''Haywire'' is a sketch comedy

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which was aired by

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as part of its 1990-91 lineup. ''Haywire'' included segments such as: "Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan", which described etiquette for

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practitioners, which was originally a sketch from the Seattle-based sketch comedy show, ''

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''; "The Persuaders", in which cast members attempted to persuade people on the street to do unusual, zany things; and "Thrillseekers", in which the introduction to the old

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show was used to introduce people who had boring jobs or who were in very mundane, nonthreatening situations. Other features included commercial spoofs and showing scenes from both old black-and-white films and shots of people on the street with redubbed and presumably funnier dialogue. Between each segment a

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animation would run. The program was cancelled in January 1991.

References

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''

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