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The Frantics (comedy)
The Frantics is a Canadians, Canadian comedy troupe consisting of Paul Chato, Rick Green (comedian), Rick Green, Dan Redican and Peter Wildman. The group formed in 1979. Chato and Green had written and performed together as a comedy team since high school. They joined the in-house comedy troupe at the Pink Flamingo Cabaret in Toronto, where they met Peter Wildman. One day, Redican, who had been performing as a satirical folk singer and puppeteer in London, Ontario, appeared at the Flamingo as Poopy Dan performing a "Marxist kiddie show". The three recruited Redican and they formed The Frantics, leaving the Pink Flamingo to go it alone, performing in the local comedy scene, touring Holiday Inns and campuses and ultimately headlining at big city clubs."Cadet Air Farce gets wings: Loaded down with gags, The Frantics taxi for takeoff", by Rob Salem, ''Toronto Star'', 08 Oct 1981: B1 In 1981, they were given a weekly radio slot on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Radio show '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four On The Floor (Canadian TV Series)
''Four on the Floor'' is a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only 13 episodes, the series was a showcase for The Frantics (comedy), The Frantics, a comedy troupe consisting of Paul Chato, Rick Green (comedian), Rick Green, Dan Redican and Peter Wildman. In the U.K., it aired in Channel 4's traditional Friday night comedy slot, from 10 June to 2 September 1988. The introduction was voiced by Dan and Rick alternating each line, with video clips and sound effects interspersed in the opening. Although the series was quickly cancelled due to CBC budget constraints, it was an important influence on later Canadian sketch comedy, such as ''The Kids in the Hall (TV series), The Kids in the Hall''. Character The show's most famous character was Mr. Canoehead, a quintessentially Canadian superhero: on a canoeing trip in Algonquin Park, he was hit by lightning while portaging his aluminum canoe, which became permanently welded to his head. As a crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boot To The Head
''Boot to the Head'' is a comedy album performed by the Canadian comedy troupe The Frantics. Originally released as an LP in 1987, it was re-issued in 1996 as a CD with the same track listing. The album features a number of skits from their radio show ''Frantic Times'', as well as a few sketches that could not be aired to a general audience. The sketches were recorded over a three-day period in front of a live audience at the Toronto Free Theatre. Personnel * Paul Chato * Rick Green * Dan Redican * Peter Wildman Track listing #"A Piece of Pie" – 4:33 #"I Shot Bambi's Mother" – 1:20 #"Driving Chicks Mad" – 3:23 #"A Poem" – 0:35 #"Game Show, Game Show" – 2:02 #"Bill from Bala" – 4:42 #"A Poem" – 3:11 #"Architecture Today" – 3:11 #"Mrs. G" – 2:24 #"Worshippers 'R' Us" – 4:05 #"You People Are Fat" – 3:32 #"Making Love" – 2:14 #"A Poem" – 1:12 #"Make Up Dirty Words" – 1:58 #"You Scare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frantic Times (album)
''Frantic Times'' is a Canadian comedy album, performed by The Frantics comedy troupe. The original LP was released in 1984, and was reissued as a CD with additional tracks by Deep Shag Records in 2003. The album is wholly made up of sketches and songs that appeared on their CBC radio show Frantic Times. The skits were recorded in front of a live audience in the Blue Orchid Room at the Ontario College of Art. Personnel * Paul Chato * Rick Green * Dan Redican * Peter Wildman * Carolyn Scott Carolyn Scott is an American art director and set decorator. She won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''The Madness of King George''. Selected filmography * ''The Madness of King George'' (1994) * ''Back to Scho ... (Special Guest) Track listing #"''Car Noises''" – 3:02 #"''Ed's Perfume''" – 1:18 #"''The Human Race''" – 2:19 #"''Mrs. Sarnicky's Soap''" – 1:16 #"''Heaven Is For Presbyterians''" – 3:57 #"''Butcher's Heart''" – 2:34 #"'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg Comedy Festival
The Winnipeg Comedy Festival (WCF) is an annual national comedy festival, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The week-long festival takes place at several venues throughout the city, featuring Stand-up comedy, stand-up, Sketch comedy, sketch, and improvisational comedy. Performances from the festival are broadcast as a radio series on CBC Radio One and as a television series on The Comedy Network and CBC Television. It is the highest rated comedy festival series on CBC Television. History The Winnipeg Comedy Festival was created in 2002 by comedian Lara Rae and CBC Radio producer Tom Anniko, who pitched the idea of a weekend-long comedy festival that could be recorded and aired on CBC Radio. Partnering with the Gas Station Arts Centre in Winnipeg's Osborne Village, the WCF was established soon after.Cole, Alana. 2019 Apr 28.'It's moving out of my house': After 18 years, co-founder Lara Rae says goodbye to Winnipeg Comedy Fest" ''CBC News Manitoba''. Retrieved 2023-03-25. Anniko—who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV Television Network
