Apr
20
2008
In the news: The state of Canadian comedy
Posted by: Diane in Air Farce, Corner Gas, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 MinutesFrom Jim Slotek of the Toronto Sun:
- Anybody who thinks that Canadian comedy has run out of gas should check out the brilliant standups at the local yuk-fests
“But without Corner Gas (count me among the fans, although I’ve been a fan of Brent Butt, a fellow prairie boy, practically from the day he fell off the turnip truck from Saskatchewan) and Air Farce, what have we left? There’s still This Hour, which isn’t what it used to be, Trailer Park Boys, which is still funny as hell. There are also re-runs of History Bites — in my opinion the funniest and smartest Canadian show ever — on the Comedy Network in the mornings.” Read more.

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