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HALIFAX - GET TO KNOW MARK LITTLE A BIT

If you live in Eastern Canada or spend a lot of time on YouTube, you may have heard of Picnicface, who made the above video about Halifax.  If you paid close attention to The Great Canadian Laugh-Off - and who among us didn't? - then you're familiar with Mark Little from Picnicface. He's a comedian that makes people laugh and last month he won $25,000 for doing just that. Since all the best comedians come from Canada (Oh? Britain, was that a splutter?) we're expecting him to become the next John Candy of comedy. Except Mark will obviously be immortal. So come on with us and get to know Mark Little!

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It's been a month since you won The Great Canadian Laugh Off. How have you made the transition from famous to can't-leave-the-house-without-getting-swarmed-famous?

It's been a smooth transition, mostly because nobody knows what the Great Canadian Laugh Off is, and partly because anyone who hears about it usually doesn't put much stock in something called the "Great Canadian Laugh Off." Nobody recognizes me from my stand-up, just from Picnicface, so they still just holler "Powerthirst!" at me from their car windows, which beats the old stand-by of "faggot" and eggs. I got egged by forty-year-olds last summer. That was a slap in the face.

A big part of your act revolves around how much of a nerd you were in high school. My experience with people who joke about that is that they're usually just cool groping at loser-credibility.

I don't have the insane commitment to any one thing that makes a nerd a nerd, but I'm definitely a dork. I know this because I spend an inordinate amount of time analyzing cool culture. And because I use the word hipster too much, a weak attempt to deflect the sinking realization that most people look at me and think hipster. And because the agonies of high school are still dangerously close to the forefront of my mind.

This picture of you and Mark Breslin, taken right after you won the laugh-off has Megan's Law written all over it. Yeah? Which of us is the not-Megan? I choose me. I discovered that when I try to do a closed-mouth smile to hide my overwhelming glee, I end up looking like a sex offender. That's the math: glee + poor containment = Bad Times Charlie. But if you're saying I look like a child victim, then I clearly misread my own expression. Can we talk about the elephant in the room? Andrew Bush used to be a regular on the 90's Canadian show "Street Cents"; do you ever feel that people can't get past that when they're watching you guys perform?

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We're creating a sketch show for the Comedy Network right now and we really want to do a recurring Street Cents segment featuring all the old gang, most of whom live in Halifax, including the original Fit for the Pit guy. Plus we have outtakes of young Andy flubbing his lines on the show. Amazing stuff.

What would be the bigger diss: being constantly compared to Dane Cook, or finding out your new step-dad is Carlos Mencia?

The former, unquestionably. Can you imagine how many amazing stories would come out of having Mencia in your family? And all you'd have to sacrifice is your respect for your mom.

If you could spend all your prize money on sandwiches, what would you buy?

I'm a fucking vegetarian now, so no sandwich will ever satisfy me again. If I ever kick the shit, though, I'm going straight to McDonald's for a McGangBang (a double cheeseburger surrounding a McChicken).

ALLY D.