A veteran of Toronto comedy stages, Paul got his start at The Second City, where he wrote and performed in six revues. Other stage credits include SlapShot Live, It’s A Wonderful Toronto, The Soaps: The Live Improvised Soap Opera!; An Inconvenient Musical; and SARSical, for which he received a Dora Award nomination.
On television Paul played Jeff on Dan For Mayor (CTV), and has also appeared in The Stanley Dynamic, The Ron James Show, Odd Squad, Against The Wall, and Puppets Who Kill. Film credits include The Tuxedo, Welcome to Mooseport, and Camille. He’s won numerous Canadian Comedy Awards, and received NOW Magazine’s 2013 Reader’s Choice Award for Best Male Improvisor.
This episode, Erin interviews the hilarious Paul Bates. Listen along as Paul talks about his ongoing journey understanding sex positivity, from experimenting with kink, to playing with polyamory.
Lindsay and her guests renew their sense of gratitude by sharing some close call stories in this hilarious episode. Guests include: Paul Bates, Ken Gardener, Shawn Kinley, Tomko Lamb, and Jamie Northan.
New forest ranger Brett Vonkman (Paul Bates) finds his predecessor's remains in their fire watchtower. Burned beyond recognition, arms akimbo, and Brett's name carved into every wall, they try to piece together what happened the previous evening.
Terrance (Paul Bates) throws one of his classic parties and Brad (Alastair Forbes) gets taken along for the ride, literally. By the time Brad realizes that Terrance's new boat isn't what he thought it would be, the two "friends" are...
The Spooky Live Show It's our first live episode! With the help of the amazing Illusionoid, we come to terms with actually having an audience. So strap in and pretend like you were actually there and get ready to get...
The Nice Guys flawlessly recreate “Citizen Kane”, with the AMAZING Paul Bates!! LIVE from the Bad Dog Theatre for Toronto’s Big City Improv Festival. Famous Quote: “Want to play some Kick stick?”