''SketchCom'' was a 1998
Canadian
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television comedy series, created by
Roger Abbott
Roger Abbott (July 10, 1946March 26, 2011) was an English-born Canadian sketch comedian who was a founding member of the long-lived Canadian comedy troupe ''Royal Canadian Air Farce'', and remained one of its stars and writers until his death.
Ea ...
and
Don Ferguson of the
Royal Canadian Air Farce
The Royal Canadian Air Farce was a comedy troupe that was active from 1973 to 2019. It is best known for their various Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series, first on CBC Radio and later on CBC Television. Although their weekly radio series ...
. The series aired on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm in most time zones.
The first of the series' 13 episodes aired 5 October 1998 and aired most weeks until early 1999. Different sketch performers were featured in each episode. CBC did not renew ''SketchCom'' for the 1999-2000 television season.
Program funding included contributions from Bell Canada's Broadcast and New Media Fund
and the
Canadian Television Fund
The Canadian Television Fund (CTF, french: Fonds canadien de télévision - FCT) supported the production and broadcast of Canadian television programs. A non-profit corporation operating as a public-private partnership, the CTF was financed by c ...
.
Episodes and guest performers
Original air dates of selected episodes, with guests:
* 5 October 1998 - debut
* 26 October 1998 -
Corky and the Juice Pigs
Corky and the Juice Pigs was a Canadian comedy musical group made up of Phil Nichol (guitar and vocals), Greg Neale (mandolin and vocals), and Seán Cullen (harmonica and vocals). Their output consisted mainly of original comedic songs, largely ...
* 2 November 1998 - Illustrated Men (David Huband,
Bruce Hunter and
Adrian Truss
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water".
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main ...
)
* 11 January 1999 - Fred's Bicycle Repair Shop and Urban Myth
* 25 January 1999 - The Stand-Ins,
The Bobroom The Bobroom was a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Jim Bawden, "Bobbing for laughs in all the right places ; Toronto troupe's show lampoons Canadian culture". ''Toronto Star'', February 27, 2000. The troupe con ...
* 1 February 1999 - Fast and Dirty
References
External links
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1998 Canadian television series debuts
1999 Canadian television series endings
CBC Television original programming
1990s Canadian sketch comedy television series
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