Anesti Danelis is a Canadian musical comedian from Toronto, Ontario. [1]
Previously associated with the sketch comedy troupe FomoSapiens, [2] he premiered his first solo show Songs for the New World Order at the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival. [3] He toured the show to various other Canadian and international fringe theatre festivals in 2017 and 2018, and received a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Variety Act at the 19th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2019. [4]
He returned to the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2019 with his second solo show, Six Frets Under. [5] Later that year, he received international press attention when a video of him quitting his job at Starbucks by singing a song to the patrons about what a bad boss the manager was, went viral. [6]
During the COVID-19 pandemic he uploaded songs to social networking platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, [7] many of which were also released on the comedy album Quarantine Bops. [1]
In 2022, he returned to the Toronto Fringe Festival with This Show Will Change Your Life, a show parodying self-help books and themes that also included a song about his bisexuality in which he gets revenge on an ex-partner by dating both of their parents. [8] In 2023, he premiered Artificially Intelligent, which blended some of his older songs with new creations including a song written by ChatGPT, at Buddies in Bad Times during the 2023 Queer Pride Festival. [9]
- ^ a b Glenn Sumi, "Why one comic is mourning the death of Yahoo Answers". Now, May 4, 2021.
- ^ Liane Faulder, "Basic Witch". Edmonton Sun, August 19, 2016.
- ^ Debbie Fein-Goldbach, "Fringe review: Songs For A New World Order". Now, July 10, 2017.
- ^ Joel Levy, "'A Day in the Life' with Toronto Creative Anesti Danelis". Toronto Guardian, July 10, 2019.
- ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Fringe review: Anesti Danelis: Six Frets Under". Now, July 5, 2019.
- ^ Nadine DeNinno, "‘F–k this, I quit!’: Starbucks worker rips boss in viral resignation song". New York Post, December 12, 2019.
- ^ Karen Fricker, "He went viral with his I-quit-from-Starbucks song. Now comic songwriter Anesti Danelis has a Fringe revue taking aim at self-help books". Welland Tribune, July 11, 2022.
- ^ Glenn Sumi, "Fringe review: Anesti Danelis show could use a more intimate venue". Now, July 7, 2022.
- ^ Stephi Wild, "Anesti Danelis Brings ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's 2023 Queer Pride Festival". Broadway World, May 25, 2023.
- 21st-century Canadian comedians
- Canadian male comedians
- Canadian sketch comedians
- Canadian comedy musicians
- Canadian bisexual men
- Canadian bisexual musicians
- Canadian LGBT comedians
- Canadian YouTubers
- Canadian TikTokers
- Bisexual comedians
- LGBT YouTubers
- LGBT TikTokers
- Comedians from Toronto
- Musicians from Toronto
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian LGBT people
Anesti Danelis is a Canadian musical comedian from Toronto, Ontario. [1]
Previously associated with the sketch comedy troupe FomoSapiens, [2] he premiered his first solo show Songs for the New World Order at the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival. [3] He toured the show to various other Canadian and international fringe theatre festivals in 2017 and 2018, and received a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Variety Act at the 19th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2019. [4]
He returned to the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2019 with his second solo show, Six Frets Under. [5] Later that year, he received international press attention when a video of him quitting his job at Starbucks by singing a song to the patrons about what a bad boss the manager was, went viral. [6]
During the COVID-19 pandemic he uploaded songs to social networking platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, [7] many of which were also released on the comedy album Quarantine Bops. [1]
In 2022, he returned to the Toronto Fringe Festival with This Show Will Change Your Life, a show parodying self-help books and themes that also included a song about his bisexuality in which he gets revenge on an ex-partner by dating both of their parents. [8] In 2023, he premiered Artificially Intelligent, which blended some of his older songs with new creations including a song written by ChatGPT, at Buddies in Bad Times during the 2023 Queer Pride Festival. [9]
- ^ a b Glenn Sumi, "Why one comic is mourning the death of Yahoo Answers". Now, May 4, 2021.
- ^ Liane Faulder, "Basic Witch". Edmonton Sun, August 19, 2016.
- ^ Debbie Fein-Goldbach, "Fringe review: Songs For A New World Order". Now, July 10, 2017.
- ^ Joel Levy, "'A Day in the Life' with Toronto Creative Anesti Danelis". Toronto Guardian, July 10, 2019.
- ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Fringe review: Anesti Danelis: Six Frets Under". Now, July 5, 2019.
- ^ Nadine DeNinno, "‘F–k this, I quit!’: Starbucks worker rips boss in viral resignation song". New York Post, December 12, 2019.
- ^ Karen Fricker, "He went viral with his I-quit-from-Starbucks song. Now comic songwriter Anesti Danelis has a Fringe revue taking aim at self-help books". Welland Tribune, July 11, 2022.
- ^ Glenn Sumi, "Fringe review: Anesti Danelis show could use a more intimate venue". Now, July 7, 2022.
- ^ Stephi Wild, "Anesti Danelis Brings ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's 2023 Queer Pride Festival". Broadway World, May 25, 2023.
- 21st-century Canadian comedians
- Canadian male comedians
- Canadian sketch comedians
- Canadian comedy musicians
- Canadian bisexual men
- Canadian bisexual musicians
- Canadian LGBT comedians
- Canadian YouTubers
- Canadian TikTokers
- Bisexual comedians
- LGBT YouTubers
- LGBT TikTokers
- Comedians from Toronto
- Musicians from Toronto
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian LGBT people