Graham Clark
Who Graham Clark is
Graham Clark is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Vancouver's comedy scene who co-hosts the long-running Stop Podcasting Yourself with Dave Shumka on the Maximum Fun network. At the 2019 Vancouver Comedy Awards, presented by JFL NorthWest, he won five prizes, including best local headliner, best host and best crowd work, and the podcast won its category too. His album Never Was (2023) was nominated for the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year in 2024, and he has appeared on CBC Radio's The Debaters.
At a glance
- Albums
- Never Was
- Podcasts
- Stop Podcasting Yourself
- On screen
- The Debaters, The CityNews List, Funny as Hell and 2 more
- Official site
- grahamclarkwastaken.bandcamp.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: grahamclarkwastaken.bandcamp.com ↗.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
Albums
- Never Was 2023
On screen
- The Debaters CBC Radio
- The CityNews List host, Citytv, 2009–2010
- Funny as Hell HBO Canada, 2011
- Corner Gas Animated punch-up writer, 2018–2020
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes West Coast correspondent, season 26, 2018–2019
Podcasts
- Stop Podcasting Yourself co-host, with Dave Shumka, Maximum Fun
Comedians like Graham Clark
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Mayce Galoni also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Ben Roy also in Funny as Hell
- Brent Butt also in Corner Gas Animated
- Cathryn Naiker also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Clare Belford also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Maddy Kelly also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Ryan Stout also in Funny as Hell
- Salma Hindy also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Their stand-up
Clark has hosted The Laugh Gallery, a weekly stand-up show that began at El Cocal in East Vancouver, since 2001, won Yuk Yuk's Great Canadian Laugh Off in 2008 and first appeared on The Debaters on 7 June 2008; he did punch-up writing on Corner Gas Animated from 2018 to 2020 and was a West Coast correspondent on This Hour Has 22 Minutes in 2018 and 2019.
Stop Podcasting Yourself, which he and Dave Shumka started in 2008 and took to the Maximum Fun network in 2011, won Best Podcast at the Canadian Comedy Awards in 2012 and 2013, and he has raised money for local causes and arts venues with his marathon shows, Graham Clark's 24 Hours of Stand-Up.
Career timeline
- 2009The CityNews List (host, Citytv, 2009–2010) On screen
- 2011Funny as Hell (HBO Canada, 2011) On screen
- 2018Corner Gas Animated (punch-up writer, 2018–2020) On screen
- 2018This Hour Has 22 Minutes (West Coast correspondent, season 26, 2018–2019) On screen
- 2023Never Was (2023) Album
Questions and answers
Where is Graham Clark performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: grahamclarkwastaken.bandcamp.com ↗.
What podcast do they host?
Stop Podcasting Yourself.
What TV shows and films are they in?
The Debaters, The CityNews List, Funny as Hell, Corner Gas Animated and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Who are some comedians like them?
Mayce Galoni (also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Ben Roy (also in Funny as Hell), Brent Butt (also in Corner Gas Animated), Cathryn Naiker (also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes) and Clare Belford (also in This Hour Has 22 Minutes).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- The Georgia Straight - Graham Clark scores headliner of the year as Vancouver Comedy Awards winners announced ↗ 2019: JFL NorthWest's second annual Vancouver Comedy Awards; local standup artist Graham Clark earned five prizes, including best local headliner, best local…
- Maximum Fun - Stop Podcasting Yourself ↗ Hosted by Graham Clark and Dave Shumka, with weekly guests; his press image (as of 8 October 2026)
- CBC Music - Juno Awards 2024 nominations ↗ Comedy album of the year nominees: Life of Leisure, Derek Seguin; Never Was, Graham Clark; A Lylebility, Kyle Brownrigg; Sexiest Fish in the Lake, Laurie…
- Bandcamp - Never Was, Graham Clark ↗ 13 track album, released 31 October 2023 (as of 8 October 2026)
- CBC Radio - The Debaters: Whistling is wonderful ↗ 4 February 2021: Graham Clark and Erica Sigurdson debate on The Debaters (as of 8 October 2026)
- Wikipedia (comedian) ↗ The Laugh Gallery since 2001, begun at El Cocal in East Vancouver; Yuk Yuk's Great Canadian Laugh Off (2008); first Debaters appearance on 7 June 2008; The…
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026