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Kids in the Hall are coming back — but is sketch comedy coming too?
Canada's Kids In The Hall launched a new series and are premiering a documentary about their journey in sketch comedy. It's all happening in the most volatile and odd times for sketch comedy in the genre's history — and ahead of an uncertain future.
Episode 598
Marcos family's stolen billions; calls to end Ottawa's COVID app; the pioneering women of comedy & more
Day 6 for Saturday, May 14, 2022.
With huge stage in sight, Vancouver comedian has come a long way from dissing friends for pizza
Ola Dada is in the semi-finals of Canada’s Got Talent. This week will see if he can wow judges and audiences enough to move to the show’s finals for a crack at $150,000 and a spot on a Las Vegas stage show.
What The Kids in the Hall did after their CBC-TV show ended
Queeries
Rush Kazi is about to achieve the comedy dream: an album and a special coming out on the same day
Weekend Briefing
In a dismal time, Mark Critch's childhood tales have brought us a bit of comfort
My Life in Books
The books and authors that inspired Canadian comedian and actor Lilly Singh
How 'The Communist's Daughter' adapted a very unusual childhood into a hit digital series
Making a Living
How to pay rent while making it as an actor in Canada
Point of View
In the era of 'safe spaces,' has comedy become any safer for queer comedians?
Let's Make A Sci-Fi boldly goes where no podcast has gone before
Reading List
3 favourite works of science fiction from the Let's Make a Sci-Fi podcast hosts
And you thought Newfoundlanders were wholesome: Family Feud Canada season 3 moments all the way from the rock
7 retro pop culture references in the CBC comedy Son of a Critch
FRONT BURNER
The enduring appeal of Jackass
Toilet humour and penis jokes: Carol Off's funniest interviews
My Life in Books
5 books that inspired Run the Burbs star Rakhee Morzaria
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver comedian hopes the laughs bounce back in an industry hard hit by pandemic losses
SPECIAL FEATURE
Coming out: New and unsung LGBTQ+ voices in Canadian comedy you should know in 2021
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Ali Hassan on his experience as a Muslim comedian
The top 10 movies to watch if you're a Catherine O'Hara fan
Oral History
An oral history of Kids in the Hall's unabashedly outspoken Buddy Cole played by Scott Thompson
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