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Canadian comedian

Nestor Pistor is the stage name of Don Ast, a Canadian comedian of Romanian heritage^[1] who performs in the character of a heavily accented Ukrainian immigrant.^[2] He has been a three-time Juno Award nominee for Comedy Album of the Year, receiving two nominations at the Juno Awards of 1979 for his albums Nestor Pistor for Prime Minister and Best of Nestor Pistor and one nomination at the Juno Awards of 1980 for the self-titled Nestor Pistor,^[3] and a nominee for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1977.^[4]

Pistor began performing in the 1970s on the comedy circuit in Western Canada, and released two albums, Live (1974) and Here We Go Again (1975) before breaking through to national attention in 1976 with his third album Winestoned Plowboy.^[5] Backed by the country music group Prairie Fire,^[6] the album deviated from Ast's usual stand-up comedy act and inste Pistor biography books!