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  Royal Canadian Air Force - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The RCAF Roundel is based on that of the British Royal Air Force with a maple leaf, a symbol of Canada, in the centre.
Following the decision to remove civil duties from the Royal Canadian Navy in the mid-1930s and return that organization to a purely military operation, in 1936, it was decided the RCAF should follow suit.
On February 1, 1968, the Royal Canadian Air Force was merged with the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army to form the Canadian Armed Forces.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/RCAF   (1863 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Farce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is still on the air to this date and as of October 6, 2006 was the first Canadian sketch-comedy series to be broadcast in HD.
Jean Charest appeared during the 1998 Year of the Farce in the sketch, 'Ottawa Confidencial.' According to the PI character played by Morgan, Charest had all the characteristics to become Prime Minister of Canada except that he was not born by a virgin.
Trish Stratus - Status appeared in one Air Farce show, although she was a part of several sketches, most notably one where she portrayed a stripper in a sketch lampooning the Judy Sgro "strippergate" scandal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Farce   (3694 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Farce, The
Now in its 24th year of political commentary, social satire and general nonsense, the Air Farce, a Canadian institution, moved into television in the fall of 1993 with a weekly series on CBC Television.
Like the radio show, Air Farce is topical, on the edge of controversy, and performed in front of a live audience.
The Air Farce keeps in touch with Canadians and ensures that their humour remains relevant by performing and recording in all ten provinces and two territories.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/R/htmlR/royalcanadia/royalcanadia.htm   (550 words)

  
 Canadian humour :: Web Articles ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canadian television comedy begins with Wayne and Shuster, a sketch comedy duo who began on radio in 1946 before moving to television.
Canadian born Lorne Michaels, who had moved from Toronto to Los Angeles in 1968 to work on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, launched the NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live in 1975.
Although several notable Canadian sitcoms have been produced, such as King of Kensington, Hangin' In and Corner Gas, Canadian TV has also produced what is widely regarded as one of the worst sitcoms in television history, The Trouble with Tracy.
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 FaveTV Royal Canadian Air Farce Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For a quarter of a century, the Royal Canadian Air Farce comedy troupe has provided Canada with laughter in the form of political satire and social commentary, first on radio and now on television.
Air Farce's roots began in 1970, when John Morgan co-founded The Jest Society, an improvisational theatre revue that had Roger Abbott as one of the members.
But the real TV success story happened 20 years after their radio debut, when a hit New Year's Eve Special, "1992: Year of the Farce", was developed into the weekly series that still runs today as one of CBC's highest rated shows, and the country's number one comedy show.
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 Oct 08, 2003 - Satire survival: This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Air Farce start new seasons this week by Tony Atherton
In its heyday, the show was a Canadian touchstone, drawing as many as 1.4 million viewers a week, and scaring the hell out of politicians and public servants.
The largest single demographic for both Air Farce and 22 Minutes is men and women over 50, a group unloved by advertisers.
For the old dogs of Canadian satire, survival will mean reclaiming some of the freshness and edge that marked their early years.
www.friends.ca /News/Friends_News/archives/articles10080308.asp   (1196 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Farce - John Morgan, Biography (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He co-created the CBC Radio series Funny You Should Say That; was one of the founders of Air Farce; wrote the pilot for King of Kensington, and served as script consultant and writer for several television comedy series.
John performed and wrote on Air Farce until his retirement at the end of Season 8 (April 2001).
Air Farce salutes our retired co-star, co-writer, and co-founder John Morgan, with an "all John, all the time" episode featuring just a few of John's many great scripts and performances.
www.airfarce.com.cob-web.org:8888 /info/biojohn.html   (432 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Farce News
Royal Canadian Air Farce News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Canadian New Media Awards 2006 - Robert Scales is nominated for The Best Graduate of the Year Award.
Canadian comics who depend on politicians to help generate laughs aren't impressed with the federal election campaign so far.
www.topix.net /tv/royal-canadian-air-farce   (462 words)

  
 Blog of Death: John Morgan
John David Morgan, a popular comedian who starred on the CBC TV show "Royal Canadian Air Farce," died on Nov. 15 of a heart attack.
After adding Dave Broadfoot to the group in 1973, they became The Royal Canadian Air Farce and launched a live radio program on CBC Radio.
The "Air Farce" cast was also inducted into the International Humour Hall of Fame.
www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001242.html   (331 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Farce Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Royal Canadian Air Farce is a comedy television show, stemming from an earlier radio show, both broadcast on the CBC.
Dave Broadfoot and John Morgan were members of the Air Farce show until they retired.
Its status is such that no-one can claim to be a major political figure in Canada until they have been pilloried by the Air Farce.
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_canadian_air_farce.html   (149 words)

