Source: Mediacaster Magazine, May 22nd, 2010 (Better late than never)

Having gathered more than 1,200 user-generated videos, uploaded by funny people across Canada, you'd think there'd be a TV show in there somewhere.

At least, The Comedy Network thinks so - it is bringing submissions from its user-generated website to primetime television, in a new show called Upload Yours.

Also premiering Thursday, June 3 on the specialty TV channel is Tosh 3.0, another light-hearted look at the Internet. The two shows about the Web can also be caught on the Web on-demand, at thecomedynetwork.ca.

Daniel Tosh returns with 16 new episodes of TOSH.0, the weekly, topical hit series that exposes and skewers the endless array of ridiculousness on the Internet. In the premiere episode, the fan-favourite "Web Redemption" segment features the Lightning Bolt Larper (aka Brendon Boucher). Boucher, famous for casting his lightning bolt spell on the Internet, is brought to Los Angeles to recreate his famous larping video on Tosh.0, accentuated with special effects.

Following TOSH.0, The Comedy Network's new original series, Upload Yours is said to shine a spotlight on videos uploaded to The Comedy Network's user-generated comedy site uly.thecomedynetwork.ca Comedy Network says it has pulled the most "unique" of these videos and thrust them into the broadcast spotlight for the entire country to laugh at, or share-an-awkwardly-long-uncomfortable-silence-with-friends-or-family-members-before-being-excused-to-go-to-the-bathroom-moment.

The Comedy Network says it will help kick start these digital programs with a live event celebrating online comedy (both intentional and unintentional) at a downtown Toronto club on June 1st.

No word as yet if attendees will be videotaped for subsequent uploading.

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