3rd Canadian Comedy Awards

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3rd Canadian Comedy Awards
Date4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)
Location
Country Canada
Presented byCanadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Hosted by Brent Butt
Most wins Made in Canada (4)
Most nominationsTelevision: Made in Canada (8)
Film: Last Wedding and Rare Birds (4)
Website www.canadiancomedyawards.org
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The 3rd Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, and film comedy of 2001 and was held on 4 April 2002 at The Docks in Toronto, Ontario. The ceremony was hosted by Brent Butt. This was the first year that the ceremony was not televised, and the first year that no special awards were given.

Contents

Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 19 categories. Winners were picked by members of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), the Writers Guild of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, and the Comedy Association.

The TV series Made in Canada led with eight nominations followed by the film Last Wedding with five. Made in Canada won four Beavers, two of which went to director Henry Sarwer-Foner. Also winning two Beavers were Janet van de Graaf for best female improviser and best female TV performance in History Bites , Bob Martin for best male improviser and best writing for an episode of Made in Canada, and Rick Mercer for best male TV performance in Made in Canada and writing for This Hour has 22 Minutes . [1]

Ceremony

The 3rd Canadian Comedy Awards ceremony was held on 4 April 2002 at The Docks in Toronto, Ontario. It was hosted by Brent Butt, [2] the previous year's winner for best male stand-up. [3] This was the first year the ceremony was not broadcast, due to a lack of sponsorship. As a result, the ceremony was scaled back in what journalist Leatrice Spevack described as a night of "gags over glamour". [2]

While giving his acceptance speech for best comedic play, the base of Doug Morency's Beaver fell off. He quickly remarked, "Obviously, they're not made in Canada". [2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface: [1] [2]

Live

Best Male Stand-upBest Female Stand-upBest Stand-up Newcomer
Best Male ImproviserBest Female Improviser
Best Sketch Troupe or CompanyBest Improv Troupe or Company
  • Blueribbon icon.png The Gentlemen Callers
  • Birdy Num Num
  • Glyph
  • Reid Along with Browning
  • The Cowards
  • Blueribbon icon.png Slap Happy
  • Cast of Die-Nasty
  • On the Spot
  • Rock-Paper-Scissors
  • Sin City: The Improvised Soap Opera
Best One Person ShowBest New Play

Television

Best Performance by a MaleBest Performance by a Female
Best Direction in a SeriesBest Direction in a Special or episode
Best Writing in a SeriesBest Writing in a Special or episode

Film

Best Performance by a MaleBest Performance by a Female
Best DirectionBest Writing

Multiple wins

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards

AwardsPerson or work
4 Made in Canada

Multiple nominations

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations

NominationsPerson or work
8 Made in Canada
4 Last Wedding
Our Hero
Rare Birds
3 Parsley Days
The Uncles
2\After Hours
History Bites

References

  1. 1 2 "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2002. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Spevack, Leatrice (6 April 2002). "The Beaver goes to ... a pretty funny show". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. "Pretty funny awards". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario: The Globe and Mail Inc. 12 April 2001. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.