  
 BobNET - Royal Canadian Air Farce News
From the Farce's Official Homepage, Jessica Holmes, who has guest starred on three shows already this season, has been invited to join the cast of Royal Canadian Air Farce by Roger, Don, and Luba.
The Royal Canadian Air Farce returns to CBC at 8pm on Friday, October 10, 2003.
The special airs on September 6, 2002, and is followed by a special epsiode of Air Farce featuring a compilation of nine years of guest appearances by Canadian politicians.
www.execulink.com /~bobnet/news/farce.html   (613 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Farce - CBC Classics - CBC Days to Remember - CBC Archives
Canadians have been laughing at the Royal Canadian Air Farce since its start back in 1974.
After a decade watching the CBC fund TV comedy shows that were far less popular than their radio show, the Royal Canadian Air Farce got another crack at TV.
And the letters kept coming in: "Jessica is the perfect spice added to an already perfect dish!" As of mid-2004, Royal Canadian Air Farce is among the most popular programs on CBC Television.
archives.cbc.ca /days_to_remember/classic_8466_en.asp?prov=1-116-1346   (385 words)

  
 Slyck News - The Royal Canadian Air Farce - Ready for Download
The Royal Canadian Air Farce has provided humor for Canadians over the many years it's been on the air.
The way Air Farce is going may completely turn the whole age-old TV business model upside down.
In addition, this strategy propels "Air Farce" well beyond the confines of Canadian broadcasting and into the computer monitors and TV sets of netizens around the world.
www.slyck.com /news.php?story=989   (452 words)

  
 Canada's Walk of Fame: Royal Canadian Air Farce, Comedy Troupe
Together the Air Farce farceurs not only reflect Canada's multicultural spirit, but are living proof that it is, indeed, possible to achieve superstardom within the country's borders.
The genesis of the Air Farce dates back to 1970, when Morgan and fellow Montrealer Martin Bronstein formed an improvisational troupe called The Jest Society.
When the Air Farce made its debut on December 9, 1973, no one anticipated that it would become one of the longest-running and most beloved shows in the history of Canadian radio " lasting 24 years and totalling 306 hours of original airtime.
www.canadaswalkoffame.com /inductees/00_rcaf.xml.htm   (604 words)

  
 Luba Goy: Royal Canadian Air Farce
For over two decades Canadians have turned to Royal Canadian Air Farce for laughter, political zingers, social commentary and general award-winning nonsense and silliness.
The contribution Luba and Air Farce make to the world of comedy and the lives of Canadians has been honoured many times over.
The Air Farce team has won fifteen ACTRA awards, a Juno, the Maclean’s Honour Roll and honorary degrees; they were the first Canadians to be inducted into the International Humour Hall of Fame and were recently honoured with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
www.speakers.ca /goy_luba.aspx   (193 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For instance early in the book he defines some terms that differ between Canadian and American English (besides their annoying habit of removing the letter “u” from words such as “humour” and “candour”).
Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau destroys the Canadian economy, alienates the West, and by invoking the War Measures Act, turns the whole nation into a banana republic — without the good weather.
Canadians proudly have universal medical care and die in hospital corridors like flies, waiting for beds.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=2404   (914 words)

  
 Digital Home - Mercer Report and Air Farce coming in HD
Two of Canada's most inventive and funniest shows satirizing Canadian politics and everyday life are the Rick Mercer report and the Royal Canadian Air Farce which air on the CBC.
The Mercer Report and Royal Canadian Air Farce are the first regularly scheduled CBC programs to air in HD.
The Royal Canadian Air Farce, which is watched by over a million Canadians every week, premieres Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m., in HD.
www.digitalhome.ca /content/view/1586/51   (414 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Farce
These are live tracks from the Royal Canadian Air Farce weekly radio shows, recorded and broadcast during the 1988/89 season on CBC Radio.
These are live tracks from the Royal Canadian Air Farce stage peformance, "Air Farce Live at the Bayview", recorded in 1983 for CBC Radio.
These are live tracks from the Royal Canadian Air Farce weekly radio shows, recorded on August 23 and 24, 1978 in front of a live audience at CBC's Studio 4.
www.airfarce.com /audio/index.html   (151 words)

