Canadian Comedy Awards

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The Canadian Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony celebrating notable English speaking Canadian comedians for achievements in live, TV and film comedy over the previous year. The awards began in 2000, and are usually broadcast on The Comedy Network.

The Awards were held in Toronto until 2002, but since 2003 they have been held in London, Ontario. Since moving to London, an annual Comedy Week has been held with the Awards gala taking place at the end of it.

Past hosts include the Royal Canadian Air Farce, Scott Thompson (of The Kids in the Hall), Dave Thomas, Brent Butt and Bruce Hunter (as Rocko the Dog, the character he plays on Puppets Who Kill).

The Awards are produced by The Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence and Higher Ground Productions, and the Live Awards have been generously supported by the late Bluma Appel.


Contents

[edit] Ceremonies

[edit] Annual Results

[edit] 2000

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

[edit] 2001

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

  • Pretty Funny Comedic Play: Radio-30, by Chris Earle
  • Pretty Funny One Person Show: Noam Chomsky is an Asshole, by Noam Rosen
  • Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Second City Mainstage
  • Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Bruce Hunter
  • Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Lisa Merchant
  • Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: The Second City Mainstage
  • Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Elvira Kurt
  • Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Brent Butt
  • Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Nikki Payne

THE BLUMA APPELL "THAT'S FUNNY" AWARD:

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

[edit] 2002

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

[edit] 2003

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

[edit] 2004

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

[edit] 2005

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

[edit] 2006

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

[edit] 2007

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

CATEGORY: FILM

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

[edit] Multiple Winners

[edit] Most Successful Shows

The TV shows which have had the most success at the Canadian Comedy Awards are:

[edit] Most Successful Groups

The groups/troupes with the most Canadian Comedy Award wins are:

[edit] Most Successful Individuals

[edit] People with the most wins (eight)

Mark Farrell is the only person with 8 Canadian Comedy Awards, for Best Writing - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 2001-2002; Made in Canada, 2003; Corner Gas, 2004 & 2007), Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (Made in Canada, 2001; This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 2003), and Best Direction - TV Series (Corner Gas - 2004).

[edit] People with three wins or more

Many others have also won several awards. The following people have won at least three awards:

[edit] Seven wins

[edit] Six wins

[edit] Five wins

[edit] Four wins

[edit] Three wins

[edit] Specials

The Canadian Comedy Awards have sponsored several spin-off specials, including:

  • The Canadian Comedy Awards: Nice Special
  • The Canadian Comedy Awards: Naughty Special
  • The Canadian Comedy Awards - Best of the Fest 2007
  • The Canadian Comedy Awards: Weekend Wrap-Up (2006)

[edit] Criticism

The Canadian Comedy Awards have often been criticized, particularly by those within the country's comedy community. Some complaints about the awards include:

  1. a general lack of organization (the general belief is that the awards show is too long, and that the awards were a complete disaster until they left Toronto for London).
  2. many from outside Toronto feel the awards are too "Toronto-centric"; a common in-joke is that the awards are often referred to as "The Toronto Comedy Awards".
  3. there is confusion about the nomination process for stand-up comedians; seemingly there is an "unwritten rule" that once a comic wins an award they are not nominated again, but in 2005 Nikki Payne became the first comedian to be nominated (and to win) for a second time - this upset some other female comedians who had previously won and did not know they could submit again.
  4. the nomination selection for the "stand-up newcomer" category is also criticized, because the winners are often not "newcomers". Many nominees for the award have several years of experience.
  5. some comedians have actually been nominated twice for the "newcomer" award (though none of them have ever won).
  6. the awards are national but only represent English-speaking comedians.
  7. Canadian comedians living outside of Canada are not nominated despite the success they might have around the world. Phil Nichol is one of the most successful Canadian comics around the world yet he has never been nominated.

[edit] External links