The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned List of Canadian television channels, television network and is now a division of the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE. It is Canada's largest privately or commercially owned network consisting of 22 owned-and-operated stations nationwide and two privately owned affiliates, and has consistently been placed as Canada's top-audience measurement, rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival Global Television Network in key markets. Bell Media also operates additional CTV-branded properties, including the 24-hour national cable news network CTV News Channel (Canada), CTV News Channel and the secondary CTV 2 television system. There has never been an official full name corresponding to the initials "CTV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comedy Network
CTV Comedy Channel (often shortened to CTV Comedy) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media which focuses primarily on comedy programming and operates two time-shifted feeds, running on Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules. The channel first launched on October 17, 1997 as The Comedy Network by a consortium of Baton Broadcasting, Shaw Communications, Astral Media and Les Films Rozon. Through various acquisitions over the years, the network is solely owned by Bell since 2001. CTV Comedy Channel originally sourced most of its programming from the U.S.-based cable network Comedy Central. In the years since the channel's inception, and with the eventual shuttering of its sister channel in 2019, the network would move some of its programming from the latter to sister channel Much before rebranding to its current name on September 12, 2019. History In September 1996, 1155636 Ontario Inc. (a company majority cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5% of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area of all the Canadian provinces and territories. It is home to the nation's capital, Ottawa, and its list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast. To the south, it is bordered by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (state), New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States follows riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vestibules
The Vestibules, formerly known as Radio Free Vestibule, is a Canadian comedy troupe composed of Terence Bowman, Paul Paré, and Bernard Deniger."Fringe trio moves mainstream - with elbows". ''Montreal Gazette'', April 19, 1990. Career Based in Montreal,"Radio Free Vestibule set to tickle Montreal funnybones". ''Montreal Gazette'', November 12, 1988. the trio began performing in 1987. Students at Montreal's Concordia University, they performed in Montreal-area comedy clubs and produced a radio comedy program for CKUT-FM. They had songs played on the syndicated ''Dr. Demento'' radio show, and soon began appearing on CBC Radio's ''Prime Time'', beginning with occasional parody songs and later expanding to a twice-weekly sketch comedy segment; in April 1990, the program gave them a full half-hour special."Surreal sounds from the Vestibule". ''Toronto Star'', April 7, 1990. The trio was known primarily for absurdist comedy based on pop culture, and resisted humor that was too explicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arrogant Worms
The Arrogant Worms are a Canadian musical comedy trio founded in 1991 that parodies many musical genres. They are well known for their humorous on-stage banter in addition to their music. The members have been Trevor Strong (vocals), Mike McCormick (guitar, vocals), and Chris Patterson (bass, vocals) since 1995. History The Arrogant Worms formed in 1991, with its founding members being Trevor Strong, Mike McCormick, John Whytock, and Steve Wood. They began by performing musical comedy on campus radio station CFRC at Queen's University at Kingston, and quickly moved to doing the same on CBC Radio, particularly on Jack Farr's ''The Radio Show''. Wood left the band in 1991. Whytock left in 1995, and was replaced by Chris Patterson. The Worms have toured Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, playing to crowds as large as 100,000. They have played at celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and at a concert in New York, United States's Central Park. Since 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Swift
Tom Swift is the main character of six series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. Inaugurated in 1910, the sequence of series comprises more than 100 volumes. The first Tom Swift – later, Tom Swift Sr. – was created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book packaging firm. Tom's adventures have been written by various ghostwriters, beginning with Howard Garis. Most of the books are credited to the collective pseudonym " Victor Appleton". The 33 volumes of the second series use the pseudonym Victor Appleton II for the author. For this series, and some later ones, the main character is " Tom Swift Jr." New titles have been published again from 2019 after a gap of about ten years, roughly the time that has passed before every resumption. Most of the series emphasized Tom's inventions. The books generally describe the effects of science and technology as wholly benefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
