Our Hero

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Our Hero
Genre Comedy/Teen drama
Running time 22 Minutes
Creator(s) John May
Suzanne Bolch
Starring {{{starring}}}
Country of origin Canada
Original channel CBC
No. of episodes 26
Official website
IMDb profile


Our Hero was a television show on the CBC from 2000 to 2002. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons, and was syndicated in the U.S. and U.K..

The title character was teenager Kale Stiglic (Cara Pifko) who created a zine about her life in suburban Toronto, with her friends Ross (Justin Peroff), Mary-Elizabeth (Jeanie Calleja), and Dalal (Vik Sahay). Each episode was named after an "issue" of her Zine. Plot segments were interspersed with quirky animated sequences narrated by Kale, with the animation reflecting the illustrations used in that issue's zine.

Contents

[edit] Episode List

Season 1

  1. The Imperfect Issue
  2. The Passion Issue
  3. The Gutsy Issue
  4. The If The Shoe Fits Issue
  5. The Shallow Issue
  6. The Revenge Issue
  7. The Trashy Issue
  8. The Yin Yang Issue
  9. The Stupid Issue
  10. The Pusher Issue
  11. The Unresolved Issue
  12. The If You Love Me And You Know It Issue
  13. The Last Laugh Issue

Season 2

  1. The Comeback Issue
  2. The Trapped Issue
  3. The Porn Issue
  4. The Crabby Issue
  5. The Psycho Issue
  6. The Winnie Crundel Issue
  7. The No Regrets Issue
  8. The Birthday Issue
  9. The There's Probably A Word For This In Japanese Issue
  10. The Karma Issue
  11. The Secrets Issue
  12. The D.I.Y. Issue
  13. The Brown Issue

[edit] Cast

Kale Stiglic (Cara Pifko)
Mary Elizabeth Penrose (Jeanie Calleja)
Ross Korolus (Justin Peroff)
Ethan Stiglic (Michael George)
Dalal Vidya (Vik Sahay)
Malachi (Christopher Ralph)
Rollins (Jesse Nilsson)
Joey Stiglic (Robert Bockstael)
Mila Stiglic (Mimi Kuzyk)
Bill Fisher (Daniel Enright)
Gordon (Tory Cassis)
Shana (Erin Hickock)

[edit] Writers, Director's and Producers

Our Hero was created by the writing team of John May and Suzanne Bolch who also had writing credits on all but two episodes. John May also directed a number of episodes. Along with Karen Lee Hall these three form Heroic Film Company, a Toronto production company that is mainly focused on creating youth oriented television programming.

[edit] Filming Locations

Our Hero was filmed in the CBC Broadcast Centre at Front St. and John St. in Toronto, Ontario. In some scenes you can recognize the architecture of the building; for example, in The Pusher Issue two characters compete in a contest to see who can stay inside a car for longest. The car is located in the lobby area of the building.

Some still and Super 8 photography for the zine sequences was shot with a very small crew along the cities streets.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Wins

2003 - Writer's Guild of Canada award for writing (The Karma Issue)
2002 - Writer's Guild of Canada award for writing (The Unresolved Issue)
2001 - Writer's Guild of Canada award for writing (The Shallow Issue)

[edit] Nominations

2002 - Canadian Comedy Award - Pretty Funny Female Performance for Jeanie Calleja
2002 - Canadian Comedy Award - Pretty Funny Male Performance for Vik Sahay
2002 - Canadian Comedy Award - Pretty Funny Writing for TV Series for Suzanne Bolch & John May
2002 - Gemini Awards - Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
2002 - Gemini Awards - Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program and Series
2001 - Gemini Awards - Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

[edit] Trivia

  • To save time and money, there was always two episodes shot at once.

[edit] External links

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