Moody McCarthy
- New York City, NY
- Stand-Up Comedian
- 90 Verified Bookings
Susan M. said “For the first time in the history of our Galas we made the decision to have a comedian as our main entertainment. It was a great decision. Moody McCarthy…”
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Todd has appeared in comedy clubs all over Canada and the world. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs, and the #JFL42 festival five times. His albums "Really?' and "Butterflies" have both hit #1 on iTunes comedy charts and can be heard on Sirius XM.
Todd has also performed corporate shows for BMO, Sungard International, EcoLab, Sutton Group, Advocis, government departments and others including private functions like weddings.
Todd also hosts the very popular podcast Comedy Above the Pub now in its 22nd season, featuring guests like Greg Proops, Wendy Liebman, Anthony Jeselnik, Jackie Kashian and others.
Todd provided a great evening of humour in Westport last night. This was the 1st “annual” fundraiser for our arena. Thanks to Todd and his colleagues, there will certainly be a “2nd”.
Last night we had the pleasure of listening to Todd Van Allen’s act at an event just outside of Ottawa ON and more than 12 hours later we are laughing about the things this man said!
The way he worked the crowd, made jokes about what he knew we would relate too, and jokingly turn the group against each other in this amazing display of hilarity! I had high hopes and realistic expectations going into this event, and it f%^king blew both of those out of the water.
Please do yourself a favour and hire this man if you want your stomach and face to hurt the next 24 hours from laughing so much!
Response from Todd Van Allen:
You are too kind. Thanks so much for the positive feedback. It was a pleasure performing for you all.
Hope the rest of the night was fantastic!
From our initial chat, we knew we had made a great choice with hiring Todd to do a comedy show at our wedding. From the start, he was professional, funny and easy going and flexible, something that was very important while dealing with uncertainties of a covid wedding. His show was funny, and managed to reach our guests. He was flexible when the events of the evening ran late and he still made sure to give us his all. From our convos, he asked questions and listened to what we had to share in order to make sure parts of his show really touched our story of our relationship. His added quiz at the end of "know your spouse" was great too! I strongly suggest you reach out to him for your events, we do not regret it at all!
Response from Todd Van Allen:
Thanks so much for the review and letting me be part of your wonderful evening. It was wonderful working with you both! Enjoy your life together!
Todd Van Allen was a great comedian to perform for our work event today. Having a quick slice of comedy during this pandemic has helped. Colleagues have been praising this event throughout the day and have expressed how the thoroughly enjoyed the event.
If you're looking for some great comedy, see this guy!
Review on behalf of our President:
"I wanted to reach out and mention that I had a lot of positive feedback from the attendees of the Advocis social event. We really liked your interactive approach, which you managed very well through the difficult digital medium. You provided us all with many much needed laughs, and gave us a hint of what the old ‘normal’ used to be like. Thank you very much for a great time." - Sean C.
Response from Todd Van Allen:
Thank you so much for the feedback. Greatly appreciated. Happy to have helped bring some joy to your organization.
Take care and stay safe!
tva
We hosted a Christmas corporate virtual event for our staff and had Todd join us. He was very professional, relatable, engaging with the audience and most importantly was funny! His ability to adjust to a virtual format and quick wit was impressive, it left staff laughing after his skit was finished. We certainly would recommend Todd for other events!
We had Todd on a ZOOM show and it was great!!! Whole team enjoyed it especially now that everyone's working remotely. It's great to have Todd making everyone laugh. Highly recommended!
During these exceptional times, we held our office reunion virtually.
Todd did an ah-mazing job and had us in stitches the whole time.
I would definitely recommend Todd for your party functions.
Thanks again Todd!!!
Todd was very professional and organized. He performed at my Jack and Jill event and was able to cater some jokes around our relationship into his act. The whole crowd was laughing and everybody truly enjoyed it. I would 100% be using Todd again for future events and strongly recommend him to anyone looking for their crowd to have a great night!
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 5 - 60 minutes
Todd Van Allen is an accomplished host for all events, a hilarious comedian, and an intriguing interviewer.
Todd Van Allen is a Toronto-based comedian that has performed in comedy clubs and festivals around the world. His debut stand-up album “Really?” debuted in the Top 5 of the iTunes comedy charts.
