Keeping Up With KITH

This made my day. I found a short from earlier this year by The Kids in the Hall. It's nice to see the guys working together again after all these years. I knew they had live tours in recent years, but was surprised to come across this.

I was 9 when it began airing on the great CBC. Growing up in a fairly strict Christian household, I am glad my folks didn't pay much attention to the content. It was quite edgy for the time, and I seem to recall watching it in early primetime, sitting on the floor at my grandmothers playing with my Hot Wheels while the adults played cards. I knew this show was something special. Along with the newfie sketch comedy Codco, I was receiving a healthy dose of raw and controversial comedic influence at an early age, all thanks to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (Codco is another post altogether)

It aired in Canada CBC starting in 1988, and later was shown on CBS and HBO in the US. After the show ended, they did a movie called Brain Candy. I wasn't overly impressed, as it didn't seem to capture the vibe of the sketch series.

Mark McKinney went on to SNL for a few seasons. (Lorne Michaels produced KITH as well) His roles were lame and forgettable, but I don't blame him; I think he was just given crap characters. Lately he's been doing Canadian television. I hate CTV comedies, so I haven't given Robson Arms a chance. NOTE TO CTV: Your crappy sketch comedy shows are ruining it for Canadian comic representation as a whole.

Bruce McCulloch also wrote for SNL. I seem to recall seeing him in a sketch or two. More recently he has created a comedy called "Carpoolers" with Jerry O'Connell. I haven't seen it but an IMDB comment has someone claiming it was their next "Friends" If that is anywhere at all true, I will not like this show.

Dave Foley seem to gain the most notoriety in the US, starring in the sitcom NewsRadio. He's also done a ton of movie work, the last thing I saw him in was Uwe Boll's Postal. And I thought the videogame Postal 2 was tasteless.

Scott Thompson is the funniest gay comic ever. (Ant wishes he could be as creative at this guy.) In KITH, he played the best old lady characters, very believable. He's done a bunch of movie work as well, but nothing that stands out for me. I'm sure he's a household name in the gay community.

Kevin McDonald plays the most memorable characters for me. I think its the googly eyes and that look of shock. He did a lot of movies and tv after KITH. He played the pastor on That '70s Show, and worked on Seinfeld and Friends.

Recently I downloaded every season of The Kids in the Hall via bit torrent, about 16 GB of comic gold. You know how lots of shows you loved as a kid now seem to have lost their appeal as you get older? This didn't happen with the Kids. Sure, maybe I didn't get a some of the jokes when I was 10, but it is timeless for me nonetheless. It's still just as cool. If you haven't seen it, you should.