Kathleen McGee
Who Kathleen McGee is
Kathleen McGee was a Canadian stand-up comedian from Edmonton, Alberta, whose stand-up took her to Just for Laughs, CBC Radio's The Debaters and SiriusXM's Top Comic competition. Her set at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival was nominated for Best Taped Live Performance at the 2019 Canadian Comedy Awards, the year her album Deliciously Vulgar came out on Stand Up! Records, later followed by Registered at McDonalds. A co-founder of Edmonton's Grindstone Comedy Festival, she also hosted the podcast Kathleen McGee is a Hot Mess. She died in 2024, and her track Just a Simple Girl was still being played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in November 2025.
At a glance
- Died
- 2024
- Albums
- Deliciously Vulgar and Registered at McDonalds
- Podcasts
- Kathleen McGee is a Hot Mess and The Dead Baby Bear Podcast
- On screen
- The Debaters and Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Specials, shows and podcasts
Albums
- Deliciously Vulgar Stand Up! Records, 2019
- Registered at McDonalds Billy James Records
On screen
- The Debaters CBC Radio
- Winnipeg Comedy Festival CBC; Canadian Comedy Award nominee, 2019
Podcasts
- Kathleen McGee is a Hot Mess host
- The Dead Baby Bear Podcast co-host, with Sean Lecomber, from 2019
Comedians like Kathleen McGee
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.
- Ivan Decker also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival
- Kate Davis also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival
- Kristeen von Hagen also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival
- Tracy Hamilton also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Their stand-up
Kathleen McGee started performing stand-up in Edmonton in 2005 and won the annual Funniest Person With a Day Job competition at the city's Comic Strip club in 2008, and in 2017 she was a finalist in SiriusXM's Canada's Top Comic competition. Her Stand Up! Records debut, Deliciously Vulgar, was produced by the Grammy winner Dan Schlissel, and her podcast Kathleen McGee is a Hot Mess ran for 89 episodes, ending in 2018.
In 2015 and 2016 she wrote the column Been There Done That: Questionable Advice From a Comedian for the Canadian magazine BeatRoute, and she was twice a guest panellist on CBC Radio's The Debaters.
Career timeline
- 2019Winnipeg Comedy Festival (CBC; Canadian Comedy Award nominee, 2019) On screen
- 2019Deliciously Vulgar (Stand Up! Records, 2019) Album
- 2019The Dead Baby Bear Podcast (co-host, with Sean Lecomber, from 2019) Podcast or book
- 2024Died
Questions and answers
What podcasts does Kathleen McGee host?
Kathleen McGee is a Hot Mess and The Dead Baby Bear Podcast.
What TV shows and films are they in?
The Debaters and Winnipeg Comedy Festival.
Who are some comedians like them?
Ivan Decker (also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival), Kate Davis (also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival), Kristeen von Hagen (also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival) and Tracy Hamilton (also in Winnipeg Comedy Festival).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with their place on the Legends ballots.
Sources
- CTV News — Grindstone Comedy Festival set to return with Kids in the Hall headliner ↗ By Ali Yusuf, 18 June 2024: Kathleen McGee, a co-founder of the festival, has shared her talents on productions including Just for Laughs, CBC Debaters and…
- CBC Comedy — Stream CBC's Canadian Comedy Award nominees ↗ 16 April 2019: Canadian standup Kathleen McGee's set from the Winnipeg Comedy Festival was nominated for Best Taped Live Performance (the Canadian Comedy…
- Apple Music · music.apple.com ↗ Deliciously Vulgar (30 August 2019, ℗ 2019 Stand Up! Records); Registered At McDonalds (Billy James Records) (as of 8 October 2026)
- Wikipedia ↗ Canadian stand-up comedian from Edmonton, Alberta (1981–2024); her Winnipeg Comedy Festival set nominated for a 2019 Canadian Comedy Award; her debut album…
- xmplaylist — Raw Comedy recently played (archived 17 November 2025) ↗ SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel: 'Just A Simple Girl' by Kathleen McGee, from Deliciously Vulgar, played 17 November 2025 (06:47 UTC) (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026