Not only has Todd done the club circuit, but he has performed at Just For Laughs in Montreal, headlined at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in Melbourne, Australia, and both the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Edinburgh Free Festival. He has performed at the Just for Laughs #JFL42 Festival in Toronto five times, Brantford Comedy Festival, Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, 1000 Islands Comedy Festival in Gananoque, WinterCity Festival in Toronto, the Orillia Comedy Festival, Kinston Summer Festival, and Gananoque’s Festival of the Islands.
Todd has also opened for comedy greats Emo Philips, Rory Scovel, Dana Gould and Jimmy Pardo.
Todd has appeared on Comedy Network’s “The Beaverton”, CBC Radio’s “Definitely Not The Opera” as well as CBC’s “Spark” and AM640’s ‘Inside Jokes with Sandra Carusi’. He’s also been seen on RogersTV with Val Cole on “daytime toronto”, CITY-TV’s “Breakfast Television” with Jennifer Valentyne. You may also have caught him on CBC’s “Test the Nation” as well as SiriusXM’s “Laugh Attack”, “Anything Goes”, and “The Guest Spot”. He also appeared on an episode of the world famous podcast “Never Not Funny” with Jimmy Pardo. You may have also heard him voice over dozens of commercials for television and radio.
His corporate comedy styling has impressed the likes of Bank of Montreal, Toronto, EIFS Council of Canada, Gleneagles Country Club, Bolton, the Township of Leeds and Thousand Islands, and the Brockville Chamber of Commerce. He has also performed for charity events for such great organizations as the Ontario Breast Cancer Society, Cystic Fibrosis Society and the Brockville United Way.
Todd has appeared in clubs all over Canada (such as Absolute Comedy in Ottawa, Toronto and Kingston, ComedyWorks and Comedy Nest in Montreal, Laugh Shops in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, The Comedy Cave in Calgary and Jokers in Halifax) and the US (such as Gotham Comedy Club, and Ha! Comedy Club in New York, NY, the Improv in Hollywood, CA, the New York Comedy Clubs in New York, NY and Boca Raton, FL and the Laugh-In Comedy Café in Ft Myers, FL).
Todd also hosts the award-winning podcast Comedy Above the Pub (CATP), a weekly podcast now found on the EntertainmentOne Podcast Network. It has recently celebrated its 12th season and was written up in Maclean’s magazine. Guests include the likes of Rich Little, Wendy Liebman, Greg Proops, Dana Gould, Jen Kirkman, Anthony Jeselnik, Andy Kindler, Colin Mochrie, Alan Thicke, Bruce McCulloch, Henry Rollins, author Ian Rankin and Iron Chef America co-host Kevin Brauch. The podcast was part of the 2012 NXNE Music Festival, and Todd also moderated a podcasting panel for the Canadian Comedy Awards in 2012. You can hear the show at (link hidden) or through iTunes.
Todd has won the “Search for Canada’s Funniest New Comic”, and is also an award-winning playwright having been one of four winners of the National Arts Centre’s “Young Playwright Competition”. As well, being a graduate of Second City’s Conservatory Program has also helped Todd become one of the most sought-after comedians and hosts around.
February 24, 2024 • 8:00pm - 8:30pm | Fundraiser |
August 12, 2023 • 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Fundraiser |
August 06, 2021 • 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Birthday Party |
August 02, 2021 • 7:30pm - 8:15pm | Wedding Reception |
April 29, 2021 • 11:30am - 12:15pm | Nonprofit Event |
December 16, 2020 • 3:30pm - 3:45pm | Christmas Party |
December 10, 2020 • 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Virtual Event |
December 10, 2020 • 3:00pm - 3:45pm | Virtual Event |
October 30, 2020 • 12:00pm - 12:15pm | Virtual Event |
August 20, 2020 • 1:00pm - 1:30pm | Virtual Event |
October 03, 2019 • 10:00am - 4:00pm | Corporate Event |
June 01, 2019 • 9:30pm - 10:00pm | Personal Occasion |
April 23, 2015 | Corporate Event |
December 14, 2013 | Christmas Party |
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