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Encyclopedia > The Second City's Next Comedy Legend
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Second City's Next Comedy Legend

Next Comedy Legend title card
Genre reality game show, comedy
Created by Andrew Alexander
Starring Dave Thomas
Trish Stratus
Mick Napier
Elvira Kurt
Joe Flaherty
Production
Executive producer(s) Andrew Alexander
Morgan Elliot
Broadcast
Original channel CBC
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
720p (HDTV)
Original run Upcoming –
Links
Official website

The Second City's Next Comedy Legend is a show currently being produced on Canada's CBC. It combines elements of American Idol and Spinal Tap. Contestants will improvise and create characters for their chance to win a spot on the Second City National Touring Company. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the television genre. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke[[ laughter in general). ... See the David Thomas disambiguation page for other people with this name. ... Trish Stratus (born Patricia Anne Stratigias[1] (IPA: ) on December 18, 1975 in Richmond Hill, Ontario), is a former Canadian fitness model and semi-retired professional wrestler. ... Mick Napier is an actor, director, teacher and author living in Chicago. ... Image:Elvira kurt. ... Joe Flaherty Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941) is an American Canadian comedian. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... ... 720p is the shorthand name for a category of HDTV video modes. ... High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... Spinal Tap is a fictitious heavy metal band, the subject of the 1984 rockumentary/mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. ... Improvisational comedy (also called improv) is comedy that is performed with a little to no predetermination of subject matter and structure. ...


Judges will be Joe Flaherty, Mick Napier, Dave Thomas and Elvira Kurt and hosted by Trish Stratus. Current Second City performers will act as mentors. The show is being produced by Andrew Alexander. [1] Joe Flaherty Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941) is an American Canadian comedian. ... Mick Napier is an actor, director, teacher and author living in Chicago. ... See the David Thomas disambiguation page for other people with this name. ... Image:Elvira kurt. ... Trish Stratus (born Patricia Anne Stratigias[1] (IPA: ) on December 18, 1975 in Richmond Hill, Ontario), is a former Canadian fitness model and semi-retired professional wrestler. ...


Auditions for the 2007 show took place March 20th in Vancouver, March 24th in Calgary, March 27th in Halifax and April 4th in Toronto. Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ... Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Halifax can refer to any of several things: // Australia Halifax Bay, North Queensland Canada Halifax Regional Municipality City of Halifax (dissolved city) Halifax County, Nova Scotia (dissolved county) Halifax (electoral district) Halifax International Airport Namibia Halifax Island United Kingdom Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) Halifax bank (formerly building...


See also

The Second City Logo The Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy troupe based in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, with offshoot troupes in other cities, most notably Toronto. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ...

References

  1. ^ Second City's Next Comedy Legend Announces Stars. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.

2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ...

External links

  • Official CBC site for the show
  • The Second City Official Website
  • Official Myspace Page


 

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