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This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles. Its full name is a parody of This Hour Has Seven Days, a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the U.S. is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials. Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series CODCO, on which Thomey sometimes appeared as a guest. Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary.
Aired: Sep 19, 2023 Genre: News ComedyCreated By: Mary Walsh Rick MercerDuration: 22m Rating: 0 Country:Production:
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01: New Season, New Laughs02: Defending Defence03: Upside Down Fun04: Leftovers & Laughs05: Too Hot to Handle06: Trick or Treat07: The High Cost of Laughing08: The Beatles Forever?09: Check This Out.10: Shooting Blanks11: Humbug Holiday12: New Year, New You13: Moose Gone Wild14: Antiquing for Groceries15: Freedom Cock-ups16: Dreaming Big17: Snow Joke18: The Hit List19: Cash Cab Tax Grab20: Zoning Out21: Kenergy22: Episode 2223: Climate Control24: Episode 24