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Auditions
Mark Breslin, owner of Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs which hosted the Toronto audition for season 6, described the audition process actually employed during those auditions. He explained that while anyone who wanted to could wait in line to audition, most would be dismissed after only one joke. Top local agents were given a number of specific call times for their clients. The first round of auditions were for a producer early in the morning, and those that were chosen came back for the celebrity judges in the afternoon.

On February 14, auditions were held at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario. The celebrity judges were Dave Foley (from The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, and Celebrity Poker Showdown) and Richard Kind (from Mad About You and Spin City). Comedians making it through were Seán Cullen, Winston Spear, Brian Lazanik and the Williamson Playboys. According to club owner Mark Breslin, Steve Patterson, Mike Wilmot, Darren Frost and Aaron Berg performed in the evening showcase, but declined to appear on the show.

In addition to the scheduled auditions, host Bill Bellamy visited several clubs in other U.S. cities during the audition period, with the comedians apparently not knowing they were secretly being judged for the show. At the end of the show, Bellamy would take the stage and announce who would be invited to compete at one of the scheduled auditions for a spot in the semi-finals. Some of these visits included February 11 at The Punchline in Atlanta, Georgia, and February 16 at The Comedy Castle in Royal Oak, Michigan. Chosen comics from these two sessions were flown to New York and Minneapolis respectively for those auditions.

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In an interview, Esther stated that she thought Iliza beat her because "I did do a joke that makes fun of Mexican people in my act" and in her opinion "there's probably a lot of Latino people in the audience who might have been offended".