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Chris Locke (comedian)
Chris Locke is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor, most noted as the winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up at the 15th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2014.Bill Brownstein"Comic Chris Locke rises from the film dead with Mini-Donuts tour and solo play" ''Montreal Gazette'', June 3, 2015. A native of Toronto, Ontario,Jon Cranny"Comedian Chris Locke returns to Vancouver with new material" ''The Georgia Straight'', November 13, 2019. he began his comedy career in the mid-2000s. He has performed at comedy festivals and undertaken his own solo tours, and has released two solo comedy albums, ''The World is Embarrassing'' (2014) and ''Demons Are Eating My Head'' (2016). He is a frequent collaborator with Seán Cullen, including the short comedy albums ''Chris and Seán are Tony and Keith in Nature'' and ''Chris and Seán are Tony and Keith in Horror'', and joint comedy shows. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers and their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. James Keast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundowners (2017 Film)
''Sundowners'' is a 2017 Canadian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Pavan Moondi.Norman Wilner"Sundowners serves up low-key pleasures" ''Now'', August 24, 2017. The film stars Phil Hanley as Alex, an aspiring filmmaker who is stuck working as a wedding videographer for unscrupulous boss Tom (Tim Heidecker). Assigned to shoot a destination wedding in Mexico, he enlists his friend Justin ( Luke Lalonde) to come along as his assistant only for an endless series of mishaps and snafus to bedevil the proceedings, including Justin's ex-girlfriend ( Leah Fay Goldstein) showing up to demand that he pay for the abortion she just had without telling him; groom Mike's (Nick Flanagan) fear that his fiancée Jenny (Cara Gee) will leave him when she finds out he recently declared bankruptcy; and best man Nick (Nicholas Thorburn) planning to break up the wedding because he's in love with Jenny.Frank Scheck"‘Sundowners’: Film Review" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', December 15, 2017. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beaverton (TV Series)
''The Beaverton'' is a Canadian news satire television comedy series, which premiered on The Comedy Network in 2016. Based on the satirical online publication of the same name, the series follows the format of a mock television newscast,"New Canadian comedy The Beaverton makes its grand debut". ''Halifax Chronicle-Herald'', November 11, 2016. parodying both the content and the form of contemporary television news."Comedy-news show The Beaverton serves up satire with a straight face" '''', November 8, 2016. The show stars Miguel Rivas and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroness Von Sketch Show
''Baroness von Sketch Show'' is a Canadian television sketch comedy series. It debuted on CBC Television on June 14, 2016. Produced by Frantic Films, the series is an all-female comedy series starring Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen. The four also serve as executive producers of the show. CBC renewed the show for a second season, which aired in 2017. The show's third season started in September 2018, and CBC renewed the show for a fourth season, that began airing shows in October 2019. CBC has announced that the show will continue with a 5th and final season starting October 6, 2020. The show also airs on IFC in the United States. The show is a three-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series, winning at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, and the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Gayl Pile
''The Amazing Gayl Pile'' is a Canadian web series created by Morgan Waters and Brooks Gray, which follows one man's misguided quest to conquer the world of home shopping, and become king of the TV pitchman game. First created in 2014, the show stars Morgan Waters, Brooks Gray, Inessa Frantowski, Andy King, Leo Scherman, Daniel Stolfi and Natasha Bromfield. The series has received numerous awards and has screened at festivals around the world; in 2017, it won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Directing and Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction. Also in 2017, the series broke the record for most nominations at the Indie Series Awards in Los Angeles. The series premiered in 2014 on Sarah Silverman's online network Jash, and was also available for a time on NBC's now-defunct digital channel Seeso. ''The Amazing Gayl Pile'' is now on CBC's digital channel, CBC Gem and was produced with the participation of the Independent Production Fund. ''The Amazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nations!
