The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in 1984,consisting of comedians Dave Foley,Bruce McCulloch,Kevin McDonald,Mark McKinney,and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1989 to 1995,on CBC,in Canada. It also appeared on CBS,HBO,and Comedy Central in the United States.
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.
Jonathan Ormond Torrens is a Canadian actor and television personality best known for his co-hosting of Street Cents,his talk show Jonovision,and his role as "J-Roc" in the popular Canadian mockumentary Trailer Park Boys. In October 2009,Torrens began hosting TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens,a comedic newsmagazine program broadcast on the TVtropolis network. In January 2014,he teamed up with fellow Canadian Jeremy Taggart to create the Taggart and Torrens Podcast. They discuss everything from sports to politics and offer a unique perspective on current issues.
Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known as Glenn from Superstore or as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall,which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series The Kids in the Hall and 1996 feature film Brain Candy. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997;and from 2003 to 2006,he co-created,wrote and starred in the series Slings &Arrows. He also appeared as Tom in FXX's Man Seeking Woman. From 2015 to 2021,he appeared as store manager Glenn Sturgis on NBC's Superstore.
Jay Malone is a Canadian comedian from Kentville,Nova Scotia.
Aurora Browne is a Canadian actress and comedian,best known as one of the creators and stars of the sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show.
Ron Sparks is a Canadian comedian,actor,writer,and producer. He is known as an alternative comedian and frequent guest on CBC Radio's The Debaters,and on TV as a regular and favourite juror on MuchMusic's highest-rated show,Video on Trial,also starring as The Judge in the Stars on Trial Christmas special and various other VOT spin-offs.
The Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) is an annual ceremony that awards the Beaver for achievements in Canadian comedy in live performance,radio,film,television,and Internet media. The awards were founded and produced by Tim Progosh in 2000.
The Royal Canadian Air Farce was a comedy troupe that was active from 1973 to 2019. It is best known for their various Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series,first on CBC Radio and later on CBC Television. Although their weekly radio series ended in 1997 and their television series ended in 2008,the troupe produced annual New Year's Eve specials on CBC Television until 2019. CBC announced that,due to budgetary constraints,the special scheduled to air on December 30,2019,would be the final in the series.
Pardis Parker is a Canadian director,writer,actor,and comedian. He's the creator and star of Comedy Central's Mideast Minute,the co-creator of Uncivil,a new sitcom in development at NBC,and the creator of Free,a new comedic drama in development at Amazon Prime.
Mark Thomas Little is a Canadian actor,comedian,writer,and producer. He is best known for his appearances on the CBC Television sitcom Mr. D,playing Simon Hunt,the Xavier Academy science teacher,and his work with Picnicface.
That's So Weird! is a Canadian sketch comedy television show produced by Halifax Film Company,created by Jeff Copeland,broadcast on YTV from September 9,2009 to March 8,2012. The show has been described as SCTV or Mad TV for teenagers and includes an array of comedic skits.
Everyone's Famous is a Canadian comedy web series,which premiered in 2013. Created by Andrew Bush of the sketch comedy troupe Picnicface,the series stars Ryan Beil as Donald Tipper,an unhappy call centre employee who tries to reinvent himself as a creator of online viral videos. The cast also includes Kayla Lorette,Pat Thornton,Kyle Hickey,Molly Dunsworth,Cory Bowles and Kevin Kincaid.
The 13th Canadian Comedy Awards,presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE),honoured the best live,television,film,and Internet comedy of 2011. The ceremony was held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto,Ontario,on 26 August 2012 and was hosted by Alan Thicke.
Cavendish is a Canadian television sitcom,premiering on CBC Television in January 2019. Created by Mark Little and Andrew Bush,formerly of the sketch comedy troupe Picnicface,the series stars Little and Bush as Mark and Andy,brothers returning to their childhood home in Cavendish,Prince Edward Island for the first time since their parents' divorce,only to find that life in the town is much stranger and more surreal than they remember.
Kayla Lorette is a Canadian actress from Ladysmith,British Columbia. She is most noted for her performances in the film When the Storm Fades,for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film in 2019,the television special The Second City Project,for which she was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016,and the web series Space Riders:Division Earth,for which she was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
The Bobroom was a Canadian sketch comedy troupe,active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The troupe consisted of Jennifer Baxter,Mike Beaver,Stacey DePass,Jason Jones,Shaun Majumder and Rob Tinkler,and took its name from the Bob Dylan poster on the door to the smoking room in Beaver's apartment.
Evany Rosen is a Canadian comedian and actress,most noted as a founding member of the comedy troupe Picnicface and as co-creator with Kayla Lorette of the Crave original series New Eden.
Roller Town is a Canadian comedy film,directed by Andrew Bush and released in 2011. Featuring the sketch comedy troupe Picnicface,the film is set in the 1970s,and stars Mark Little as Leo,a roller skater who tries to save his favourite roller rink from being converted into a video arcade,while also trying to win the love of Julia,the mayor's daughter.
