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'This was an idea even I couldn't kill, says comedy king Mark Breslin as he pilots Yuk Yuk's Kabarets from Hawaii to the British Isles
'This was an idea even I couldn't kill, says comedy king Mark Breslin as he pilots Yuk Yuk's Kabarets from Hawaii to the British Isles

'This was an idea even I couldn't kill, says comedy king Mark Breslin as he pilots Yuk Yuk's Kabarets from Hawaii to the British Isles

Date5/18/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'This was an idea even I couldn't kill, says comedy king Mark Breslin as he pilots Yuk Yuk's Kabarets from Hawaii to the British Isles.
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Founder of Yuk Yuk's Komedy Kabaret Mark Breslin, who was written a book called Zen And Now, scored 12 out of 15 on our quiz
Founder of Yuk Yuk's Komedy Kabaret Mark Breslin, who was written a book called Zen And Now, scored 12 out of 15 on our quiz
6/3/1985
Comedy is his business: . . . and I won't have anybody telling me how to run my business, says Mark Breslin, who owns Yuk Yuks. Some comedians see nothing funny in his policy
Comedy is his business: . . . and I won't have anybody telling me how to run my business, says Mark Breslin, who owns Yuk Yuks. Some comedians see nothing funny in his policy
1/18/1984
Mark Breslin: Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs founder wore the Gordon Gekko slicked-back-hair look from the movie Wall Street for two weeks, until my best friends told me to stop
Mark Breslin: Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs founder wore the Gordon Gekko slicked-back-hair look from the movie Wall Street for two weeks, until my best friends told me to stop
5/18/1988
Mark Breslin, owner of Yuk-Yuk's restaurant scored 12
Mark Breslin, owner of Yuk-Yuk's restaurant scored 12
7/27/1978
Yuk-Yuk-Yuk: Mark Breslin hopes to generate laughs with comedy fest, kicking off this weekend at Ontario Place
Yuk-Yuk-Yuk: Mark Breslin hopes to generate laughs with comedy fest, kicking off this weekend at Ontario Place
5/18/1988
The boss is on the bottom, trying to maintain air of dignity now that Yuk Yuk's has moved to Yorkville
The boss is on the bottom, trying to maintain air of dignity now that Yuk Yuk's has moved to Yorkville
3/13/1978
Carrot creature: Actor Saul Rubinek nonchalantly models carrot outfit he has to wear in the move Ticket To Heaven, which is being shot at Yuk Yuk's on Bay St
Carrot creature: Actor Saul Rubinek nonchalantly models carrot outfit he has to wear in the move Ticket To Heaven, which is being shot at Yuk Yuk's on Bay St
7/29/1980
Mark Breslin: Upstart outfits mustsubstantially change the product if they're to compete with comedy czar
Mark Breslin: Upstart outfits mustsubstantially change the product if they're to compete with comedy czar
1/18/1984
Go, go, girl! Sheila Gostick's off-the-wall routines will be all the rave this weekend at Yuk Yuk's, 1280 Bay St
Go, go, girl! Sheila Gostick's off-the-wall routines will be all the rave this weekend at Yuk Yuk's, 1280 Bay St
5/1/1979
Tony Molesworth: Yuk Yuk's
Tony Molesworth: Yuk Yuk's
11/27/1979
Jimmy Breslin, author of The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight and World Without End, Amen, is spending the summer as a guest writer with the Washingt(...)
Jimmy Breslin, author of The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight and World Without End, Amen, is spending the summer as a guest writer with the Washingt(...)
6/27/1966
Barefooted, a blue wool muffler wrapped around his throat, two of his 200 military medals stuck in his black silk Japanese dressing gown, a pilot's ca(...)
Barefooted, a blue wool muffler wrapped around his throat, two of his 200 military medals stuck in his black silk Japanese dressing gown, a pilot's ca(...)
2/18/1974