kids in the hall-related stories
Posted Jul 4th 2009 6:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
As a special
Sketch Comedy Saturday treat, I will forgo the lengthy, typed-out, text version of me humming the
Kids In The Hall theme song and get right down to business. This is one of those shows that are now considered classic sketch comedy (and Canadian comedy), so I feel silly for even having to profile them, but I am constantly surprised by the number of people whose eyes glaze over when I ask them if they've ever heard of the Kids. So ... Have you heard of the Kids?
Continue reading Sketch Comedy Saturday: The Kids In The Hall
Posted Feb 19th 2009 11:04AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Saturday Night Live, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
There is no better way to get inside a character's head (without resorting to charging up some power cutting tools and laying down some newspaper) than writing in a dream sequence.
Some of them, however, try to explain too much or cover too much ground and end up becoming the kind of dreams that keeps our Paxil dosage high and GlaxoSmithKline's stock price higher.
These are those mindfreaks.
Continue reading Eight of TV's weirdest dreams - VIDEOS
Posted Dec 4th 2008 11:31AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Video, Reality-Free
The news that
The Kids in the Hall are working on a
new Canadian TV miniseries should make comedy nerds everywhere happy. I know I'm excited, even though it might be a while until it airs in the U.S. (I'm kicking myself for not moving to Canada like I said I would after the 2004 presidential election.)
Mr. Dave Foley told the Canadian Press that all the original Kids (Foley, Bruce McCullough, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson and Kevin McDonald) are writing an eight-ep miniseries for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the home of their original sketch comedy show. It sounds like their recent reunion tour went pretty well. The five-member troupe will star in the series, which Foley says won't be a sketch comedy, but will involve a number of comic characters.
Continue reading Kids in the Hall working on new miniseries - VIDEO
Posted Oct 29th 2007 9:21AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd
Sometimes, when it's too rainy outside to go anywhere and the air is full of a sense of doom and gloom, all you want is to just hole up indoors and watch hours and hours and hours of nonstop Canadian sketch comedy and cross-dressing. Hey, I can't possibly be the only one that feels that way, because otherwise, the
Kids in the Hall complete series megaset wouldn't have been made. I had a full rainy week to lounge around with this lovely collection and we got to know each other pretty well. It's a real sweetheart, to be sure... A real cross-dressing, head-crushing, fact-sharing, cabbage-headin' sweetheart.
Continue reading Kids in the Hall complete series megaset - DVD review
Posted Oct 19th 2007 10:40AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Numb3rs, Contests and Giveaways
If you haven't entered our latest three giveaways yet (
Ghost Whisperer season two,
Numb3rs season three and
The Kids in the Hall Megaset), you've got until 5PM Eastern today to enter. Just head on over to the posts linked above, read through the rules and make the applicable comment there (not here!) We'll notify the winners next week.
Two more next week! Good luck!
Posted Oct 15th 2007 8:56AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways
It's time for us to give away some stuff ... again! One of today's giveaways is for three copies of
The Kids in the Hall - complete series megaset on DVD, which is in stores October 31, but through Wednesday, October 17th,
you can order the set at 50% off. All you've got to do is submit a comment below before 5PM Eastern, October 19, and mention your favorite sketch from the series. We'll randomly choose three winners to receive the DVDs!
Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating your favorite Kids in the Hall sketch.
- The comment must be left before October 19, 2007 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Three winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Three winners will receive a copy of The Kids in the Hall Complete Series Megaset DVDs (valued at $199.95).
Click here for complete Official Rules.Posted Oct 2nd 2007 11:28AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Interviews, Celebrities
When I wrapped up my interview with Bruce McCulloch -- executive producer of ABC's
Carpoolers and a member of the legendary comedy troupe Kids In The Hall -- I asked him if there was anything else he might be working on. "Yeah, I'm going to have a heart attack next March, and I wanted people to know about that," he joked. For a guy who has worn a lot of hats in his career, nothing has kept him busier than being the boss.
Carpoolers, a single-camera comedy premiering on ABC tonight at 8:30 PM ET, is about four guys who use their carpool to explore what's going on in each other's lives. The show is McCulloch's brainchild, which means he's involved with everything from the writing to how many donuts will be on the craft services table. Yet he still has time to write and perform his own surreal works, as well as perform occasionally with the Kids, who have been together for almost a quarter-century.
I got a chance to speak to McCulloch last week, and we talked about what it's like to premiere after the season's most lambasted new show (
Cavemen), what parts of himself he sees in each of his main characters, what it's like to work with
Fred Goss and Jerry O'Connell (
who spoke to our friends at AOL last week), and why the Kids have managed to stay together for so long. Highlights are after the jump, as well as an audio embed of the interview (35 minutes).
Continue reading Bruce McCulloch of Carpoolers: The TV Squad Interview - AUDIO
Posted Aug 25th 2007 8:01AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Web, Celebrities
Man, how I miss this show.
