CBC The Debaters

Flailing, but full of promise: Trigger Me This goes up in a too-bold bang at Indian Summer Festival

By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer “For the love of God, Mike, play the cat videos!” Onstage, Trigger Me This host and creator, Richard Side, was half-frantically trying to get back on the audience’s good side after a rocky end to an evening. Over the course of one (1) evening, audience members walked out, hecklers got heated, and the panel of comedians on stage grew quieter and quieter as the evening drew on.  Later on when I sat down with Richard Side via phone call, I asked him if he thought the show was successful. He didn’t even pause.  “No,…

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