Meet Rapid Fire's Jessie and Julian

Now I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I recently made a huge realization: Saturday Night Live may be mining topics from the comedians of the Great White North. Do you remember last year's SNL digital short about the super deep V-neck for men?

Well guess who came up with that idea TWO YEARS earlier? That's right, Jessie McPhee and Julian Faid, of Edmonton Alberta. You can watch these ahead-of-their-time performers live at the 2012 IF... Improv Festival. Check out THE original deep V sketch.



Less than a week until the Winnipeg if... Improv Festival! Buy your tickets here.

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