Dean
Guest Bad Advice Giver
Dean Jenkinson is a Canadian Comedy Award-winning and Canadian Screen Award-winning comedy writer, performer, and festival producer. You’ve seen him on The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Comedy Now, and Air Farce; and heard him on The Debaters, Laugh Out Loud, and SiriusXM. He’s written for The Hour Has 22 Minutes for fifteen seasons, and for Just For Laughs galas since 2012. He’s been the Creative Producer of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival television galas since 2011, and in 2020 he became the festival’s Artistic Director.
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Sept. 14, 2025
Lazy Promotion Hack
The best way to get promoted is hard work right? Maybe not.. our experts are goin go to give their suggestions to get promoted without all that messy work stuff.
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Sept. 7, 2025
Effortless Fitness Facade
We all want to be fit, but many of us don't want to put in the effort. but - do you really need to do the work? Can't you just look the part instead?
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Aug. 31, 2025
Fake Morning Glory
What kind of person are you, a morning glory? a night owl? What happens if you're really not a morning person, but need to fake it? Our experts got up early to answer this one.
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Aug. 24, 2025
Chain Mail Guilt
A listener has a problem. Grandma just keeps re-sending chain mail emails and is driving everybody crazy. What do you think you'd do?
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Aug. 17, 2025
Date Worthy Decor
How do you plan to impress your crush? Is it a perfume? Maybe some new clothes? What about your apartment - should you decorate to impress? Our Really Bad Interior Decorators will give you their thoughts.
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Aug. 10, 2025
Humming Rage
Do you have a noisy co-worker that keeps interrupting your focus? Well, we have the solution- or so we think.
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Nov. 24, 2024
Addiction Aversion
More medical advice? Instead of seeing a medical professional, a listener wants our experts to offere advice on pain management without using addictive pain killers. Stand by for some really bad medical advice.
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Nov. 10, 2024
Boring Funerals
Have you ever been to a funeral? How did it make you feel? Well, one of our listeners says their tired of going to boring funerals, and want to make hers more interesting. Our experts might be really bad, but they're certainly not boring!
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Oct. 27, 2024
First Day on the Job
Your first day on the job can be a really scary experience. If only there was some experienced experts to offer you some really bad advice on how to handle it. Well, we happen to know the right people!
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Oct. 13, 2024
Electric Cars
There are so many different views out there right now - how do you know who would give you the best advice about buying an electric car? Of course, our really bad electric car experts are charged up to give you their thoughts.
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Aug. 25, 2024
Dude, Where's My Kidney?
Have you ever thought about organ donation? Would you be willing to donate your organs if you don't need them anymore? Our experts weigh in on the ethical issues, the reasons why you might want to, and some interesting options you may not have thought of.
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Aug. 11, 2024
Long Haul
One of our listeners is planning a big trip, but is worried about the long flight. Our Really Bad Experts offer their ideas on how best to make the time fly by.
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July 28, 2024
Family Politics
Isn't it nice to have your family over for dinner? We like that too! But what happens when someone wants to bring up their very different political views? What's the best way to handle that situation, and bring peace to the table?
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July 14, 2024
Religious Exemption
A listener has a the excellent idea: "I want to start a religion to avoid paying taxes! But where do I begin?" You know our experts are really bad when it comes to paying their taxes, so that makes them the perfect people to ask.
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June 9, 2024
Old Babysitters
It was a very confusing listener question. "How old is too old to hire a babysitter?" but, that didn't stop our Really Bad Experts from trying their best to provide as many answers as they could.
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May 26, 2024
Pay The Babysitter
What do babysitters get paid these days? How much should you pay a sitter? All very important questions for parents who just want an evening to themselves. Our experts provide their thoughts on what's right, and what's just wrong.
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May 12, 2024
Get Lucky
Everyone likes to get lucky - don't they? But what if you've got really bad luck. Is there a way to get luckier? Is it something you can brush up on? Our experts provide their bad advice to a listener who just wants to improve themselves.
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April 28, 2024
Tax Dodging
Did you file your taxes in time? Now's the time to start planning for next year, and a listner wants some advice on how they can pay less taxes. We've got the wrong people for that!
