{"id":59000,"date":"2019-02-28T17:16:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=59000"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:17:04","slug":"qa-24-questions-for-comedian-colin-mochrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/02\/28\/qa-24-questions-for-comedian-colin-mochrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A | 24 Questions For Comedian Colin Mochrie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colin Mochrie, host of the TSO’s The Second City Guide to the Symphony sat down for a few questions, including his default drink of choice, favourite musician, and his favourite word.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ludwig Van’s Q&A series<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is composed of a bank of questions aimed at artists who have made a serious mark on Toronto\u2019s cultural scene. We’re still not sure what’s more fun: writing them or reading them.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whose Line Is It Anyway’s Colin Mochrie<\/strong>, has become a figurehead of improv comedy not only in Toronto, but worldwide. He got his start as a member of the legendary Second City, before going on to become one of North America’s favourite improv comedians on stage, television, and film.\u00a0<\/span>He’s also written\u00a0a hilarious book\u00a0Not Quite the Classics<\/em><\/a>, where he builds upon the first and last lines from familiar classics and re-writes them\u00a0with the same kind of humour he’s become so famous for.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Default drink of choice?<\/h3>\n

Red Wine<\/p>\n

Name your favourite concert hall\/venue in Toronto<\/h3>\n

Roy Thomson Hall<\/p>\n

Your favourite sound?<\/h3>\n

Laughter<\/p>\n

Your favourite smells?<\/h3>\n

Spaghetti sauce being cooked<\/p>\n

The dumbest thing that you\u2019ve ever done to your hair?<\/h3>\n

Are you kidding me?<\/p>\n

If you could board a plane this afternoon, where would it be taking you?<\/h3>\n

Italy<\/p>\n

The three books that you read that made an impact on you in your formative\u00a0years?<\/h3>\n

Getting Even by Woody Allen, Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, The Sensuous Man<\/p>\n

Whose\u00a0musical style do you covet?<\/h3>\n

Frank Sinatra<\/p>\n

Where was the last place you travelled to for work or pleasure?<\/h3>\n

Orlando<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/h3>\n

Killarney High School Vancouver<\/p>\n

Your ancestry?<\/h3>\n

Scottish<\/p>\n

Your three favourite films?<\/h3>\n

Singing in the Rain, North by Northwest, The Maltese Falcon<\/p>\n

Television show that you could tolerate re-runs of?<\/h3>\n

Dick Van Dyke Show<\/p>\n

Your major character flaw?<\/h3>\n

Trying to please everyone<\/p>\n

The character flaw in others that you can\u2019t abide?<\/h3>\n

Rudeness<\/p>\n

What was the luckiest moment in your life?<\/h3>\n

Being hired at Second City by my future wife, Deb McGrath<\/p>\n

What are you the most proud of?<\/h3>\n

Making a living at something that wasn\u2019t a job when I was growing up<\/p>\n

The talent that you wish you possessed?<\/h3>\n

Anything musical<\/p>\n

What are you listening to as you answer these questions?<\/h3>\n

The sound of my heartbeat<\/p>\n

What musical instrument do you secretly long to play?<\/h3>\n

Trumpet<\/p>\n

What is the one animal that scares you the most?<\/h3>\n

Hippo<\/p>\n

Your favourite word?<\/h3>\n

Bamboozle<\/p>\n

Your least favourite word?<\/h3>\n

No<\/p>\n

The thing that makes you the angriest?<\/h3>\n

Injustice<\/p>\n

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Read more Q&A’s HERE<\/a><\/span>.<\/h2>\n

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