Comic Courtney Gilmour at last fall's JFL42

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Jan 21 2018 • 1 hr 10 mins

In the fall of 2017, Toronto comic Courtney Gilmour was coming off the biggest professional accolade of her comedy career: being named the co-winner (along with Montreal's DJ Mausner) of the Homegrown Comics competition at Just for Laughs Festival. The win included a spot among the 42 feature acts at September's JFL42 comedy festival in her hometown. In the midst of JFL42, Andrew Lizotte sat down with Courtney for a long chat about her Homegrown win, her new CBC animated web series, and religion. The latter topic is the subject of her own podcast, So Help Me Pod, and in reality, Andrew just commandered her theme so he could sing Bible camp songs (which he swears is way cooler than it sounds). Since the interview took place, Courtney's friends and family have started a GoFundMe for her to be able to afford her #DreamLeg. She was born without both hands and her right leg above the knee, and the state-of-the-art prosthetic leg she'd love to have currently costs $100,000. The Toronto comedy community has stepped up in a big way with fundraiser shows and more, but if you have a few dollars to spare, you should consider donating to the #DreamLeg fund at gofundme.com/dreamleg!

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