Shane MacDougall
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Shane MacDougall (Born March 3, 1967), is a Canadian comedian, writer, and filmmaker from North Bedque, Prince Edward Island. Best known for challenging Queen Elizabeth 2 to a kickboxing match or math test for the crown of Canada, Shane received death threats from avowed monarchists, but succeeded in raising the profile of the nationalist republican (small "r") movement.
MacDougall is also well known as the creator and co-producer of the controversial "Dark Shows" at Toronto's The Rivoli. At the time, the Dark Show was considered the longest-running "alternative comedy" show in Canada, and challenged prominent Canadian comedians to do material about sensitive or dark topics, from child molestation to recent tragedies, many of the comics were up to the task, delivering some of the most taboo but funny sets ever. Other comics weren't so lucky, and would leave the stage in a stony silence. Talk radio shows would routinely chime in on the upcoming shows, and a few times protestors threatened to disrupt the event. (The ironic thing was that at the time, Shane was a writer for some of the most popular children's television shows.)
For two years Shane was a comedy reporter and humorist for eye magazine in Toronto, then moved to New York City where he worked as a writer for various MTV shows. He now lives in Southern California where he is currently shooting Wiener Takes All, a documentary about dachshund racing.
