Years ago these Canucks started making me laugh and I had no idea why. I've often said that the best thing about The Kids in the Hall was that they often let the sketch end without telling you what the joke was. They didn't care if you didn't get it. There was no "ratcheting up" of the joke to make sure every possible iteration was as exhausted as the audience. Half the skits, I assumed were referring to something I didn't understand. And still I laughed.The pilot episode is 22 years old. The kids—Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson—look barely pubescent. Not one with a goatee. Not one with a gut. They introduce a few of the characters that we've since grown to love, and some that we still don't understand. Cabbage Head?
The episode isn't bleeped, and there are no frustrating black bars or blurred boxes over the butts that grace the screen. You know. Art and all that.
Who was your favorite? Who has done the best work away from TKitH? What was your favorite recurring character? What was your favourite one-off sketch? Who was the hottest in drag?
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Who was your favorite?
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Who has done the best work away from TKitH?
Dave Foley - NewsRadio
What was your favorite recurring character?
It's a tie between Bruce McCulloch's 'Gavin' and Scott Thompson's 'Buddy Cole.'
What was your favourite one-off sketch?
Sausages. A masterpiece. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiGRpm6Tf3I
Who was the hottest in drag?
It's a tie between Cathie and Kathy.
i'm with you on several of those.
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