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Hop For Pop

Jackie Joy

· 37 min · Season 1 Episode 20

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Jackie Joy moved from Brazil to Vancouver with, in her words, almost no English. She'd had a good marketing career back home, but in Canada she couldn't communicate. On her first project her boss replied "Roger that," and she spent the whole day looking for someone called Roger. Her colleagues called her Roger for a year.

Then she walked into the comedy club across the street from her office. She had already handed in a letter saying she was leaving Canada. After that first open mic she went back to her boss and asked to stay. As she puts it, comedy decided her next steps.

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