''Buzz'' was a 2000-2005

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that aired on

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. The show was hosted by "Mista Mo" (Morgan Oliver Smith) and

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. The show originally aired in the mid-90s as a community channel show on Rogers Television before getting a network deal in 1999. In 2001, the show won a

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in the "Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series" category. The 2003 season saw them take the show to

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and

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. The show ended in 2005. Created in

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, the show found a place on the Comedy Network when ''

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'' left to

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. The show uses

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, non-sequiturs and guerrilla comedy. The two hosts, Daryn Jones, a geeky theatre major, and Mista Mo, an "almost real rapper" often riff on the racial tensions between them.

Recurring sketches and characters

*Annual Fat Pride Parade *Selling Parked Cars *Break Stuff - end-segment, where either hosts break items (TV's, eggs) or pedestrians battle each other *The BuzzCops - Daryn and Mo, dressed as policemen, dole out misguided justice to Toronto's citizens. *The BuzzNews - The Buzz's take on fake news (

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) *The Cable Access Painter - Daryn parodies

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painter

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, with homosexual overtones. *Captain Harassment - Features Daryn's left hand, clad in a rubber glove with a Canadian flag cape, sneaking up behind women, and pinching their asses. *Country Mo Dee - Music videos of Mista Mo's alter-ego, a country hip-hop sensation. *Thug Steel - Music videos of Mista Mo's ''alter''-alter-ego, a gospel gangsta rap sensation. *Fluff E. the Hip-Hop Bunny - Series regular Jean-Paul dresses up as a giant pink bunny, to the glee of young children. But Fluff E. is more interested in their mothers. *German Dinner Theatre - faux accents, poetry, keyboard and a

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. Daryn, with Wesley Snipes (Mista Mo) and Big E (Eric Harze), insult the fashions of passers-by. *Phone Sex Nursery Rhymes - Daryn and Mo dress up in animal costumes and make out with each other to nursery rhymes read by a phone sex operator. *Shaboobala - making pedestrians uncomfortable by answering their relationship problems and then asking if he can marry them for a green card. *Star Talk - usually unsuccessful attempts to speak with/insult celebrities *Jesus: Caught on Tape - Amateur video of

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committing various crimes, e.g. auto theft. *Forgotten Black Superheroes - low-budget film trailers about black heroes like "Bootyman" and "The Bionic Slave" taking revenge on "crackas" *"Ya Heard Me" - Mista Mo rants,

Rick Mercer Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer (born October 17, 1969) is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and author. He is best known for his work on the CBC Television comedy shows ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' and '' Rick Merc ...

-style, about any ridiculous topic that comes to mind. *Time of the Month Awards - end-segment, where Daryn and Mo hand out dubious awards, including "Best Bra in a Supporting Role" and "Best Ass in a Pair of Jeans" to female pedestrians. *The Petitioners - Daryn and Mo get people to sign bogus petitions to change the names of things. They successfully changed popular hooker hang-out Jarvis St. to "Stan Khoe Ave.", the notoriously gay neighbourhood Church Street to "Lou Sass Blvd." and commended the cafeteria facilities at the Canadian Cancer Society by adding "And Grill" to the name. *Bag TV - Run up from behind someone and as your passing them bag them and get it on camera for everyone to see. *Workout With Shane Landers - A parody of 90s fitness segments starring comedian Gavin Stephens as overweight fitness instructor Shane Landers.

Notes

Official Site: Globalserve.net/~buzztvDaryn And Moe.com

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0307729, title=The Buzz 2000 Canadian television series debuts 2005 Canadian television series endings 2000s Canadian sketch comedy television series Canadian community channel television shows CTV Comedy Channel original programming Rogers TV original programming