Today on a special episode, the guys discuss the case of Mike Ward, who was accused of breaching the limits of free speech when he mocked a disabled singer named Jeremy Gabriel (“Petit Jeremy")...a case that went all the way up to the Supreme Court of Canada. They are joined by their special guest comedian and lawyer Jess Salomon (The Tonight Show, Comedians vs The News). After briefly chatting about Jess’ experiences with the Omicron variant, Jess and Ali disclose that they do know Mike Ward personally from the comedy world. Then they go over the facts of the case and summarize Mike’s joke. Asif then takes a short detour to discuss Treacher Collins Syndrome, the disease which Jeremy was afflicted with. Jess then summarizes the facts of the case and the Supreme Court Decision which was a 5-4 decision in favour of Mike Ward. Jess and Ali discuss the limits of free speech and comedy and how things boil down to “what is the crux of the joke?”.
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Show Notes:
Episode 61: Interview with Maz Jobrani (Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, ‘Back to School with Maz Jobrani’)
Episode 60: Doctor Vs Comedian Vs Comedians Vs The News (Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini)
Episode 59: Gilbert Gottfried / Myotonic Dystrophy
Episode 58: Interview with Dave Merheje (Ramy, Mr. D)
Episode 57: Bruce Willis/Aphasia
Emergency podcast: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock / Alopecia
Episode 55: 95th Annual Academy Awards Preview
Episode 54: Canada Reads / Top Medical Books
Episode 53: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ / Trichotillomania
Episode 52: ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ / Spanish Fly, Rohypnal, GHB
Episode 51: The Opioid Crisis / ‘Dopesick’
Episode 50: Favourite Comedy Specials/ Laughter
Episode 49: Personas in Comedy / Physician Burnout (Part 2)
Episode 48: Interview with Dr. Sydnee McElroy (Sawbones, Still Buffering)
Episode 47: Remembering Louie Anderson & Bob Saget / Scleroderma
Episode 45: Betty White / Electronic Medical Records (EMR’s)
Episode 44: Kal Penn / Physician Burnout (Part 1)
Episode 43: Favourite Entertainment from 2021
Episode 42: Top 1991 Albums / Why do we love music from our youth?
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