''Gavin Crawford's Wild West'' is a Canadian television special, which aired on CBC Television in July 2013. ''Wild West'' stars
Gavin Crawford
Gavin Crawford (born 2 April 1971) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for '' The Gavin Crawford Show'' and ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''. He currently hosts the panel show, '' Because News'', on CBC Radio One.
Early life
Crawford wa ...
as six distinct characters, each representing a different aspect of the society of the Canadian province of
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, in a
mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...
format. The characters include:
*Katherine Adams, a pompous socialite in Calgary organizing a charity fundraiser;
*Lyle Carlyle-Chang, a gay cattle rancher in Cochrane resisting his husband Andy's (
Andrew Cheng
Andrew Cheng Kar-foo () (born 28 April 1960 in Hong Kong) was a Hong Kong politician and solicitor. He is a former Democratic Party member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency.
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) suggestion that they revive the failing business by promoting it to tourists as a dude ranch;
*Donald Demchuck, a newly elected member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from sin ...
from
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
whose constituency assistant Liz (
Anita Majumdar
Anita Majumdar is a Canadian actress and playwright. She is best known for her role in the CBC television film ''Murder Unveiled'' for which she received the Best Actress award at the 2005 Asian Festival of First Films.
Personal life
The daug ...
) is at her wit's end managing his incompetence;
*Jessica Jones, an Australian expatriate working as a massage therapist in Banff;
*Trevor Valgardson, a surly teenager in Taber whose widowed mother ( Marypat Farrell) and uncle (Brendan Wall) are perennially exasperated with his delusion that he's a vampire;
*Conrad Whitehead, a trucker in
Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significan ...
who is planning to break up with his girlfriend Shannon (
Kaniehtiio Horn
Kaniehtiio Alexandra Jessie Horn (''née'' Batt; ; born November 8, 1986), sometimes credited to as Tiio Horn, is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her role in the television film '' Moccasin Flats: Redemption'' and sh ...
).
Originally announced as a planned series in 2011, it was left in limbo by funding cuts to the CBC in 2012, and only the pilot was completed although five more unfilmed episodes had been written before the CBC dropped the project."Gavin a gay time" ''
NOW
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:
Organizations
* Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization
* National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization
* Now ...
'', June 21, 2012. In 2014, Crawford told Toronto's ''
NOW
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:
Organizations
* Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization
* National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization
* Now ...
'' that he had explored the possibility of reviving the series for a different network, although no firm details were announced and no revival has taken place as of 2019.
The special garnered five
Canadian Screen Award
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CBC News
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