''The Nations!'' is a Canadian/New Zealand digital comedy/reality competition series starring Sean Cullen and Jarred Christmas. It premiered on CBC Punchline and Television New Zealand on 29 February 2016. Plot The Nations is a comedic take on the travelogue, where two comedian hosts travel each of their respective nations, discussing which one is better on a variety of topics. Hosted by Sean Cullen (Canada) and Jarred Christmas (New Zealand), the series looks at strange facts and locations from each country, focusing on food, drinks, politics, etc. The interactive website that accompanies the digital series allows users to vote on the 'winner' of each episode, while also competing against other users by partaking in quizzes, games, and more, culminating in the final decision of which nation is the best. The winning nation has yet to be announced. Guest appearances * Rob FordFormer Mayor of Toronto * Don Newman Broadcast journalist * Jacinda Ardern Labour Party MP * Meghan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strain (TV Series)
''The Strain'' is an American horror fiction, horror drama television series that aired on FX (TV channel), FX from July 13, 2014, to September 17, 2017. It was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their The Strain, novel trilogy of the same name. Carlton Cuse served as executive producer and showrunner. Del Toro and Hogan wrote the pilot episode, "Night Zero (The Strain), Night Zero", which del Toro directed. A thirteen-episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013. The pilot episode premiered at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, in early June 2014. On August 6, 2014, FX renewed ''The Strain'' for a 13-episode second season which premiered on July 12, 2015. On August 7, 2015, FX renewed ''The Strain'' for a 10-episode third season which premiered on August 28, 2016. FX renewed the series for a fourth and final season on September 27, 2016, which premiered on July 16, 2017. The show centers around Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the CD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annedroids
''Annedroids'' is a Canadian CGI/live action television series created by J. J. Johnson. The series is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with broadcasters TVOntario, SRC and KiKa. ''Annedroids'' was released on Amazon Prime Video on July 25, 2014 in the UK and U.S. and premiered on August 25, 2014 on TVOKids in Ontario, Canada. The show's aim is to educate children about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) from the perspectives of an 11-year-old girl, her friends, and her three Android creations. SRC and KiKa both agreed to opt for 26 episodes of ''Annedroids'' over two seasons, while TVO purchased four seasons. On February 25, 2015, Amazon picked up ''Annedroids'' for a second season, which was released on July 2, 2015. In 2016 it was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series. Season 3 was released on June 24, 2016. The fourth and final season was released on March 3, 2017. Cast Humans * Addison Holley as Anne S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ron James Show
''The Ron James Show'' is a Canadian television comedy show, which debuted on CBC Television on September 25, 2009. Starring comedian Ron James, the show intersperses filmed and stage sketches with clips of James performing his stand-up routine. One of the show's more noted features is ''L'il Ronnie James'', an animated recurring sketch which depicts James as a young child growing up in Cape Breton in the vein of Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including '' Time Bandits'' (1981), '' ...'s animation style. On March 11, 2014, Ron James announced online that the show had been cancelled. Voice Actors L'il Ronnie Seasons 1-5 Ratings Season One Season Two Season Three Season Four Season Five References External links * * CBC Television original programming 2009 Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The L
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Babysitter's A Vampire (TV Series)
''My Babysitter's a Vampire'' ( fra-que, Ma gardienne est un vampire) is a 2011 Canadian television series, based on the television film of the same name. In Canada, the series premiered in French on Télétoon on February 28, 2011, in English on Teletoon on March 14, 2011, and on Disney Channel in the United States on June 27, 2011, and finished airing October 5, 2012, on Disney and April 11, 2013, on Télétoon. The show was created by Fresh TV, creators of ''6teen'', ''Total Drama'', and ''Stoked''. The show follows Ethan Morgan ( Matthew Knight), who, in the television film, learns that his babysitter Sarah (Vanessa Morgan) is a vampire. In the film, he learns he is able to have visions and his best friend Benny Weir (Atticus Mitchell) is a spellmaster. The series follows the three as they take on supernatural forces and have adventures, with occasional help from fellow vampires Rory (Cameron Kennedy) and Erica ( Kate Todd), while dealing with the troubles of regular high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Latest Buzz
''The Latest Buzz'' is a teen sitcom from Decode Entertainment that aired on Family Channel in Canada from September 1, 2007 to April 19, 2010. It was the network's first original multi-camera sitcom. In this series, a struggling youth magazine, ''Teen BUZZ'', replaces its staff with actual teens. Instead of being in class, five young 14 year-old writers take their last period of the day at the magazine’s office, learning about the fast-paced world of publishing. The students attend the fictional Ernie Coombs High School, named for the man who played on a children's series '' Mr. Dressup''. Characters Main characters * Rebecca Harper (Zoë Belkin) – A happy, enthusiastic girl, who sets her seeing high and has big dreams, such as winning the Pulitzer Prize, Rebecca writes the ''Student Issues'' column, also known as 'In So Many Words'. She is the only one out of all her five co-writers that really gone to become a journalist. Her peers sometimes call her a nerd for being ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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