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COMEDY: Joke Club, the long-running, anything-goes comedy night, is back. With the wide array of comedians performing (Bob Kerr, Craig Brown, Vida Zukauskas, Randy Hughes, Jimmy Hogg, Makesi Arthur, David Dineen-Porter, and others), expect to see all types of humour from the crowd-pleasing irony to its poor cousin sarcasm and some pitch-perfect deadpan. Host Nick Flanagan, a regular at the Rivoli’s Laugh Sabbath night, is also famous for performing rare feats like making indie kids laugh. Comedy Bar (945 Bloor Street West), 9:30 p.m., $6.

Tomorrow night, experience the best and brightest of the Toronto Alternative Comedy scene. Graham Wagner (Iron Cobra, Catch 23) and Mike Balazo are holding an event called Mouth Party at the Victory Cafe. Says Balazo, "We host the show as two bitter, washed-up, stuffy CBC radio types who disparage the current state of broadcasting."

If you’ve seen the movie The Aristocrats, you know disgusting can be smart. But while most stand up nights have more than their share of jokes involving penises, poo, breasts and masturbation, by the end of the night, what was once mirthful becomes meh. It’s partially because most comics reserve their most fecund fecal matter material for friends and fellow comedians. Few truly delve into scatological onstage.

This week’s listings come at you one day late but better than ever. Ok, maybe not better than ever. More like as adequate as before.

, an old-timey-style radio play about fear of old age and death. Also horseracing. Joe Cobden, an award-winning Montreal actor, will be performing the show, which he wrote with a little help from Torontoist's own J.Kelly (who also has some info about the evening, but no explanation why the J is missing from the poster).