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Canadian comic legend Pete Johansson has been making us laugh across the pond here in the UK for years, on stage and on screen. He’s made appearances on Russell Howard’s Good News, won awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and even released his own Netflix comedy special. His socially progressive comedy is a good fit for the younger generation of comedy connoisseurs, so he should be a top consideration if you’re looking to book a celebrity comedian for your next event. We’ve rounded up three of the funniest clips of Pete Johansson online for you to enjoy: I Hate British Kids Pete Johansson’s sketch about British kids who play music on the bus is both acutely observed and side-splittingly funny. We’ve all been there, not making eye contact and hoping it will go away...

Anyone in the mood to poke some fun at marriage will enjoy this delightful comedy from the 1950s. Somewhat ahead of its time, this classic film has been called by Amazon.com reviewer Bret Fetzer as: “one of the more gleefully cynical snipes ever aimed at that fundamental institution.” Six couples are married in Gretna Green between Christmas Eve and New Year by newly-appointed Justice of the Peace Melvin Bush (Victor Moore). But two years later it is revealed that as Bush’s appointment only begun in the New Year, all six marriages are invalid. Each couple then receives a letter about the mistake, with the freedom to marry each other again…or not. And so goes the comedic premise, legal accuracies aside. Ginger Rogers & Fred Allen as Witty Couple Not just a stale portrait of...

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Three of Pete Johansson’s funniest sketches

We’re Not Married: a 1950s Comedy about Marriage