''Gutterball Alley'' is a Canadian television game show, which aired on The Comedy Network in 2001 and 2002.Joel Rubinoff, "What would you do for 50 bucks?; Local comedian has 'em bobbing for bull testicles on Comedy Network's Gutterball Alley". ''

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'', July 3, 2001. Inspired by '' The Man Show'' and Japanese game shows, the series featured contestants performing various gross-out stunts, such as bobbing for bull testicles in a vat of milk, jumping into a bathtub filled with maggots or drinking grape juice from grapes squeezed by a fat man sitting on them, for money. The series was hosted by

Wade McElwain Wade Christian McElwain (born June 1, 1972) is a Canadian television producer and comedian. McElwain created the first live, multi-platform In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, o ...

and Johnny Gardhouse."Bikini mud-wrestling stunt held to promote new comedy series Gutterball Alley". ''

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'', July 8, 2001. The game segments were interspersed with comedy sketches featuring Terry McGurrin and

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, as well as bonus round segments where contestants could win additional money by bowling in their underwear. The program was the subject of a complaint to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, following a 2002 episode in which the contestants were challenged to guess at the various "genital origami" shapes being made by guests Simon Morley and David Friend of '' Puppetry of the Penis''."The Comedy Network re an episode of Gutterball Alley"
Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, September 13, 2002. The council concluded that the depictions of penises in the episode did not contravene its policies around nudity, as it was relevant and appropriate within the narrative context, but it found The Comedy Network culpable for not running a viewer advisory around the use of four-letter words in the dialogue. 29 episodes of the show were produced over two seasons.

Bob Sorger Bob Sorger is a Canadians, Canadian television director. Sorger won the 2001 Canadian Comedy Award for his direction of the 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards special. He has been directing TV news broadcasts for over 20 years as well as numerous credi ...

received a

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nomination for Best Direction in a TV Series at the

3rd Canadian Comedy Awards The 3rd Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, and film comedy of 2001 and was held on 4 April 2002 at The Docks in Toronto, Ontario. The ceremony was hoste ...

in 2002.

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