''Point Blank'' is a Canadian television comedy series that aired on
The Comedy Network
CTV Comedy Channel (often shortened to CTV Comedy) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media which focuses primarily on comedy programming and operates two time-shifted feeds, runni ...
in 2002.
Evolving out of the earlier ''
Double Exposure
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'', the show starred
Linda Cullen and
Bob Robertson as Diane-Barbara Jane and Steele Drummond, respectively, the anchors of a 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
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History
''The C ...
'', 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, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation, ''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar.
...
'', March 4, 2002.
Thirteen episodes of the series were produced and aired.
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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 - Harry Flotsam
* Marjorie Malpass - Phoebe Torque
* Dagmar Midcap - Herpzibah Fridge
* John Murphy - Chase Bullion
* Trish Pattenden - Sandy Stout
* Jeff Rechner - Announcer
* Yvonne Myers - Sh'lwannalah Jackson
* Tanya Reid - 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