In spite of such interest, LaMarche believed that, while his impersonations and stage presence were strong, he needed to develop funnier comedy material. Over the next five years, LaMarche's career would gradually progress, playing comedy clubs throughout the US, with several appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and An Evening At The Improv. I think that a couple of years in New York would have made me a stronger comedian." in retrospect, I thought it was a mistake. This move, LaMarche says, would always be something he regretted doing instead of moving to New York: ". Three years later, LaMarche moved to Los Angeles to further his stand-up career. He returned to Canada, continued to do stand-up, and also started a career in voice work. This reaction was coupled with the backlash LaMarche received from fellow Canadian comedians who LaMarche describes as discouraging him from pursuing a career outside of Canada. Career Stand-up comedy Īt the age of nineteen, LaMarche took his high school act to an open mic night in New York City, performing to a reaction in which, as he describes, "they just totally ignored me".
One of his neighbors and schoolmates was future comedian, Mike Myers. The act he performed at the variety night was "celebrities as waiters" which he used until the end of his stand-up career.
This realization came from a coincidental performance in a high school "variety night" when a couple of friends urged him to enter. It was in his second year of high school that he learned of the popularity his talent for mimicry could garner him. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his "own little world of cartoons and sixties television". His family moved to Timmins, Ontario, soon after he was born. LaMarche was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 1958, to Guy LaMarche and Linda Bourdon.
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