Comedy Cafe

Comedy Cafe
Genre	comedy
Written by	John Morgan Martin Bronstein
Starring	Barrie Baldaro Dave Broadfoot George Carron Joan Stuart Ted Zeigler
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer(s)	Dale Barnes
Location(s)	Montreal
Running time	variable
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Original run	1 February 1969 – 8 March 1969
Chronology
Followed by	Comedy Crackers

Comedy Cafe is a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television in 1969.

Premise

This Montreal-produced series featured performers from CBC Radio's Funny You Should Say That series, namely Barrie Baldaro, Joan Stuart and Ted Zeigler. They were joined by additional performers Dave Broadfoot and George Carron. The series borrowed from material already broadcast on the radio series such as "The Tavern" in which men have a conversation at a bar, or "L'Anglaises" about a French-speaking husband (Carron) and his English-speaking wife (Stuart). The series also featured Broadfoot's frequently-performed Member for Kicking Horse Pass character.

Comedy Cafe already aired as a local series in Montreal since late 1968. It was brought to the national network to fill in the time slot left vacant by the demise of Barris and Company. The series also transitioned to colour broadcasts due to its national exposure.

Episodes were recorded at Montreal's Windsor Hotel in the Versailles Room.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Saturdays at approximately 10:15 p.m. (Eastern) from 1 February to 8 March 1969, following the conclusion of the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

References

1. ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Comedy Cafe". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=796. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Comedy Cafe". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Cin.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
• Comedy Cafe at the Internet Movie Database