Drew McCreadie

Drew McCreadie (born 1967) is a Vancouver, British Columbia writer and comedian. He is a past winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada. McCreadie wrote and directed a short film The Valet, that won him The Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.[1] He co-wrote an episode of Casper Scare School (credited as Andrew McCreadie) with co-writer Ian Boothby.[2]

He was a member of Urban Improv improvisation and Canadian Content sketch troupe, whose members have/do include The Simpsons comic book writer Ian Boothby, Comedy Inc. star Roman Danylo and Air Farce actress Penelope Corrin.[3][4] He has performed with improv and sketch comedy company The Second City onboard NCL Cruiseline. [5] As a member of the sketch group "Canadian Content", McCreadie can be heard on the group's three albums "Official Bootleg", "Sorry" and "Canuxploitation".[6]

He is the author of several books including an instructional book titled "You Will Never Be Funny: An Introduction to Improvised Comedy", a satirical self-help book "GO GET HELP!", and a comedic novel "A Test Case of Life".[7]

McCreadie also plays electric guitar, and has performed as a studio musician on hiphop artist UNDA's album "Tomorrow Never Comes",[citation needed] and on The Sailing Conductor's Album AAA (Thousand Miles Away).[8] He is one half of the 'wank jazz' duo Knoodle (with John Murphy) who have released an album, the digital download of which is $7,000 (although all tracks are free individually).[9] He has also released several albums of original music including "What You Get", "Living Like a Hobo, But With Money", and "The Out Zone".[10]

In 2011 he moved to Thailand, and joined a Bangkok-based improv comedy company Improv Bangkok[11]

Before moving to Vancouver, McCreadie ran for provincial government in Ontario in the 1987 general election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Downsview. He also ran a controversial campaign to head the student union in his second year of studies at Toronto's York University and won a term as President of the York Student Federation (YSF) in 1987-88. McCreadie served as President of his highschool, Cawthra Park Secondary School, in 1985-86.

References

  1. ^ "Playing at VIFF Centre".
  2. ^ "Casper's Scare School (TV Series 2009– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ^ "Welcome to canadiancontentsketch.ca". Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
  4. ^ "Vancouver TheatreSports League | Alumni". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  5. ^ A brand of hilarity not found on TV whistlerquestion.com [permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Nimbit Music: Canadian Content". Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Amazon. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Drew McCreadie". September 12, 2013.
  9. ^ "Nimbit Music: Knoodle". Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  10. ^ "Nimbit Music: Drew McCreadie". Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  11. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

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