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The Bad Dog Theatre Company is an improvisational theatre company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, established in 2003. [1] [2] The theatre produces a range of shows, emphasizing short-form improv, but also exploring other improvisational techniques [citation needed].
The Rivoli is a bar, restaurant and performance space, established in 1982, on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. The club originally earned a reputation as one of Canada's hippest music clubs, [1] and many major Canadian comedy and musical performers have played on its stage, including The Kids in the Hall, Gordon Downie, The Frantics, Sean Cullen and the infamous Dark Shows.
Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of the Second City and ran from 1976 to 1984. Broadcaster and surgeon Charles A. "Chuck" Allard formed a partnership in 1981 that acquired the fledgling series.
The first Yuk Yuk's shows were held on Wednesday nights in 1976 in the basement of The 519 Church Street Community Centre on Church Street, downtown Toronto. After two years Breslin and Axler opened their first full-time location at 1280 Bay Street on March 14, 1978.
The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in 1984 in Calgary and Toronto, 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.
A Show from Two Cities (1963–1964) A Summer Night (1962) About Canada (1956–1957) Absolutely Canadian (2016) Adrienne at Large (1974–1975) Adrienne Clarkson Presents (1988–1999) Adventures in Rainbow Country (1970–1971) After Four (1977–1978) Air Farce Live (1973–1997) Airwaves (1986–1987) Alan Hamel's Comedy Bag (1972–1973 ...
Buzz was a 2000-2005 Canadian comedy television series that aired on The Comedy Network.The show was hosted by "Mista Mo" (Morgan Oliver Smith) [1] and Daryn Jones.The show originally aired from 1996-1999 [2] as a community channel show on Rogers Television [3] before getting a network deal in 1999.
[4] [5]: 201–204 Comedy critics have described this as absorbing and adapting a dominant culture. [6] Dark and fatalistic humour is also used extensively by Canadian comedians. This is generally attributed to the common reference point of the Canadian climate, the dangers of which are well known to comedians who tour the vast and often ...