  
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Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Officer Cap badge
Royal Canadian Air Force SNOWBIRDS 1982 Colour Poster
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 Roger Abbott - Northern Stars
Roger began his career off the air in programming and management at a number of radio stations in the 1960s, including Montreal's CKGM, before accidentally stumbling into comedy.
He was one of the co-founders of The Royal Canadian Air Farce in 1973.
The Air Farce began life as the Jest Society, which was started by John Morgan and Martin Bronstein, along with Gay Claitman, Roger Abbott and author and broadcaster, Patrick Conlon.
www.northernstars.ca /actorsabc/abbott_roger.html   (183 words)

  
 Our Public Airwaves - Air Farce preps to parody Harper team
That was how Craig Lauzon portrayed Harper when CBC-TV's Royal Canadian Air Farce spoofed the final leaders' debate during the election.
The Air Farce comics are shucking the old and getting ready to parody the newcomers.
The Farce cast has a few weeks to work on the impressions, since the Friday night show will be off the air for the duration of the Winter Olympics.
www.publicairwaves.ca /index.php?page=1518   (429 words)

  
 Say Bye to 2004 with WWE Diva Trish Stratus and Royal Canadian Air Farce -- CHANNEL CANADA
The Farce foursome has morphed into a six-some this season, as originals Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson and Luba Goy and recent newcomer Jessica Holmes are joined by versatile sketch player Craig Lauzon and satiric commentator Alan Park.
The Farce is still counting nominations, but the top ten range from politicians like Alfonso Gagliano and Carolyn Parrish to the lovable Spongebob Squarepants to the NHL negotiations between Gary Bettman and Bob Goodenow.
The Royal Canadian Air Farce's New Year's Eve Special repeats at 10:30 p.m., and the Air Farce will be back at 11:55 p.m.
www.channelcanada.com /Article694.html   (519 words)

  
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The FARC on Trial: Simon Trinidad as Representative Ricardo Palmera, a Colombian guerrilla better known as Sim³n Trinidad, is on trial in Washington D C for hostage-taking, and related charges of conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and providing material support to a terrorist organization
FARC rebels attack police post, one officer dead COLOMBIAN guerrillas have attacked a rural police command killing at least one officer, part of a two-week rebel offensive that has dampened hopes for eventual peace talks
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 Inside the CBC
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Air Farcers Roger Abbott and Don Fergus are festival co-chairs, and the London, Ont. event will feature the full Royal Canadian Air Farce cast.
This is shot of a set used in the CBC comedy Royal Canadian Air Farce.
www.insidethecbc.com /category/shows/royal-canadian-air-farce   (965 words)

  
 Our Public Airwaves - CBC stars nab special Gemini nod
TORONTO -- Humorist Steve Smith, CBC journalist David Halton and the cast of Royal Canadian Air Farce will be getting special honours when the 20th annual Gemini Awards are handed out later this month.
On Saturday night, Smith taped his very last episode of the Red Green Show, which airs on CBC and the Comedy Network and has become a cult hit on PBS in the United States.
-The Royal Canadian Air Farce ensemble wins the Gemini Humanitarian Award for the cast's commitment to community and public service.
www.publicairwaves.ca /index.php?page=1442   (306 words)

  
 Rejoice, rejoice greatly! | MetaFilter
He's been lampooned not once, but twice by The Royal Canadian Air Farce.
This news would only be better if it was followed up by the cast members of the Royal Canadian Air Force being sodomised, ritually disembowled and shot from a cannon.
Canadian Tire Money is just coupons made out in denominations from.05 to maybe $2.00.
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 Jay’s Headspace - » A Couple of Canadian Annoyances/Icons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canadian Tire’s long-running ad campaign — starring the Ned Flanders of home improvement — seems directly aimed at middle-aged, middle-class suburbanites who are desperate to keep their lawns neatly trimmed and their minivans perfectly polished (a.k.a.
I lived in Halifax for a time and visited a few other areas in the Maritimes and the kind folks there are nowhere close to the way this guy is in the ads.
I agree with the lady that wrote to the Gazette, someone needs to find some dirt on the Canadian Tire guy so those terribly annoying, “I’m a know it all”, ads can be pulled from the boob tube.
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