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.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Season 4)
Episode 64 (Episode 1)
Air date: 1996-09-30

Episode 65 (Episode 2)
Writer: Edward Kay
Air date: 1996-10-14
Overview: Segments include: - Princess Diana's video scandal - The new Liberal whip - Marg Delahunty talks with Donovan Bailey - Babe Bennett on sex changes - The Right Answer - Heritage Minute: The Sea-Doo - Streeter: Can a Bank Change? - To spank or not to spank? - The Campbell File - Dakey Dunn and Margaret Atwood

Episode 66 (Episode 3)
Writer: Edward Kay
Air date: 1996-10-21
Overview: Segments include: - Preston Manning's ""Fresh Start"" - The ""22 Minutes"" Curriculum Guide - Joe Crow on Brian Tobin - Pope John Paul II out of hospital - Marg Delahunty's Parliamentary Pajama Party - ""Overcurrents"" with Wendel Mesley - Streeter: Careers - Canada's first Hooters restaurant - ""Sex with Lou""
Episode 67 (Episode 4)
Writer: Edward Kay
Air date: 1996-10-28
Overview: Segments include: - Union shutdown of Toronto - Mad cow disease - Arctic parks - Rockin' at the Rodeo: Same-sex line dancing - Dakey Dunn on exercise - ""Marketplace A1C 2F2"" - Streeter: Empty Preston - Hackers enter the CIA website - Association of People Named Blaine
Episode 68 (Episode 5)
Writer: Edward Kay
Air date: 1996-11-04
Overview: Segments include: - Lucien Bouchard tries to revive Quebec's economy - J.B. Dickson on assignment in Washington D.C. - Mrs. Enid on dating - Scientists discover a new planet - Tony Costello and ""No You Can't!"" - Streeter: Democracy, American-Style - Mrs. Tomorrow - News for Dogs
Episode 69 (Episode 6)
Writer: Edward Kay
Air date: 1996-11-11
Overview: Segments include: - Preston Manning finds three replacement MPs - Ross Perot's post-election plans - Ozone hole sets record - The Multicorp investigation - Streeter: Impressions of Washington - ""22 Minutes in the Woods"" - ""Canada's Funniest Home Videos""
Episode 70 (Episode 7)
Air date: 1996-11-18
Episode 71 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1996-11-25
Episode 72 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1996-12-02
Episode 73 (Episode 10)
Air date: 1996-12-09

Episode 74 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1996-12-31
Episode 75 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1997-01-20

Episode 76 (Episode 13)
Writer: Edward Kay
Air date: 1997-01-27
Overview: Segments include: - Clinton's inauguration - Lloyd Axworthy goes to Cuba - Dakey Dunn on a nookie-free existance - Streeter: Canada's Manifest Destiny - Sexual harrassment in the workplace - Hockey Notebook - The Campbell File
Episode 77 (Episode 14)
Air date: 1997-02-03
Overview: Segments include: - An apology to the banks - Marg Delahunty on hospitals - ""Money Matters!"" - Streeter: Teflon Jean - The Sphinxler Sisters - Adolescent Notes - ""Definitely Not the Women's Network"" - ""Birding""
Episode 78 (Episode 15)
Air date: 1997-02-10
Episode 79 (Episode 16)
Air date: 1997-02-24

Episode 80 (Episode 17)
Writer: Edward Kay
Air date: 1997-03-03
Overview: Segments include: - Eaton's files for bankruptcy protection - Quebec's trade dispute - The first man on the Pill - Babe Bennett - ""Man Talk"" - Election Watch '97 - Jerry Boyle

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