Comedy Crackers

Comedy Crackers
Genre	comedy
Starring	Barrie Baldaro Dave Broadfoot George Carron Joan Stuart Ted Zeigler
Narrated by	Alec Bollini Stanley Gibbons
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer(s)	Dale Barnes
Location(s)	Montreal
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Original run	4 February 1970 – 16 September 1970
Chronology
Preceded by	Comedy Cafe

Comedy Crackers is a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television in 1970.

Premise

This series was a follow-up to 1969's Comedy Cafe which was a local series that was brought to the national CBC network to fill in for the early cancellation Barris and Company. This new series followed a similar format as Comedy Cafe with its sketches whose themes often reflected the Canadian cultural divide between English and French. The same cast also returned, namely Barrie Baldaro, Dave Broadfoot, George Carron, Joan Stuart and Ted Zeigler. They were joined by the Harry Marks Orchestra and announcers Alec Bollini and Stanley Gibbons. Recurring sketches included "B & B Pub" with Baldaro and Carron as tavern owners, and "L'Anglaises" which was continued from Comedy Cafe with Carron and Stuart reprising their routine as a mixed-language couple.^[1]

Production

Comedy Crackers, like Comedy Cafe, was recorded at Montreal's Windsor Hotel in the Versailles Room.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 4 February to 16 September 1970.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Comedy Crackers". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1182. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

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