This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Season 11 - Episode 12
Warning! To Asian Farmers: Don't count count your chickens before you stuff them into a large burlap sack and dump them into a landfill! Segments Include: Dick Cheney's recent meeting with Pope John Paul II. The Atkin's Diet gone horribly wrong Bas MacLaren at the New Hampshire Primary, amushing all the Democratic candidates. Law and Order: G.A.Y. ""Frontiers in Science"" discusses Mad Cow Disease ""Oscar Watch"" with Della Smile and Raj Bhinder CBC's newest talk show ""Political Insider"" Reasons not to go to the police for help or protection
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
