''System Crash'' is a Canadian youth sketch comedy television series, which aired on YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV from March 14, 1999, to December 9, 2001. The series centred on a group of students in a junior high school media club, telling the events of their fictional school, Lambton Junior High, in the past week. Each episode usually had a theme, e.g. parents.

Recurring segments

*Fly on the Wall - Uses hidden cameras to show what happens when no one is looking (e.g. why girls go to the bathroom in pairs and what do they do once they're in there?) *Burnbaum Helps - Burnbaum helping people. However, it always ends badly for the person that asks for help. It was replaced with Battleford Helps when Burnbaum left the show. *Canadian Council for Concerned Kids - Zoe's informative 'public service announcement' styled segment, providing important messages to adults on the way they should treat and interact with their children. *Garage Band - During the first season (1999), several of the episodes ended with a Garage Band segment. It featured members of the Canadian band Serial Joe playing humorous songs with the principal cast. *Lambton News - Talks about current events. Hosted by Carla Waller in the first season and Emily Pereira afterwards. *Sports Update - An update on sports at the school. Hosted by Wedgie Goldstein in the first season and Noogie Monoham (Zach Pettiford) afterwards. *Lambton Legends - Looking back at various legendary athletes and other famous Lambton alumni. *Lambton Home Shopping - Beau Peterson sells useless products and inventions to the students of Lambton via a Home Shopping Network styled-show. *Movie Spoofs - Movies of all kinds were constantly spoofed - Examples include ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'', ''Cast Away'', ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars'', ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'', ''The Incredible Hulk (film), The Incredible Hulk'', ''The Matrix'', ''E.T.'', ''Jaws (film), Jaws'', etc. *Kyle's Notes - Kyle Cooper giving unreliable lectures and his notes. This was used during the first season and ended when Ryan Field left the show.

Cast

Season 1

*Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum *Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez *Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson *Tony Del Rio as William 'Tek' Gibson *Ryan Field as Kyle Copper *Alithea Watters as Carla Waller *Shamba Amani as Mr. Cooper

Season 2

*Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum *Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez *Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson *Tony Del Rio as William 'Tek' Gibson *Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson

Season 3

*Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum *Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez *Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson *Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson *Rajiv Surendra as Chuck Singh *Jordan DaweGordon Kennedy, "Young actor lands spot on YTV program". ''Sudbury Star'', June 30, 2000.

Season 4

*Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez *Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson *Connor Lynch as Bobby Battleford *Esmeralda Smith-Romero as Samantha Briggs *Nathan Stephenson as James Alexander

References

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* {{Former YTV original series 1999 Canadian television series debuts 2001 Canadian television series endings 1990s Canadian children's television series 2000s Canadian children's television series 1990s Canadian sketch comedy television series 2000s Canadian sketch comedy television series Canadian children's comedy television series Canadian English-language television shows Canadian television series about teenagers Children's sketch comedy Middle school television series Lost television shows Television series by Corus Entertainment Television shows filmed in Toronto Television shows set in Toronto YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming