Summaries

The original Canadian late night political comedy sketch comedy show.

Canada's first truly original satirical series. Built a solid college audience during it's four year run both in Canada and the border cities of Detroit and Buffalo. Started as a local Toronto show on the CBC then was shown across the country. Became popular for it's anti war stance and it's use of sparsely clad actresses. It featured topical Canadian comedy long before SCTV and Kids in the Hall. It's only writer Chris Bearde went on to become one of the original 13 Emmy winning writers on NBC's smash hit comedy series "Laugh In".—carolyn stonecloud

Details

Keywords
  • president of the united states
  • canada
  • satire comedy
  • tv news
  • sketch comedy
Genres
  • Comedy
Release date Sep 8, 1963
Countries of origin Canada
Language English
Production companies Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

All Filters