Scott Faulconbridge: Comedy Scene

Mcgill University Dept: On the plus side, though, Taddeo does have a night job. He is a fixture on the city's comedy scene and, without question, one of the more cerebral comics around. On Friday evening, Taddeo, 43, will be putting his labour woes behind him and his wits to the test, focusing on what could now become a full-time job. Along with headliners Scott Faulconbridge, Freddie James and Derek Seguin, Taddeo will let loose in LOL MTL Comedy Night at Th tre Maisonneuve in Place des Arts, according to Montreal Gazette. Nonetheless, Taddeo is also hard hit. He wanted a steady day job to compensate for the ever-volatile comedy vocation at night. "My sons didn't ask for their dad to be a struggling artist. The health and dental benefits from the day job come in handy. The salary also helps pay stuff like mortgages." There's not much laughing out loud - or even quietly - these days for Franco Taddeo. He has been spending his afternoons on a picket line outside McGill University, where he is employed as an assistant librarian. "I work as a librarian only when school is in session, which means I get summers off," Taddeo says. "My heart really goes out to the McGill support staff on strike. They are the backbone and the hardest hit." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.