Sloppy Jones Hits Comedy Gold With Help From Canadian Legend: Judy Croon

Judi Croon has been dubbed Canada’s Keynote Humourist. She’s a TEDx speaker, comedian, radio host, Second City stand up coach and author who has been wowing audiences for over 20 years. Judy leaves no comic behind! Croon is also the co-author of the book, “From the Stage of the Page: Life Lessons from Four Funny Ladies!”.

Her specials have appeared on NBC, CBS, CTV, and The Comedy Network. Kroon has worked with many celebrities including; John Cleese, Jon Stewart, and Joan Rivers to name a few.

Judy draws from her standup performance and coaching experience to entertain, inform, and inspire.

Judy’s comedy writing coaching sessions showed the creators:

• How to write comedy with easy fun exercises.
• How to avoid three common mistakes new comedians make. 
• How to figure out what their ‘hook’ is
• How to take everyday events and experiences and blow them up.
• How to make funny situations funnier.

Sloppy Jones Co-Creators, Jamie, Sophie and Jonathan …..

Jamie: We had Judy Croon from Second City come in and work on our script with us—she just filled it with comedic buttons. It was great. She had us do stand up exercises while we were getting the hang of it. She’s lovely by the way. She’s so patient and encouraging.

Sophie: Judy Croon was so helpful in unleashing the standup comic in us. It was an interesting realization for us that our mundane honest experiences and thoughts would be what worked. It helped us get in touch with each character’s tone and specify the type of comedy we liked. 

Jamie: 100% Amanda Walsh. She’s so cool and so sweet. I loved her as Suzie Borton on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and Schitt’s Creek is figurative comedic gold. When she came in as a creative mentor there was a lot of embarrassing shrieking in the writer’s room.

“Humor is one of the most peaceful tools we have in our tool belt…The punchline takes the power out of whatever it is that’s scaring us, that’s why I say a positive attitude is so important” – Judy Kroon from Relieving Work-Related Stress with Humor keynote/workshop