On this edition of the Richard Crouse Show we meet Adam Growe. You may know him a standup comedian, a corporate entertainer or even a foster parent to seven children. But he’s likely most recognized as being Canada’s favourite cab driver. He hosted the Canadian trivia-based game show “Cash Cab” for roughly eight years between 2008 and 2015, in which he’d quiz unsuspecting riders with general knowledge questions for their chance to collect money while he drove them from place to place.
“Cash Cab” and Adam Growe return with a new spin on the old show… “Cash Cab Music.” Adam is back behind the wheel of a newly-renovated disco taxi, testing his cab customers on musical trivia. Get three wrong and you’re out but get the answers right and you can win cash and even sing some karaoke.
Then, we get to know Shilpi Somaya Gowda is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author whose novels have been translated into over 30 languages, been #1 international bestsellers in several countries and sold more than two million copies worldwide.
Her newest book, “A Great Country,” has been named an Anticipated/Top Book of 2024 by over a dozen publications, a Heather’s Pick at Indigo, and received a starred review from Publishers’ Weekly.
Each week on the nationally syndicated Richard Crouse Show, Canada’s most recognized movie critic brings together some of the most interesting and opinionated people from the movies, television and music to put a fresh spin on news from the world of lifestyle and pop-culture. Tune into this show to hear in-depth interviews with actors and directors, to find out what’s going on behind the scenes of your favourite shows and movies and get a new take on current trends. Recent guests include Chris Pratt, Elvis Costello, Baz Luhrmann, Martin Freeman, David Cronenberg, Mayim Bialik, The Kids in the Hall and many more!
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Richard sits on a Zoom panel for Social Media North‘s discussion on the divide between traditional media and New Media. Find out more HERE!
Other panelists include:
ADAM GROWE
Host of Canada’s Cash Cab TV series, stand-up comedian, host, keynote speaker and newly renowned for his entertaining CPR training instruction sessions. https://twitter.com/AdamGrowe
BRIGITTE TRUONG
Television host and reporter. Founder of B.Tru Media, a multi-media host and producer, one half of the weekly entrepreneurial podcast, This Truly Is, and a forward thinking digital content creator and brand ambassador. https://www.instagram.com/brigittetruong/
MANSUKI
Artist | Entertainer | Producer | Agent. Singer-songwriter and recording artist who became known for his enormously popular Vine account. https://www.instagram.com/rayligaya/
MICHAEL HAINSWORTH
Michael Hainsworth is a veteran news reporter and lifelong geek. Former BNN Senior Anchor. Co-creator of, App Central, seen by more than a million viewers in Canada, Europe and Australia. He is the Executive Producer and Editor in Chief of Futurithmic, a documentary series and publication about the impact technology today will have on society in the future. Co-host of one of Canada’s most popular podcasts, Geeks & Beats, with radio legend Alan Cross. https://twitter.com/hainsworthtv
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Thanks to Stewart Reynolds, a.k.a. @Brittlestar, for including me along with Emm Gryner, Heather Bambrick, Ed the Sock, Adam Growe, Craig Lauzon, Gurdeep Pandher, Rob Preuss and others in his “Stay Home in the Great White North” mash-up. Watch it HERE eh! It’s a beauty way to go!
Canadian Comedy Award winner, Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show is proud to present its one-of-a-kind talk show at the Comedy Bar. Each show we interview three different celebrity guests. After an interview segment, Monkey Toast’s Host/Interviewer, Ron Tite, throws the focus to the Monkey Toast players who then use the interview as the inspiration for their improvised scenes.
Our rotating cast of improvisers is one of the best in Canada and includes:
Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
Lisa Merchant (Train 48)
Kerry Griffin (The Second City)
Aurora Browne (Comedy Inc.)
Jan Caruana (The Bad Dog Theatre)
Herbie Barnes (Tonto’s Nephews)
Sandy Jobin-Bevans (The Second City)
Jim Annan (The Second City)
Jennifer Goodhue (Comedy Inc.)
Naomi Snieckus (The Ron James Show)
Matt Baram (The Second City)
Paul Bates (The Second City)
Marcel St. Pierre (The Bad Dog Theatre)
Scott Montgomery (The Second City)
Lauren Ash (Almost Heroes)
Past guests on the show include, former NDP Leader Jack Layton, Actor/Writer Don McKellar, former Toronto Mayor David Miller, Tony Winner Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone), Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies), Bob McDonald (Quirks & Quarks), Jake Gold (Canadian Idol), Andrew Coyne (Post Newspapers), Michael Landsberg (TSN), Sean Cullen, Richard Crouse (Reel To Real), Peaches, Don Ferguson (Royal Canadian Air Farce), Gavin Crawford (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Author Jan Wong, Dave Bidini, and Jaymz Bee (JazzFM) to name a few.
Monkey Toast: Saturday, November 1, 2014 9PM
The Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor Street West
$10
Host: Ron Tite
Guests:
• Richard Crouse, Author and Film Critic for CTV’s Canada AM, Metro and NewsTalk 1010
• Adam Growe, Host of Cash Cab
Featuring the Monkey Toast Players: Jim Annan, Jen Goodhue, Jan Caruana, Matt Folliott, Marty Adams, Lisa Merchant
On this edition of the Richard Crouse Show we meet Adam Growe. You may know him a standup comedian, a corporate entertainer or even a foster parent to seven children. But he’s likely most recognized as being Canada’s favourite cab driver. He hosted the Canadian trivia-based game show “Cash Cab” for roughly eight years between 2008 and 2015, in which he’d quiz unsuspecting riders with general knowledge questions for their chance to collect money while he drove them from place to place.
