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Elvira Kurt

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Conter, Alan (June 20, 1998). "Show tackles sex, gender full-tilt: Born at Just for Laughs, CBC's In Thru the Out Door brings gay comedy to the small screen".
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descent. She performed a 22 minute set on toothbrush advancement and family culture on the American show Comedy Central Presents 2nd season, May 30th, 1991.
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comedy festival in 1997, and appeared in the festival's documentary film in 1998. In the same year she was part of the cast of
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where she does a "Cultural Hall of Shame" segment each week, typically on the last half-hour on the Friday morning broadcast.
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Kurt was the first out LGBT comedian to perform on national Canadian television, with her performance on
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In 2007, Kurt hosted the second season of the gay wedding series
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in Canada in 2005. That show's style was similar to
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Toronto
Ontario
Canadian
PopCultured
elvirakurt.ca
Canadian
comedian
Spin Off
talk show
PopCultured
The Comedy Network
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Hungarian
Openly
lesbian
butch and femme
celebrity culture
CBC
We're Funny That Way!
In Thru the Out Door
CBC Television
First Comes Love
My Fabulous Gay Wedding
The Second City's Next Comedy Legend
CBC Radio
The Debaters
Q
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