System Crash (TV series)
System Crash | |
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Created by | Josh Morris |
Starring | See Below |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 45 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | YTV |
Picture format | NTSC |
Original release | September 2, 1999 December 9, 2001 | –
System Crash is a Canadian youth sketch comedy television show, which aired on YTV from 1999 to 2001.[1]
The series centred on a group of students in a junior high school media club, telling the events of their fictional school, Lambton Junior High, in the past week.[2] Each episode usually had a theme, e.g. parents.
Recurring segments[]
- Fly on the Wall - Uses hidden cameras to show what happens when no one is looking (e.g. why girls go to the bathroom in pairs and what do they do once they're in there?)
- Burnbaum Helps - Burnbaum helping people. However, it always ends badly for the person that asks for help. It was replaced with Battleford Helps when Burnbaum left the show.
- Canadian Council for Concerned Kids - Zoe's informative 'public service announcement' styled segment, providing important messages to adults on the way they should treat and interact with their children.
- Garage Band - During the first season (1999), several of the episodes ended with a Garage Band segment. It featured members of the Canadian band Serial Joe playing humorous songs with the principal cast.
- Lambton News - Talks about current events. Hosted by Carla Waller in the first season and Emily Pereira afterwards.
- Sports Update - An update on sports at the school. Hosted by Wedgie Goldstein in the first season and Noogie Monoham (Zach Pettiford) afterwards.
- Lambton Legends - Looking back at various legendary athletes and other famous Lambton alumni.
- Lambton Home Shopping - Beau Peterson sells useless products and inventions to the students of Lambton via a Home Shopping Network styled-show.
- Movie Spoofs - Movies of all kinds were constantly spoofed - Examples include Gladiator, Cast Away, Star Wars, The Maltese Falcon, The Incredible Hulk, The Matrix, E.T., Jaws, etc.
- Kyle's Notes - Kyle Cooper giving unreliable lectures and his notes. This was used during the first season and ended when Ryan Field left the show.
Cast[]
Season 1[]
- Nathaniel Siegler (as Nathan Burnbaum)
- Haleigh Sheehan (as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez)
- Kendra FitzRandolph (as Bridget Hendrickson)
- Tony Del Rio (as William 'Tek' Gibson)
- Ryan Field (as Kyle Copper)
- Alithea Watters (as Carla Waller)
- Shamba Amani (as Mr. Cooper)
Season 2[]
- Nathaniel Siegler (as Nathan Burnbaum)
- Haleigh Sheehan (as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez)
- Kendra FitzRandolph (as Bridget Hendrickson)
- Tony Del Rio (as William 'Tek' Gibson)
- Owen Rotharmel (as Beau Peterson)
Season 3[]
- Nathaniel Siegler (as Nathan Burnbaum)
- Haleigh Sheehan (as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez)
- Kendra FitzRandolph (as Bridget Hendrickson)
- Owen Rotharmel (as Beau Peterson)
- Rajiv Surendra (as Chuck Singh)
- Jordan Dawe[3]
Season 4[]
- Haleigh Sheehan (as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez)
- Owen Rotharmel (as Beau Peterson)
- Connor Lynch (as Bobby Battleford)
- Esmeralda Smith-Romero (as Samantha Briggs)
- Nathan Stephenson (as James Alexander)
References[]
- ^ Greenaway, Kathryn (March 13, 1999). "Teenage angst gets its own TV show: System Crash succeeds by showing teens their own world". Montreal Gazette. p. 39. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ Grant McIntyre, "From crass to Crash Kids' television writer/producer has done it all". The Globe and Mail, March 20, 1999.
- ^ Gordon Kennedy, "Young actor lands spot on YTV program". Sudbury Star, June 30, 2000.
External links[]
- System Crash at IMDb
Categories:
- YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
- Television series by Corus Entertainment
- 1999 Canadian television series debuts
- 2002 Canadian television series endings
- 1990s Canadian sketch comedy television series
- 2000s Canadian sketch comedy television series
- Television shows set in Toronto
- Television shows filmed in Toronto