Comedian Steve Patterson dropping into the News Café Friday

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This much is not open to debate: lunch at the Winnipeg Free Press News Café will be a little bit funnier on Friday.

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This much is not open to debate: lunch at the Winnipeg Free Press News Café will be a little bit funnier on Friday.

Comedian Steve Patterson, who’s in town to perform his one-man show, This Is Not Debatable (Friday at 7:30 p.m., Pantages Playhouse Theatre, tickets $47.25 at Ticketmaster) will drop by the café at 12:15 p.m. on Friday to chat with Free Press entertainment writer Brad Oswald about comedy, Canadian showbiz and, perhaps most importantly, how much being funny helps when you’re a brand-new dad.

Patterson, host/moderator of CBC Radio’s The Debaters, is the two-time winner of the Canadian Comedy Awards’ title of Best Male Standup Comedian.

stevepatterson.ca Steve Patterson, host/moderator of CBC Radio’s The Debaters, is the two-time winner of the Canadian Comedy Awards’ title of Best Male Standup Comedian.
stevepatterson.ca Steve Patterson, host/moderator of CBC Radio’s The Debaters, is the two-time winner of the Canadian Comedy Awards’ title of Best Male Standup Comedian.

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