This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Season 11 - Episode 10
Segments Include: Bas MacLaren at the Banff Film Festival An analysis of Paul Martin's first meeting with George Bush at the Summitt of the Americas Marg Delahunty crashing Stephen Harper's announcement that he'll seek the Conservative Leadership. A spinoff of ""Average Joe"" entitled ""Horribly Disfigured Joe"" Joe Crow's commentary on terrorist plans to poison food and water supplies. A scenerio depicting what could go wrong with the Russian Space Agency's plan to use the Canadian Prairies as an emergency landing site. Repeated attempts at unloading copies of Canadian Idol Ryan Malcom's CD ""Home"" ""Sports Beat"" returns with Chip McAllister and his new co-anchor, Raj Bhinder ""That Show Sucked""
About This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Title: This Hour Has 22 Minutes
First Air Date: 1993-10-11
Last Air Date: 2025-09-16
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 51 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 34
Total Episodes: 494
Network: CBC Television
Genres: News, Comedy
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Mark Critch
Trent McClellan
Aba Amuquandoh
Stacey McGunnigle
Chris Wilson