Someone who attended the Kids in the Hall reunion performance at the Just for Laughs festival posted the encore on YouTube, and I've placed it below for your viewing pleasure. Some of the dialogue is difficult to make out, but fans shouldn't have any trouble figuring out what's going on. Mark McKinney reprises his role as the "headcrusher" guy, that wormy fella who loved to vanquish those he disliked by closing one eye and pretending to crush their heads between his thumb and forefinger. In the segment below, he kills off the other cast members (Scott Thompson, Bruce McCullough, Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald) for their poor career choices post- Kids in the Hall. In a final bit of inspired meta comedy, McKinney turns his wrath on himself.
Continue reading A clip from the Kids in the Hall live show - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 13th 2007 6:23PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
- All Creatures Great and Small - Series 7 and Complete Series sets
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (movie)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 2: Earth, Vol. 4
- Bewitched - The Complete Seasons 1-5
- Brian Regan: Standing Up
- Doctor Who - #75 and #158
- Dynasty - Season 2
- Elvis: The Miniseries
- The Fugitive (original) - Season 1, Vol. 1
- Home Run Derby - Vol. 2
- Kids in the Hall - Pilot: Headcrusher Edition
- Loonatics: Unleased - Season 2
- Masters of Horror - "Valerie on the Stairs" and "We All Scream For Ice Cream"
- McLeod's Daughters - Season 3
Posted May 28th 2007 6:19PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
New TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
- The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Series
- Charlie and Lola - Vol. 4
- The Closer - Season 2
- F Troop - Season 2
- The Kids in the Hall - Best of Vol. 2
- Rawhide - Season 2, Vol. 1
- Weeds - Season 1 (Blu-Ray)
Posted Jan 25th 2007 12:12PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals
The career trajectories of the former
Kids in the Hall have been fascinating to behold. Dave Foley went from a starring turn in
News Radio to a funny, but strange co-hosting gig on
Celebrity Poker Showdown. Mark McKinney appeared briefly on
SNL and now sits around the writer's room of
Studio 60 hoping Aaron Sorkin will throw him a bone and actually let him write something. Kevin McDonald turns up in bit parts everywhere and keeps a steady gig as the voice of
Lilo and Stitch's alien life form Pleakley. Scott Thompson visits Conan every once in awhile, but my favorite Bruce McCulloch's post-
Kids appearances have been few and far between. McCulloch served a brief stint as a
SNL writer and wrote and directed the forgettable film
Dog Park.
Continue reading ABC picks up pilot from Kids in the Hall alum
Posted Jan 20th 2007 2:03PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Programming, Game Show, Pickups and Renewals
NBC has ordered six episodes of celebrity improv competition
Thank God You're Here. The series, which was originally produced in Australia, is being described as
Whose Line is it Anyway? meets
Let's Make a Deal. Celebrity guests will choose one of several doors to open. Behind each door, a comedy sketch they know nothing about is being performed. Whether they stumble into an operating room, a motorcycle race or an undersea adventure, they'll be greeted by the line, "Thank God you're here!" From that point, the celeb is on his or her own. Their performances will be judged by
Kids in the Hall alum Dave Foley and host David Alan Grier.
Continue reading NBC orders Thank God You're Here
Posted Jan 6th 2007 9:02AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Web, Celebrities
I hope this information won't make you think any less of me, but I'm a bass player. My parents didn't plan on having a bass player, it was my father's hope that I would follow in his footsteps and become a trumpet player, but low lung capacity and an inability to remember which end of the trumpet to blow into resulted in the inevitable: I turned to the electric bass (and later the upright bass).
Continue reading Kids in the Hall honor the bass player - VIDEO
Posted Oct 31st 2006 8:21AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
Acapulco Heat - Season 2- A Touch Of Frost - Seasons 11 and 12
- CSI: Miami - Season 4
- Ghost Whisperer - Season 1
- The Hitchhiker - Vol. 3
- The Kids in the Hall - Season 5 and Complete Series
- Speed Racer - Collector's Edition, Vol. 5
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Whale of a Party
- The Super Mario Brothers Super Show - Vol. 2
- Tales From the Crypt - Season 5
Posted Sep 26th 2006 9:01AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
The Benny Hill Show - Complete and Unadulterated: Vol. 5 - The Book of Daniel - Complete Series
- Brotherhood - Season 1
- Danger Mouse - Seasons 7 to 10
- Dark Shadows - Collection 26
- The Dick Tracy Show - Complete Series (Animated)
- Ellen - Season 4
- Kids in the Hall - Best Of, Vol. 1
- Mama's Family - Season 1
- Masters of Horror - Imprint (Takashi Miike)
- The Munsters - Fright Fest
- One Tree Hill - Season 3
- Riptide - Season 1
- Thriller - Season 1
- Transformers: Armada - Season 1, Part 2
- Voltron: Defenders of the Universe - Collection One (Blue Lion)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Season 1, Vol. 1 (Censored and Uncensored)
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