This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles. Its full name is a parody of This Hour Has Seven Days, a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the U.S. is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials. Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series CODCO, on which Thomey sometimes appeared as a guest. Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Season 18)
September 21, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-09-21
Overview: Geri Hall gets up close and personal with "Talk Sex With Sue Johanson" about why baby boomers are having more sex. Mark Critch and Gavin Crawford go door-to-door conducting a Conservative Party version of the census.
September 28, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-09-28
Overview: Mark Critch helps the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Danny Williams resolve his conflict with Quebec. Mrs. Enid (Cathy Jones) gets nasty about her fellow seniors.
October 5, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-10-05
Overview: Geri Hall and NDP Leader, Jack Layton prepare John Baird's chocolate chip cookies and Stephen Harper's salsa, using a cookbook with Conservative Party recipes. Teen Correspondent, Mark Jackson (Gavin Crawford) speaks with David Suzuki about why the Conservative government doesn't think science is important.
October 12, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-10-12
Overview: This week on 22 Minutes, Mark Critch is in Reykjavik, Iceland to celebrate John Lennon's 70th birthday with Yoko Ono. And Geri Hall consults with a higher power to see why the Leafs suck.
October 19, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-10-19
Overview: Mark Critch speaks with Canada's leaders on the 22 Minutes Red Carpet at the National Press Gallery Dinner on Parliament Hill. And, Gordon Pinsent reads his favourite quotes from Justin Bieber's new memoirs.
October 26, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-10-26
Overview: Mark Critch uses a translator to speak to Bloc Québécois Leader, Gilles Duceppe. Teen Correspondent, Mark Jackson (Gavin Crawford) tours the tar sands in a helicopter.
November 9, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-11-09
Overview: Mark Critch competes with Justin Trudeau to grow a moustache for the 'Movember Fundraiser'. And 22 Minutes, Correspondent Mary Walsh ambushes Tea Party Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell at her polling station in Wilmington, Delaware.
November 16, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-11-16
Overview: Correspendent Albert Howell reports from the red carpet at the 25th annual Gemini Awards. And Dog the Bounty Hunter (Mark Critch) and his wife Beth (Cathy Jones) talk about the Randy Quaid situation.
November 23, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-11-23
November 30, 2010 0.0
Air date: 2010-11-30
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