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Dan Dillabough is a Canadian television writer and comedian. [1] He is best known for his work as a writer and correspondent on the CBC sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes. [2] [3]
He was raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland and is currently based in Toronto. [4]
At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, he shared in the award for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy along with the writing staff of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. [5]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Night Sweats | writer |
| 2016 | The Other Kingdom | story editor |
| 2016 | Ride | junior story editor |
| 2017 | Schitt's Creek | story coordinator |
| 2017 | Man Seeking Woman | story coordinator |
| 2017 | FUBAR: Age of Computer | writer, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers | writers' assistant |
| 2019 | Alien News Desk | punch-up writer |
| 2019 | Good Witch | story coordinator |
| 2020 | D.N.Ace | writer, 1 episode |
| 2022—present | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | writer / story editor / correspondent |
| 2023 | Zokie of Planet Ruby | writer, 1 episode |
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics with a combination of news parody, sketch comedy, and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey, and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials, and humorous interviews of public figures.
Mary Cynthia Walsh is a Canadian actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for her work on CODCO and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He currently hosts the panel show, Because News, on CBC Radio One.
Humour is an integral part of the Canadian identity. There are several traditions in Canadian humour in both English and French. While these traditions are distinct and at times very different, there are common themes that relate to Canadians' shared history and geopolitical situation in North America and the world. Though neither universally kind nor moderate, humorous Canadian literature has often been branded by author Dick Bourgeois-Doyle as "gentle satire," evoking the notion embedded in humorist Stephen Leacock's definition of humour as "the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life and the artistic expression thereof."
Gary Pearson is a Canadian comedian, and television writer-producer. His writing credits include MAD TV, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Corner Gas, and That's So Weird!. He is co-creator of the television series Sunnyside.
Tim Steeves was a Canadian stand-up comedian and writer. He wrote for This Hour Has 22 Minutes,The Rick Mercer Report and helped create the Canadian TV comedy special Talking to Americans.
Jennifer Robertson is a Canadian actress, writer, and comedian. She is known for her starring role as Jocelyn Schitt in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award and received nominations for four Canadian Screen Awards.
Meredith MacNeill is a Canadian actress and comedian. She appeared in both Canadian and British productions, notable starring in the BBC sketch show Man Stroke Woman (2005–07) and the comedy films Confetti (2006) and Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009). She co-created, produced and starred in the CBC sketch show Baroness von Sketch Show (2016–2021), winning eight Canadian Screen Awards and one Canadian Comedy Awards. MacNeill later starred as Det. Sam Wazowski in the CBC police comedy-drama series, Pretty Hard Cases (2021–2023), for which she was nominated for a four Canadian Screen Awards.
Geri Hall is a Canadian actress and comedian.
Peter McBain is a Canadian comedian and writer. He has written for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Hour. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards as a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes as well as a Writers Guild of Canada Award in 2002, and a Gemini Award nomination in 2004.
Bob Smith was an American comedian and author. Born in Buffalo, New York, Smith was the first openly gay comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and the first openly gay comedian to have his own HBO half-hour comedy special. Smith, along with fellow comedians Jaffe Cohen and Danny McWilliams, formed the comedy troupe Funny Gay Males in 1988.
Susan Kent is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her work as a cast member of CBC Television's This Hour Has 22 Minutes since joining in 2012. Kent had previously been a writer for, and an occasional performer on the program. She is also known for her portrayal of Susan in Trailer Park Boys since Season 11 (2017).
Carolyn Taylor is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known as one of the creators and stars of the sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show.
Pat Dussault is a Canadian television comedy writer, sketch comedian and actor. He has written for a number of Canadian shows, including Just for Laughs and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Brandon Ash-Mohammed is a Canadian stand-up comedian, whose debut comedy album Capricornication was released in 2020.
Aba Amuquandoh is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known for her work on the sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes. She first joined the show in the 2020 season, both as a writer and as a supporting performer in sketches, and was promoted to a starring member in the 2021–22 season.
Stacey McGunnigle is a Canadian actress and comedian, most noted as a cast member of the sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes since October 2021.
Chris Wilson is a Canadian actor and sketch comedian, most noted as a cast member of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He first joined the show in 2020 as a writer and supporting player, and was promoted to a full-time cast member in the 2023–24 season due in part to his impersonation of Pierre Poilievre becoming increasingly important to the show as the 45th Canadian federal election approaches.
Ajahnis Charley is a Canadian sketch and stand-up comedian and actor. They are most noted for their work as part of the writing team for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, who collectively won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.
Brandon Hackett is a Canadian sketch comedian, writer and actor. He is most noted as a three-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series, receiving two nods at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 as part of the writing team for The Beaverton, and one at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 as part of the writing team for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.