What A Week

''What A Week'' was a radio comedy show on

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that ran for two 13-episode seasons in 2003. This show, like its more immediate predecessor '' The Muckraker'' was firmly rooted in the political and topical lampoons that first became a staple on Canadian airwaves with ''

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''. Typical shows poked fun at the previous week's top newsmakers using a combination of impressions, sketch comedy and satirical songs. The show was written by Dean Jenkinson,

Paul Mather Paul Mather is a Canadian TV writer and producer. He is most known in Canada for his work on ''Corner Gas'', ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' and ''Rick Mercer Report''. He also created or co-created the sitcoms ''Men with Brooms'' and ''Dan for ...

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 ...

Jerry Schaefer Jerry Schaefer (born 1979) is a Canadian actor who is best known for his role as Possum Lake animal control officer Ed Frid on ''The Red Green Show''. Career Jerry is a veteran of The Second City, where he continues to work as an instructor. As ...

and

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, and featured the voices of

Tony Daniels Tony Daniels is a Canadian voice actor. He is well known for providing the voices of Uncle Flippy in ''JoJo's Circus'', as well as Jedite and Wiseman in the original English dub of ''Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and ...

, Deann deGruijter,

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and Ron Rubin. CBC Radio One programs Canadian radio sketch shows 2003 radio programme debuts 2003 radio programme endings {{Canada-radio-show-stub