Open Mike With Mike Bullard January 1999

[@murrethmedia]

RIP Mike. 67's too young.

[@rivers743]

Not really

[@stevenkennett8694]

I forgot how brutal this show was. Bullard had the charisma of a gym sock.

[@BruceOp]

It was pretty bad.

[@BoqPrecision]

Idk why but I watched...

[@kellysavalas5937]

You are so right. I'm drawn back to these shows where they were never funny to begin with. He was awful.

[@BigStickky]

Canadian networks jam anything Canadian down our throats by overplaying it. If we’re told it’s Canadian, the masses will love it I swear, this guy was only popular because he was Canadian. Fucking amateur hour

[@DamnReds]

Amazing that he got 6 years

[@bootlegottawa613]

This is the most popular video on my channel!!!!!! Its simply because people HATE Mr Bullard!!!! I just went down to Toronto to see my friends band and got a recording of it. i had a good time plus got lots of screen time as I was sitting behind the ladies Bullard was yapping to. Ya the show was pretty weak but they got some interesting guests .

[@bootlegottawa613]

Had a great time at this taping!!!

[@bootlegottawa613]

no i did!!!! i promise!!

[@johnnychinstrap]

@@bootlegottawa613 It was a blast watching that show live. He was funnier off air. What was the guitar players name. He was so kind.

[@CivicsCHS]

Mike Bullard discovers the difference between open and closed questions

[@kellysavalas5937]

You know the show is brutal when the loudest cheers happened before the host talks.

[@jesusranch34]

So the concept for this show was to write 3 jokes for the monologue and then rely on Bullard's sensational improvisational and crowd work abilities to fill the remainder of time? This is nothing short of brutal television

[@drewpen7956]

Yup.. 5 days a week of just awful awful show

[@melissasalisbury1562]

I couldn't stand this show when it was on. Never found him funny. The only one who found him funny was....him.

[@0truckmafk]

I only liked his opening monologue with the crowd.

[@nickjackson7735]

all this fanfare and funky bass lines... and then mike bullard. why mike bullard, why...

[@massapower]

Need more of his Episodes uploaded 👍😎

[@bryanmmusic]

Believe it or not, this show, at its peak, had higher Canadian ratings than Jay Leno and David Letterman

[@boromilanovic3588]

I still think Mike was great, never understood the negative critic reception.

[@nevermorenovelist]

How free do the tickets have to be to want to stay through an entire show? Holy shit. I've heard of the illusion of sunk costs, but this is ridiculous. I mean, when the pot-smokin', bummin' around "average Canadian" can get a better reaction spinning a swatch of rolling paper on his fingertips for fifteen seconds than the _HOST OF THE FUCKING SHOW_ doing what he's _paid_ to do, you need to find another line of work. Also, did he just threaten to murder some old lady for a punchline? I know not to take shit like this literally, but talk about disturbingly low-hanging fruit.

[@danielmcdonald3527]

OMG! How did guy ever get a TV show!

[@scottbrandon9390]

He had better ratings than Letterman or Leno.

[@bufnyfan1]

@@scottbrandon9390 Then he went to Global (and bad-mouthed CTV when he left despite the fact they had given him this show) and tanked big time. In fact, the CTVs ratings for the Daily Show that replaced Bullard's show had higher ratings than "Open Mike" did.

[@samwoodson9603]

@@scottbrandon9390That’s cause all the good comedians in Canada make it in America.

[@evilotto91]

Ugh this is fucking AWFUL! I'm so glad his career ended, well atleast in TV. This show is such fucking torture! Hell I wouldn't fucking force the sandy hook shooter to watch this! That would be fucking cruel!

[@chemicalimbalance7030]

Otto Pataki oh wow... that brutal brutal monologue.

[@NelsonSandoval1962]

Could you guys put on line the Mike B show where he interviews the group "Sweener"?

[@ClintScottFischer]

Somewhere there is a tape of me singing at one of his shows. They used to throw it on his "best of" clips. Would have been Dec '99.

