The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, Bruce Mcculloch, Buddy Cole (Character), Chicken Lady, Dave Foley, Kevin Mcdonald, List of...
- ISBN-10
- 1230489525
- ISBN-13
- 9781230489520
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- University-Press.org
- Author
- Source Wikipedia
Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Brain Candy, Bruce McCulloch, Buddy Cole (character), Chicken Lady, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, List of The Kids in the Hall episodes, Mark McKinney, Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson, The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town. Excerpt: The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in Canada, and 1989 to 1995 on CBS and HBO in the United States. The theme song for the show was the instrumental "Having an Average Weekend" by the Canadian band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. The troupe made one movie, Brain Candy, which was released in 1996. The name of the group came from Sid Caesar, who, if a joke didn't go over, or played worse than expected, would attribute it to "the kids in the hall," referring to a group of young writers hanging around the studio. Before the troupe formed, Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney were working together doing Theatresports in Calgary, performing in a group named "The Audience." Norm Hiscock, Gary Campbell, and Frank Van Keeken were co-members and later became writers on the show. At the same time, Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald were performing around Toronto (along with Luciano Casimiri) as The Kids in the Hall (KITH). In 1984, the two pairs met in Toronto, and began performing regularly as KITH, with a rotating band of members, including Paul Bellini for a short time. When Scott Thompson was invited to join in January 1985, the group had its final form. The same year, McCulloch and Foley appeared in the Anne of Green Gables series, as Diana Barry's husband and a former classmate of Anne's from the fictional Queen's College, respectively. Not long afterwards, the Kids broke up for a short time when...
