Lou Eisen
Lou Eisen was a principal performer in the Imagine Entertainment, Miramax Film, Academy Award nominated boxing biopic Cinderella Man, starring Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Renee Zelwegger. Directed by Ron Howard, Lou played famed boxing trainer Ray Arcel to Russell Crowe's James J. Braddock.
Most recently, Lou appeared on The Jane Show on Global. Lou‘s movie and television roles have garnered him praise from audiences and peers throughout the entertainment industry. Lou began his career at Toronto's famed Second City. He has made frequent television and radio appearances on such shows as CBC TV's Marketplace, Madly Off In All Directions (CBC Radio), Definitely Not The Opera (CBC) Open Mike with Mike Bullard (Comedy Network), Test of Faith (Vision) and Not Just The News (CBC) as well as Comedy At Club 54 (Global).
Lou taped a stand-up comedy concert for the show Comedy Now (Comedy Network) entitled Rhapsody In Lou, as well as a series of Heritage Moments with Patrick Watson for Historica. Eisen also starred on the hit CBC series COMICS!, and appeared in the award-winning independent movie My Own Private Oshawa. Most Recently, Lou performed at Massey Hall on New Year’s Eve 2006
Lou was a regular on-air at Toronto radio station Jazz FM. Lou has also achieved considerable success as a writer, being nominated for a Gemini Award for the CBC show Thick & Thin. Lou wrote for Dave Foley and Dan Aykroyd for the Phil Hartman Gala Tributes. As a frequent guest on CBC’S Newsworld, Lou offers his satirical views on political and topical issues of interest.
Recently Lou worked as an executive story editor and co-producer on The Great Canadian Laugh-Off, which aired on the Comedy Network. Lou was a staff writer on Police Academy: The Series and a contributing writer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The NHL Awards on ESPN.
Lou is an accomplished animation writer having wrote on the Fox Network/Major League Baseball animated series Bangs & The Tank, YTV’s Monster By Mistake and the groundbreaking Nelvana cartoon Quads.
Lou wrote for Howie Mandel for the Comedy Network special, Yuk Yuk's The 25th Anniversary. Currently Lou is performing his one-man show entitled, The Angina Monologues. It chronicles how Lou used humor to help expedite his recovery from a heart attack.
Mike Takacs
Originally from Thunder Bay, Mike Takacs has been performing stand-up comedy in Toronto at various clubs for the past four years while balancing his teaching career. He’s regularly performing at numerous venues throughout Southwestern Ontario. Mike’s act has had a good degree of success; landing him in the finals for the 2004 "funniest person with a day job contest" at the Laugh Resort, and the “stand-up, sit-down, fight, fight, fight” open competition during the summer of 2004. In late March 2007, Mike partook in the Just For Laughs Homegrown Competition which aired on XM Satellite Radio. The young comedian is also part of the illustrious Jokers Hockey Club, of the Good Times Hockey League and Exclaim Cup Series, where he participated on and off the ice as part of the full-time roster. Mike has performed and skated with comedic talents such as, Sean Cullen, Steve Levine and Jay Malone, along with famous musicians Tyler Stewart and Orin Isaacs to help out several Toronto area charities. Two years ago, the club laced up their skates and sharpened their jokes for the Canadian Comedy Awards, raising money for the Sunshine Dreams for Kids in London. Having experience in stand-up, sketch, improv and theatre, Mike is determined to make his mark on the Toronto comedy scene and beyond with his unique and energetic stage presence.
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