of the show interacting...

Sugar Sammy's love of hockey is hilarious and has nothing to do with hockey. Watch the full interview here.

With the all-leaders French debate and the Montreal Canadians home opener facing off in prime time tonight, we are giving the last word to bilingual Quebec comic Samir Khullar, better known as Sugar Sammy. He is on a cross-Canada tour that brings him to Brampton tomorrow and Toronto on Saturday. Here he shares his thought on why the federal election is such a great source of comedy. "As a comedian you can't help but talk about the things that are on people's minds and right now I think this Canadian election is a very important one, [...] there's lots of material out there for a comedian, it's a gold mine right now[...]"   Listen to the interview

Political campaigns can and should be serious, of course, there's lots at stake, the future of the country, but there's also the opportunity to laugh. You have to find the humour, because campaigns and politicians who are running in them can be funny, sometimes unintentionally. High stakes TV debates, like the one we're seeing this week can be rich fodder for comedians and that includes my final guest on The Vote tonight. Very happy to have Montreal Comedian Sugar Sammy in studio. He has fans across the country and in Europe with his own blend of humour [...]   Watch full interview here.

Sugar Sammy isn’t one to shy away from getting political, and his current tour is happening in the middle of an election cycle in Canada. So, what role does comedy have when it comes to politics?  “It’s important to keep on addressing the stuff that’s happening in Canadian politics,” he told us in a recent interview. “Canadian politics is something that we’re surrounded by but a lot of comedians don’t address it.” Watch interview.

When it comes to Canadian comedy super stars, Montreal-born Sugar Sammy, who's real name is Samir Khullar, performs in four languages all over the world. We're here at the Georgian Hotel to learn more about language, culture and comedy.

Sugar Sammy de passage en AlbertaL'humoriste Sugar Sammy sera en spectacle à Calgary jeudi et à Edmonton vendredi. Il était de passage dans nos studios.   Écoutez l'entrevue ici.

An interview with Montreal’s Samir Khullar, whose tour is timed with the federal election campaign. Sugar Sammy says he didn’t plan it this way, but his current comedy tour sure lines up well with the current federal election campaign. The Montreal-based teller of jokes is on a Canadian tour that includes a show at Surrey’s Bell Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, Oct. 5. Recent performances had Sammy riffing on those old “brown face” photos of the Liberal party leader. “Trudeau had a brown face and a turban so he might lose the election for the same reasons as Jagmeet Singh,” Sammy tweeted. “I’m not outraged that Trudeau did a brownface,” he posted to his Facebook page....

Critique du spectacle du spectacle de Sugar Sammy à Winnipeg. Écoutez la critique ici.