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Jan. 7, 2024
Traffic Tickets
They're certainly not lawyers, but that won't stop our Really Bad Experts from pulling on some robes and offering their bad advice about the best way to get out of paying for your traffic tickets.
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Dec. 17, 2023
Kids Smartphones
Our really bad experts dig into their parenting advice again - this time a listener asks "What is the right age to give my kids a smartphone?"
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Dec. 10, 2023
Office Christmas Party Etiquette
How important is it to bring a 'date' to the office christmas party - and should that 'date' be your spouse? Our really bad experts dig into the topic of office party etiquette, so you won't make a faux-pas this season.
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Nov. 26, 2023
Cool Fusion
Who hasn't thought of opening their own restaurant.- only to find themselves stumped on the question of question of "What's the best cuisine?" Right now, the hottest restaurants are fusions of two (or more) different cuisines - and our experts offer their advice on the hottest restaurant fusion possibilities!
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Nov. 5, 2023
First Jobs
Those lazy kids, always hanging around the basement eating cheetos and playing video games, got us wondering "How young is too young to get your first job"? So we turned to our really bad experts for their thoughts on child labour.
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Oct. 22, 2023
Back to School
Sending your kids back to school? Our experts were asked what advice they might have for young kids going back to school. Of course, this brought back many really bad memories for our really bad experts while they provided their really bad advice.
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Oct. 8, 2023
Vacation Planning
Have you been sitting around trying to decide on a vacation spot? We asked our experts what they thought would be the best places for a relaxing vacation. I'm sure their ideas may inspire.
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Sept. 24, 2023
Blind Dates
Have you ever been set up on a blind date? Or maybe, you’re the matchmaker who sets these things up? Our experts are asked "What's the best thing to do on a blind date" - and they're happy to share their ideas!'
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May 28, 2023
How To Refuse The Honor
It's our 50th episode celebration! For this special episode, we asked our Really Bad Advice Givers the question "If you were asked to be a groomsman or maid of honor but I didn't want to - how do you say no without ruining a friendship"
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May 14, 2023
It's Date Night
A close relative sent us a confidential question: How do I tell my spouse that I really don't want to go on "Date nights" with them anymore? Our Really Bad (Marriage) Advice experts swing into action with their best ideas.
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April 30, 2023
Bad Grampa!
A listener writes in to say: "Help! My Grandfather keeps getting into trouble by chasing women at the nursing home!" and our experts do their worst to help out.
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April 16, 2023
Adult Skills
What are the most important skills for any adult to know? Do you know? Our experts know - and they're going to tell you!
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March 19, 2023
Second Wedding Gifts
Ever been invited to a second wedding for someone? What do you bring for a gift? Should you bring anything? Our experts have the answers for you.
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March 5, 2023
Letting Yourself Go
There's a right time in every relationship to just "let yourself go"… but what is that right time? Our experts provide us with their thoughts on that right time.
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Feb. 26, 2023
Downsizing Your Pet
A listener writes in and asks: "I'm downsizing and moving to a new apartment, what is the perfect pet for small spaces?" Our experts have some really bad ideas and are happy to share them.
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Feb. 12, 2023
It's Those Pants
We've all been asked…. "Do these pants make me look fat?" - but what's the right answer? More importantly - what is the wrong answer? Our experts will help with both.
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Jan. 15, 2023
Beef up that resume!
A listener asks our experts to give some suggestions on the best way to beef up your resume and land that big job.
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Jan. 8, 2023
My Swearing Baby
My infant loves to swear, and it is actually really funny to make him do that. Is it wrong to make him perform for our entertainment?
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Jan. 1, 2023
Adam and Eve
Our experts go both biblical and medical all at the same time with this conundrum for the ages. Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?
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Dec. 11, 2022
Breakfast Soup
Fusion is all the rage in the food world. Our experts tackle a listener conundrum: Is cereal soup?
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Dec. 4, 2022
Hiccups
How do you cure the hiccups? Our experts provide their advice, for better or worse...
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Nov. 27, 2022
A Crusty Debate
Some people have to cut the crust off every piece of bread, but what do you do when the entire piece is a crust? Our experts give you some advice.
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Oct. 9, 2022
Sweet Dreams
They say the subconscious is the window into our deepest thoughts and desires, but what if your dreams are disturbing? Our experts weigh in on how to handle the dark side of your dreams.