He was raised in Pittsburgh, and did not come to Toronto until the early 70s for the Second City theatre.
Brother of comedy writer Paul Flaherty.
Joe has joined the faculty of Humber College's Comedy: Writing & Performance course.
Father of Gudrun Flaherty.
Was notorious at Second City for improvising midway through a sketch that would catch the performer off guard, making it difficult for them to improvise given what he had ad libbed.
"If you don't hop aboard the change train, you're gonna get derailed."
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