The Debaters


The hit CBC Radio show where you vote for the best combination of fact and funny. Hosted by Steve Patterson. Two shows featuring an excellent selection of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival’s stand-up comics going head to head debating topics in the news and on the minds of Canadians.

Saturday April 10, 2010 - 1pm, MTC Warehouse

Single people – does society discriminate against the un-coupled Canadian?
Scott Faulconbridge vs. Karen O’Keefe

Guidos, Goombahs and Godfathers - is the way Italians are portrayed on screen detrimental?
Tammy Pescatelli vs. Franco Taddeo

Dictatorships – is having no choice sometimes the best choice for a nation?
Ron Vaudry vs. Don Kelly

Stay at home dads -- are they real men?
David Hemstad vs. Tim Nutt

Curling – is it really a sport?
John Wing vs. Derek Seguin

British cooking – is it really that bad?
John Moloney versus Rebecca Kohler

 

SOLD OUT!!! - Sunday April 11, 2010 - 1pm, MTC Warehouse

Tattoos – positive self expression or indelible cry for attention?
Aaron Berg vs. Charles Demers

Darth Vader – is he the worst dad ever?
Greg Morton vs. David Pryde

Hippies of the 60’s – clowns and misfits or catalysts of social change?
Paul Krassner vs. Bruce Clark

Close Encounters – would discovering intelligent life beyond Earth be good for humanity?
Elvira Kurt vs. Kevin McDonald

Google – is all this Googling a good thing?
Al Rae vs. Ali Rizvi

Cottage Life – is it a life worth living?
Derek Edwards versus Gilson Lubin