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 6)
Episode 123 0.0
Overview: Segments include: - A turn of events at the APEC inquiry - Marg Delahunty at the Progressive Conservative Leader's Debate - A message from the Responsible Drinkers of Canada: Don't drink and vote - Canadian senior citizens in space - Talking to Americans: Washington D.C. - Streeter - ""Jane Hawtin Live""
Episode 124 0.0
Overview: Segments include: - CN layoffs - Brian Mulroney receives the Order of Canada - Frank MacMillan at the Press Club dinner in Ottawa - Mrs. Enid on television women - A new CBC game show: ""What D'ya Gotta Do To Get Fired?"" - Streeter - ""22 Talkback""
Episode 125 0.0
Overview: Segments include: - The National Post hits newsstands - Jerry Boyle in Ottawa - The Secondhand Stock Report - Streeter - Marg Delahunty confronts Don Cherry - A new Canadain made-for-TV movie: ""Life with the Butterbox Ponies"" - ""Anne & Abby"" - Connie Bloor on Conrad Black
Episode 126 0.0
Episode 127 0.0
Overview: Segments include: - Marg Delahunty on the campaign trail - Pi long distance - Babe Bennett on sexual assault - Streeter - NicoTerm patches - ""Noise"" - Hockey Notebook - Connie Bloor in Montreal
Episode 128 0.0
Overview: Segments include: - The Royal Bank of Canada records record profits - Jean Chretien visits China - Dakey Dunn and Peter C. Newman - The Andy Scott blowout sale at the Liberal Party warehouse - Streeter - Foster Parents of Armed Forces of Canada - The Eatons Christmas Parade
Episode 129 0.0
Overview: Segments include: - Canada/U.S. cultural tensions - I.O.C. scandal - ""Double Exposure"" - Mrs. Enid and Eulalia - ""You've Got Mail"" - Talking to Americans: Washington D.C. - ""Great Outdoors"" - Jerry Boyle
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