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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: Great Canadian Comedy Shows.
« on: May 28, 2019, 05:50:45 am »
My favorite:

SCTV.  It ran from 1976-84.  I was too young to appreciate the humor during the initial run, but would always watch the reruns in the late 80s/early 90s.  One of the most underrated comedy shows ever.

Well, ok but it's not exactly unknown.  The stars went on to great careers.

I would say SNL is Canadian because the entire concept and execution is done by a Canadian - modelled against a CBC show he had "The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hart_and_Lorne_Terrific_Hour

Kids in the Hall - if you don't know this then do.

Baroness Von Sketch - a new one that shows much promise

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Leaving out stand-up and sitcoms here but the going theory is that Canadians are the perennial outsiders - forced to watch the big show - and therefore excel at commentary.  This is seen in academic theory (McLuhan) Journalism (anchor Peter Jennings & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_expatriate_journalists_in_the_United_States ) Comedic observation (Sketch and Stand-up)