SketchCom

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SketchCom
Genre	Sketch comedy
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Roger Abbott Don Ferguson
Running time	30 minutes (time slot)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC
Original run	5 October 1998 – spring 1999?
External links
IMDb profile

SketchCom was a 1998 Canadian television comedy series, created by Roger Abbott and Don Ferguson of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. The series aired on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm in most time zones.

The first of the series' 13 episodes aired 5 October 1998 and aired most weeks until early 1999. Different sketch performers were featured in each episode. CBC did not renew SketchCom for the 1999-2000 television season.

Program funding included contributions from Bell Canada's Broadcast and New Media Fund^[1] and the Canadian Television Fund^[2]

[edit] Episodes and guest performers

Original air dates of selected episodes, with guests:

• 5 October 1998 - debut
• 26 October 1998 - Corky and the Juice Pigs^[3]
• 2 November 1998 - Illustrated Men (David Huband, Bruce Hunter and Adrian Truss)^[4]
• 11 January 1999 - Fred's Bicycle Repair Shop and Urban Myth^[5]
• 25 January 1999 - The Stand-Ins, The Bobroom^[6]
• 1 February 1999 - Fast and Dirty^[7]

[edit] References

1. ^ 1998 Annual Report. Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
2. ^ 1998-1999 Funding Results. Canadian Television Fund. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
3. ^ Hotsheet CBC Program Listings. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (26 October 1998). Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
4. ^ Hotsheet CBC Program Listings. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2 November 1998). Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
5. ^ Blakey, Bob. "Worth Watching", Calgary Herald, 11 January 1999, p. C12. 
6. ^ Blakey, Bob. "Worth Watching", Calgary Herald, 25 January 1999, p. B8. 
7. ^ F&D Press Bits. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.

[edit] External links

• SketchCom at the Internet Movie Database