Canadian born comedian with a YouTube channel most recognizable as a special correspondent on Canada’s longest running TV show, CBC’s “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”. Abdul has written for TV (22 Minutes, JFL Gala), radio (CBC Debaters), commercials and corporate campaigns (Air Transat, National Bank). He’s also been nominated for Writers Guild Award, Canadian Screen Award, and SiriusXM’s Top-Comic Semi-Finalist, and is a nominee and winner of the Canadian Comedy Award.
He’s performed at the biggest comedy festivals throughout Canada (Just For Laughs ComedyPRO, Off-JFL, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Hubcap Comedy Festival, Canadian North Comedy Festival, and more!), has performed at some of the most coveted comedy clubs in Los Angeles (Ice House, Comedy Store). He can currently be heard on SiriusXM on Just For Laughs Canada (Albums: Is This IT? and Perceived Immigrant) and CBC Radio (The Debaters) in Canada and on Pandora in USA.
Comedy festivals
Just For Laughs Festival | Off-JFL | The Montreal Show
Just For Laughs ComedyPRO | Kevin Hart LOL Network Pitch
Winnipeg Comedy Festival | Gala: Misguidance Systems
Hubcap Comedy Festival | Tommy Chong Gala
Crack-Up Comedy Festival
Canadian North Arctic Comedy Festival
Algoma Fall Festival
YYComedy Festival | Laughs en Francais
Festival d’homour au Volant (FAUV)
Stratford Festival | The Debaters
tv
CBC | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Writer and performer (self/special correspondent, 20 episodes)
Match Game | Audience Warm up (60 episodes)
radio/Streaming
CBC | The Debaters | Writer and performer (6+ episodes)
SiriusXM | Just For Laughs Canada | Albums “Is This IT?” and “Perceived Immigrant”
Abdul Butt Channel YouTube
Pandora (USA)
comedy Clubs
Ice House | Pasadena
The Comedy Store | Los Angeles
Flappers | Burbank
The Comedy Nest | Montreal
Comedyworks | Montreal
YukYuks
productions
National Bank (Toast Productions)
Air Transat (Sid Lee)
Just For Laughs Group
articles about Abdul
National Post
Montreal Gazette
Huffington Post
Macleans
CBC News
CTV News