''Point Blank'' is a Canadian television comedy series that aired on

The Comedy Network CTV Comedy Channel (often shortened to CTV Comedy and formerly known as The Comedy Network) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Bell Media which focuses primarily on comedy programming. The channel first launched on Octo ...

in 2002. Evolving out of the earlier ''

Double Exposure In photography and cinematography, a multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image, and double exposure has a corresponding meaning in respect of two images. The exposure values may or may not be ide ...

'', the show starred

Linda Cullen Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake ...

and

Bob Robertson Robert Eugene Robertson (born October 2, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman between and , most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five Natio ...

as Diane-Barbara Jane and Steele Drummond, respectively, the anchors of an television tabloid newsmagazine which covered news stories, such as alien abduction, human cloning, styrofoam mining and two-ply toilet paper, that went "beyond the truth and below the standards".Bob Blakey, "Point Blank takes aim at tab news shows". ''

Calgary Herald The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network. History ''The ...

'', March 4, 2002. Cullen and Robertson were the show's sole constant core cast, while a wide variety of Canadian comedians and actors made appearances as characters or journalists in news reports.Bonnie Malleck, "Spoofing news media; Double Exposure duo returns with new, 13-week series". ''

Hamilton Spectator ''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar. History ''The Hami ...

'', March 4, 2002. Thirteen episodes of the series were produced and aired.

Cast

* Tammy Bentz - Macarthur Fantutti * Mark Brandon - Rock Granite * Save Cameron - Yannick Paduch * Nicola Crosbie - Kitty Cowlick * Diana Frances - Trinity Whiskers * Jason Emanuel - Luiz Emilio de Pollo * Andrew Grose - Turdmore Hacking * Roger Haskett - Medgar O'Hill *

Campbell Lane Campbell Lane (July 15, 1935 – January 30, 2014) was a Canadian actor who primarily did his work in Vancouver. He appeared in many television shows produced there, and was also a voice over artist. Death Campbell Lane died on January 30, 2014 ...

- Harry Flotsam * Marjorie Malpass - Phoebe Torque *

Dagmar Midcap Dagmar Midcap (born Dagmar Gottschalk; March 12, 1969) is a Canadian-born American media personality, weathercaster and actor originally based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has been the weekday evening weather anchor for KNSD-TV in San Dieg ...

- Herpzibah Fridge * John Murphy - Chase Bullion * Trish Pattenden - Sandy Stout * Jeff Rechner - Announcer * Yvonne Myers - Sh'lwannalah Jackson *

Tanya Reid Tanya may refer to: * Tanya (Judaism),an early work of Hasidic philosophy by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. * Tanya (name), a given name and list of people with the name * Tanya or Lara Saint Paul (born 1946) * List of Mortal Kombat characters#Tany ...

- Rain Bongwater * Chris Robson - Maytag Hogswallop * Ben Wilkinson - Julian Van Wart * Moishe Teichman - Mayor

References

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External links

''Point Blank''
2000s Canadian satirical television series 2000s Canadian sketch comedy television series 2002 Canadian television series debuts 2002 Canadian television series endings CTV Comedy Channel original programming Canadian news parodies