[@williamoleary4067]

do you have all the shows from open mike for the whole year

[@bootlegottawa613]

lol sorry for the late reply. i only had this one since I was there. A friends band was playing on the show that night.

[@oAirehko]

This is painful. I feel sorry for Mike Bullard.

[@ryanwilson8629]

I miss this show.

[@wheelzwheela]

Monologue... Painfully bad.

[@boss-anova]

wheelzwheela bad writers, mike is hilarious during the interviews

[@akuma4u]

5:08 "Believe me i will not stop" LOL hilarious foreshadowing of his future stalking and harassment offenses

[@TheRighterBoyzPresents]

The RighterBoyz love Mike Bullard !

[@iran747]

Mike Bullard was a creep then, as he is now.

[@bufnyfan1]

Cynthia Mulligan can vouch for that

[@jayjones148]

Holy cow is this cringe… dude with the rolling paper trick gets twice as much applause

[@johnnychinstrap]

I was at that too. I loved going to the tapings. It was fun after too having a beer with the guys from the show. I just can not imagine that happens anywhere other than Canada. My favourite show was the one when he had the 2 nba guys on. That was a funny show. Or the time when Mark mis pronounced Maury Chapins name and when they went to brake Mike goes into the audience and goes anybody got a fucking toronto phone book.. I go ta find a Maury Chapins( or how ever he mispronounced the name) I gotta find one for tonights show.. Those show were way funnier live.

[@susieqqq7526]

HI, I am looking for an appearance on Open Mike with Mike Bullard by Tyler Hynes in 1999 or 2000...do you happen to have that video available to post?

[@slavekp420]

what a sad show...audience barely laughs. cue card jokes are not good.

[@drclaw9864]

Bullard was awesome late night t.v. when I was i high school.

[@___l___]

RIP to the king

[@bootlegottawa613]

Thanks Otto Pataki!!!

[@qjackz]

So bizarre that they let this guy have his own show. Terribly unfunny

[@BoqPrecision]

Old school nepotism likely the culprit...

[@TheBabababa]

Open Mike was great!

[@brianlasaga]

Where is he now?

[@brianlasaga]

@jay be Wow. I found him more rude than funny.

[@m_jay5]

The intro is better than the show itself

[@CraigMilton]

Flashbacks! I loved Mike's show... I went to a few tapings.

[@brianlasaga]

He makes fun of people right in front of their face and uses the audience to support his lame jokes. Watch it carefully and you will see what I mean.

[@Capital_Trades]

This guys is such an asshole to people when he has no material to use. Glad he has been cancelled. Watching this is sad but entertaining.

[@nonokayakjack]

Susan Ormiston was hot then and just as hot now!!!

[@mehernoshtarapore8902]

Looks hot in leather pants

[@LouSevijina]

This is painful to watch, he's not even looking at the camera during the monologue!

[@DomingoResponds]

RIP Legend.

[@kellysavalas5937]

You could just see how awkward it was. He knew it wasn't funny.

[@HUTINAK]

31:57 34:51 Oh I'm in big trouble now!

[@jjh713]

brutal, so cringe worthy. never laughed once.

[@embracinglogic1744]

As brutal and cringe as is this show, it's still actually better than today's PC society. Man, that is saying a lot. Believe me, this doesn't mean I am giving this awful show any credit.

[@GuitarBeard]

What colour is your fedora

[@Tairygreen]

What a goof

[@SEABLUEFILMS]

Still the best !

[@Wongwongwong10000]

The guests were awful, unknown Canadian celebrities and some real celebrities that were working in Toronto. When Mike couldn’t get any guests he would beg his way more talented brother Pat to be on the show. I saw Mike Bullard at a Starbucks in Vancouver he talked to everyone and no one really knew who he was.

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

I'm so happy that most people found this guy as unfunny as me. I think the biggest celebrity he ever had on his show was John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin.

[@chr970]

The guy who “bums” around had more stage presence and charisma than Bullard.

[@borntobone]

WOW. CRINGE.

[@kurtdahle3095]

BOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@logicalpolice]

Orin Isaacs was the only good thing about this show.

[@BruceOp]

Lots of fake laughs