Will Arnett is one of Canada’s most versatile comic exports. He’s played the incompetent magician Gob Bluth on “Arrested Development,” the cynical equine philosopher of “BoJack Horseman” and the gravel-munching Batman of the “Lego” movies .

And yet the Toronto-born actor has until recently avoided one of the most obvious outlets for his fast-quipping talents: standup comedy, the catalyst for marital analysis in his new movie, “Is This Thing On?”

Will Arnett, star of “Is This Thing On?” at the 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival in October. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD Toronto Star

It wasn’t due to a fear of bombing, he told the Star during a recent hometown visit that included braving a record early-season snowstorm and taking in a Maple Leafs hockey game. It was the fea

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