''The Gavin Crawford Show'' is a Canadian sketch comedy series, which aired from June 19, 2000, to July 1, 2003, on
The Comedy Network
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."Mister Dress-up: Will the real Gavin Crawford please stand up? Not likely" . '' Eye Weekly'', June 15, 2000. Following the first season in 2000, production on ''The Gavin Crawford Show'' was temporarily interrupted by Crawford's participation in the short-lived American sketch comedy series '' Hype'', but resumed when Crawford returned to Canada after ''Hypes cancellation, having two further seasons and producing 26 episodes altogether.
The show starred comedian
Gavin Crawford
Gavin Crawford (born 2 April 1971) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for '' The Gavin Crawford Show'' and ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''. He currently hosts the panel show, '' Because News'', on CBC Radio One.
Early life
Crawford wa ...
, along with an ensemble cast of supporting performers including Tracy Dawson, Marypat Farrell, Cathy Gordon-Marsh,
Jennifer Irwin
Jennifer Irwin is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Dolly Durkins on iZombie and as Laurie Neustadt in the comedy '' Superstore''.
Irwin is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She worked with The Second City in th ...
, Griffin Malcolm, Doug Morency, Christen Nelson, Lisa Brooke and
Panou
Panou is a Canadian actor.
Biography
His birth-name translates to 'God Among Us' in his native Creole.Panou.net His first . Many of its cast members had previously worked together as part of
The Second City
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's Toronto cast in 1998.
In addition to Crawford, the show's writers included Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen, Cathy Gordon and Alex Pugsley.Peggy Curran, "Sketch comedy drawn well". ''
Montreal Gazette
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'', February 12, 2002.
Characters included Ron and Ocean Breeze, a New Age folk music duo who expressed their marital disputes in song; Red Ronnie Rocker, an aspiring rock star; Hugey McBalls, a porn star and author of the self-help book ''Acting for the Adult Camera''; nerdy teenager Mark Jackson; and male feminist motivational speaker Len Henderson.
Following its run, Crawford and his character Mark Jackson moved on to ''
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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'' in 2003. Crawford subsequently also developed ''
Gavin Crawford's Wild West
''Gavin Crawford's Wild West'' is a Canadian television special, which aired on CBC Television in July 2013. ''Wild West'' stars Gavin Crawford as six distinct characters, each representing a different aspect of the society of the Canadian provin ...
'' for CBC Television, although the series was not picked up and only its pilot aired as a one-off comedy special.