9th Canadian Comedy Awards

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9th Canadian Comedy Awards
Date5 October 2008 (2008-10-05)
Location
CountryCanada
Presented byCanadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Hosted byAlan Park
Most awardsThis Hour Has 22 Minutes (3)
Most nominationsCorner Gas (9)
Websitewww.canadiancomedyawards.org

The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2007. The ceremony was held on 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The ceremony was hosted by Alan Park.

Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 24 categories. This included the first public-voting categories and the first awards recognizing Internet content. The awards ceremony concluded the five-day Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which showcased performances by over 100 comic artists. A Best of the Fest special was broadcast by The Comedy Network.

For a third consecutive year TV series Corner Gas led the nominations with nine, followed by the film Dark Rising with six. However, neither of these works won a Beaver. This Hour Has 22 Minutes won three Beavers followed by a number of artists and projects that received two, including Gavin Crawford, Gerry Dee, Geri Hall, Seth Rogen, and the films Juno and Superbad. [1]

Festival and ceremony[]

The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival ran from 1 to 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan.[2] The province and city had provided $200,000 in funding to relocate the festival from London, Ontario.[3] Fourteen shows were held in Regina, showcasing the talents of more than 100 comedic performers. The awards were also sponsored by The Comedy Network[2] which compiled and broadcast the Best of the Fest television special, hosted by Gerry Dee. The awards ceremony was hosted by Alan Park[4] at Casino Regina.[1]

Winners and nominees[]

The Awards were expanded from 20 to 24 categories this year, including three public-voting categories: best radio program or clip, best web clip, and Canadian Comedy Person of the Year. Winners of public-voting categories were chosen by Canadian residents through an online poll.[2]

The film Juno had been controversially excluded from Canada's industry-driven Genie Awards. Although it had a Canadian director, lead actors, crew, and had been filmed in Canada, U.S. financing disqualified it from competition. The Canadian Comedy Awards, however, were artist-driven with a mandate "To recognize and celebrate Canadian achievements in comedy at home and abroad"[5] and awarded the film two Beavers.[6]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:[7]

Multimedia[]

Canadian Comedy Person of the Year Best Radio Program or Clip

Live[]

Best Stand-up, Large Venue Best Stand-up Newcomer
Best Male Stand-up Best Female Stand-up
Best Male Improviser Best Female Improviser
Best Sketch Troupe or Company Best Improv Troupe or Company
  • Blue ribbon Show Stopping Number
  • About An Hour
  • Urban Improv
  • General Fools Improvisational Theatre
  • Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show
Best One Person Show Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series
  • Blue ribbon The Sean Schau!
  • Scarfarce
  • The One Man Harold
  • The Newsdesk with Ron Sparks
  • All the Rage
  • Blue ribbon Facebook of Revelations
  • PET3RS – Approximately 3 Peters
  • Dreadwood: Stories of the Canadian Klondike
  • The Dead Language of Love
  • An Inconvenient Musical
Best Taped Live Performance
  • Blue ribbon Gerry Dee – Just For Laughs 2007 Gala show 12
  • The Doo Wops – Canadian Comedy Awards 2007: Best of the Fest

Television[]

Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female
Best Direction in a Series Best Direction in a Special or Episode
Best Writing in a Series Best Writing in a Special or Episode

Film[]

Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female
Best Direction Best Writing

Internet[]

Best Web Clip

Special Awards[]

Chairman's Award Dave Broadfoot Award

Footnotes[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "The Waldo Ultimatum" is a sketch by the Imponderables.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Superbad, Juno snap up comedy awards". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia: Southam Publications. Canwest News Service. 5 October 2008. p. D3. ProQuest 269545399.
  2. ^ a b c "CBC shows pick up trophies at Canadian Comedy Awards". CBC News. Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ Slotek, Jim (26 February 2013). "Comedian Jeremy Hotz invites Canadians to climb aboard and laugh at his life". London Free Press. Toronto, Ontario: Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Canadian Comedy Awards | History". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. ^ Morgan, Aidan (4 March 2015). "The Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  6. ^ Vlessing, Etan (3 October 2008). "Canadian Comedy Awards fetes Jason Reitman". Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  8. ^ Burgmann, Tamsyn (4 August 2008). "Young comics going viral for online laughs". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press.

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