In the past, the Straight has called Ottawa-born comic Jon Dore “a goddamn national treasure”, and we still don’t think that’s an overstatement.

The guy who played a version of himself on his eponymous TV show, also known as the hoodie-wearing host of HBO’s Funny as Hell, just kills us, and he’ll kill you too. Why does he simply ooze funny? There’s something about the straight face he maintains when telling us the silliest, most off-kilter things. Think of him as the Canadian king of offbeat comedy. If you’ve seen him, you know what we mean. Don’t miss Dore, as part of the JFL NorthWest fest, when he’s at Comedy MIX on Friday and Saturday (February 24 and 25).