This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Season 12 - Eps 5: 12-5
Segments Include: - Stephen Harper loses his cool in the House of Commons over a practical joke by the Prime Minister. - Efforts by the Bush campaign to gets the election under control. - Prince Harry's latest trials and tribulations in the academic world. - Iran endorses Bush for president. - British troops redeployed to the more dangerous areas of Iraq. - A new ad campaign for the ""Greatest Canadian"" - Heritage Minute - providing a country where Americans can come to avoid death. - Joe Crow's commentary on natives as Canada's asterisk. - ""Making the Cut"" Badminton Edition. - Alexander Graham Bell's attack ads against Terry Fox and Tommy Douglas to win the title of ""Greatest Canadian"" - An investigation into the Kerry campaign's obsession with VP Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter.
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
