This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Season 11 - Eps 4: Epsiode 217
Segments Include: - An interview with Chretien aide Gallum Smeagle on his conflicted loyalties between ""old master"" and ""new master"" -Trick-or-Treating on Parliament Hill -The dangers of paranoid women owning ink-jet printers (priceless!) -Mrs. Enid on the commercialization of Remembrance Day. -Newsworld ""PLAY"" vj in an unsolicited interview with Clay Aiken (played by Gavin Crawford) -the ""deficieny of respect"" for Chretien's accomplishments.
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