The Kids In The Hall (DVD) Review

12/05/2011 01:55

Nominated for 3 Emmys and 18 Gemini Awards, including five straight for the very best Comedy Series, The Kids In The Hall is often a legendary sketch comedy troupe whose hilarious skits have achieved cult icon status among comedy aficionados. Named after famed comedian Jack Benny's penchant for beginning a joke by saying, "I got this in the kids in the hall" (a line making reference to amateur comedians outside his office), The Kids In The Hall formed in Canada back in 1984. However, the group parted for just a short time when members Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney were hired as writers for the NBC show Saturday Night Live. Once the group reunited, SNL producer Lorne Michaels attended a Kids Inside Hall performance and loved what he saw. He an instant vision in the group in its own sketch comedy series, plus 1988, The Kids In The Hall premiered on HBO...

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The Kids Inside Hall took full bloom while in the late-1980s/early-1990s when the success of Saturday Night Live made sketch comedy a hot commodity. In this atmosphere, new series comparable to Living Color, MADtv, along with the Kids In The Hall, were ripe for breakout success. Sporting a little regular cast of 5 (with extensive experience cooperating), The Kids In The Hall quickly gained a loyal and devoted audience. Cast members Dave Foley (later of Newsradio), Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson, typically, wrote their own material and performed their own personal sketches, providing the show with edge in creativity when it comes to its contemporaries. This synergy between cast members and writers earned three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement written in a Variety or Music Program (whew! that is a long award title) and garnered The Kids In The Hall the money and respect it deserves as among the premiere sketch comedy shows in television history...

The Kids Inside Hall DVD features a number of hilarious episodes like series premiere when the cast perform a variety of skits such as Call Girls, The Eradicator, Ballet, The Crusher, and even one sketch which reveals true cause of cancer... Other notable episodes from Season 1 include "#108" with your skits as Ping Pong, The trip, Chain Gang, and Dinosaurs, and "#115" with your skits as Death Row, Man Guy, Crazy Love, Buddy's Island, and Mechanics...

Below is often a list of episodes included about the Kids In The Hall (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (#101) Air Date: 10-24-1989

Episode 2 (#102) Air Date: 10-31-1989

Episode 3 (#103) Air Date: 11-07-1989

Episode 4 (#104) Air Date: 11-14-1989

Episode 5 (#105) Air Date: 11-21-1989

Episode 6 (#106) Air Date: 12-05-1989

Episode 7 (#107) Air Date: 12-12-1989

Episode 8 (#108) Air Date: 12-19-1989

Episode 9 (#109) Air Date: 01-02-1990

Episode 10 (#110) Air Date: 01-09-1990

Episode 11 (#111) Air Date: 01-16-1990

Episode 12 (#112) Air Date: 01-23-1990

Episode 13 (#113) Air Date: 01-30-1990

Episode 14 (#114) Air Date: 04-03-1990

Episode 15 (#115) Air Date: 04-10-1990

Episode 16 (#116) Air Date: 04-17-1990

Episode 17 (#117) Air Date: 04-24-1990

Episode 18 (#118) Air Date: 05-01-1990

Episode 19 (#119) Air Date: 05-08-1990

Episode 20 (#120) Air Date: 05-15-1990

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Episode 21 (#121) Air Date: 05-22-1990