THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES {THIS HOUR HAS TWENTY-TWO MINUTES} {THE YEAR IN REVIEW} (TV)
Summary
A special year-end review edition of this Canadian comedy series satirizing current events in a news program format. Included are the following reports and commentaries: a look at the possible results of the finance minister's plans for Canada, modeled on an Australian austerity program; the record high approval rating of Prime Minister Jean ChrŽtien; Queen Elizabeth's trip to Russia; a look at an "intervention" by the UN's new pink-helmeted domestic peacekeeping force; the "Peter Pan" elements of the marriage of singer Michael Jackson and Elvis-offspring Lisa Marie Presley; an "interview" with Russian leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky; an interview with two volunteer officers from the deck of the HMCS Halifax, which is being bombed by the Navy to test for hull strength; a promo for a concert by Bernie Cohen, poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen's upbeat younger brother; a commentary by a man who compares liberal MP Roseanne Skoke's intolerance of gays to Skoke's "lifestyle decision" to remain vertically challenged; a commentary by sexual affairs correspondent Babe Bennet; a political commentary by Marg Delahunty, who gets out of bed to interview the Minister of Human Resources, Lloyd Axworthy; and a commentary critical of writer Camille Paglia by the feminist author and "second generation lesbian" Genoa Hallerstein. (This program was nominated for a 1995 International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBC (Canada)
- DATE: January 2, 1995 Monday
- RUNNING TIME: 0:23:09
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:41442
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; International Collection - Canada; Political satire
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Michael Donovan … Executive Producer
- Jack Kellum … Senior Producer
- Geoff D'Eon … Producer
- Gerald Lunz … Producer
- Jenipher Ritchie … Producer
- Henry Sarwer-Foner … Director
- Mary Walsh … Series concept created by, Writer
- Robin Johnston … Researcher
- Cathy Jones … Writer
- Rick Mercer … Writer
- Greg Thomey … Writer
- Alan Resnick … Writer
- Paul Bellini … Contributing Writer
- Ed MacDonald … Contributing Writer
- Edmund Eagan … Composer, Original music by
- Cathy Jones … Cast
- Rick Mercer … Cast
- Greg Thomey … Cast
- Mary Walsh … Cast
- Lloyd Axworthy
- Jean Chretien
- Michael Jackson
- Camille Paglia
- Lisa Marie Presley
- Roseanne Skoke
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky