''Monsoon House'' is a Canadian
radio comedy series, which aired on
CBC Radio One in the fall of 2006 and returned for a second season in 2009, thanks to it being a hit with CBC listeners. The second season aired in early 2009 after a reairing of the first season. The writer,
Al Rae
Lara Rae (born 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland), formerly known as Al Rae, is a Canadian comedian, best known as the longtime artistic director of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival"Gender politics: Autobiographical show a step on Rae's journey". ''Winnipeg F ...
, is stand-up comic and also a writer and story editor for the CBC television series ''
Little Mosque on the Prairie''. The cast records their lines together in sets simulating the locations taking place, making the dialogue sound natural. The program is produced by Tracey Rideout.
The series stars comedian
Russell Peters as Russell Page, an aspiring Hollywood
film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...
who ends up returning to work for his
Indo-Canadian family's
book publishing business after squandering his cantankerous father's money in an attempt to finance a comedy starring
Tom Arnold Tom Arnold may refer to:
* Tom Arnold (actor) (born 1959), American actor
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as a pediatric surgeon. He ends up helping the family's publishing company, Monsoon House, produce a
biographical film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...
about
John Diefenbaker, based on their only hit selling novel, ''Hail to the Dief''.
The cast includes
Pamela Sinha as Russell's sister Sabrina,
Sam Moses as their father Kesh, and
Michael Riley as Trenton Harrison, a successful, womanizing
novelist constantly trying to seduce Sabrina. Recurring cast members includes
Simon Rakoff
Simon Rakoff (born August 30, 1960) is a Canadian comedian who began performing professionally in 1978. A veteran of the Canadian comedy scene, he has performed in every province and is widely regarded as one of the quickest and cleverest Canadian ...
as a script doctor,
Rick Green as Milton Claymore, a comically unstable street poet who is Monsoon House's only client other than Trenton, as well as
Shauna MacDonald,
Carly Street, David Huband and
Imali Perrera.
External links
''Monsoon House''
CBC Radio One programs
Canadian comedy radio programs
Canadian radio dramas
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