From Bill Brioux of the Canadian Press:
Air Farce New Year’s Eve special on CBC targets Duffy, Trump, Star Wars
The Force is back this year, and so is The Farce.
Canada’s most-popular comedy troupe, The Royal Canadian Air Farce, has been helping Canadians ring in the New Year on TV since 1992.
They’re back again this year on CBC with “Air Farce New Year’s Eve 2015.” Last year’s special was the biggest draw yet, pulling in over 1.8 million viewers. Continue reading.
From Bill Harris of Postmedia Network:
New Year’s Eve: Air Farce ready to dump on Trump during annual special
The one Canadian network that still is committed to programming specifically made for New Year’s Eve is CBC.
It starts with the annual Air Farce New Year’s Eve special. Veteran Air Farce cast members Don Ferguson, Luba Goy and Craig Lauzon were joined last year by Aisha Alfa and Darryl Hinds, and this year that quintet welcomes newcomer Emma Hunter to the ranks. Continue reading.
From Jim Bawden:
Don Ferguson and RCAF: More New Year’s Eve Craziness
So here I am in my study waiting for Don Ferguson one of the founding fathers of CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce to ring through to promote his latest New Year’s Eve CBC-TV special.
It premieres Thursday December 31 at 8 p.m. on CBC-TV. Got that?
And I’m trying to remember where it was we first met.
I think it must have been in Hamilton where Ferguson, partner Roger Abbott, Luba Goy, Dave Broadfoot and John Morgan were readying to perform two shows at Hamilton Place. Continue reading.Â
Air Farce New Year’s Eve, CBC
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau gives his thumbs-up to the year’s biggest movies; YouTube superstar Lilly Singh (Superwoman) avoids her parents’ New Year’s Eve curfew; Heartland star Amber Marshall saves the ranch from the path of the Keystone pipeline; and it’s all downhill when Canadian Olympic heroes Maxime, Chloé, and Justine Dufour-Lapointe introduce their fourth skiing sister. Jon Montgomery stars in The Amazing Race’s new spin-off, where Canada’s political leaders run for office—literally—with special appearances by this summer’s winners, Mickey Henry and Pete Schmalz, as well as celebrity chef Vikram Vij from Dragons’ Den. Singing sensation Nikki Yanofsky takes part in the annual dropping of the infamous F-Bomb.
The Big Picture, CBC
Comedian Ron James weighs in on the year that was – the fall of Rob Ford, the rise of Netflix, and the sequel no one saw coming, Iraq 2: The Redeployment. He looks at World Cup madness, reporting news in the era of “click bait,” and his well-meaning but doomed attempts to “take time for mindfulness” while keeping half a dozen plates in the air at the daily circus of multi-tasking.
From Bill Brioux:
It takes a whole year — and a couple of new cast members — to make an Air Farce New Year’s Eve special. The holiday favourite returns with the 2014 year-ender Wednesday at 8 p.m. on CBC.
After 40 years, the Farce has earned its wings as Canada’s longest-running comedy troupe. While the weekly series has been grounded since 2008, the New Year’s show continues to be a hit with Canadians, with last year’s effort the highest-rated yet, drawing over 1.5 million viewers.
Joining founding members Don Ferguson and Luba Goy this New Year’s are “second generation†players who date back to the series days: Craig Lauzon, Alan Park and Penelope Corrin. Continue reading.
