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  Gavin Crawford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Crawford is the creator, co-writer and co-star of the self-titled series, which ran for two seasons on Canada's Comedy Network.
Crawford is openly gay and divides his time between Halifax and Toronto.
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 CX82 - Arts - Gavin Crawford
Crawford's appearance at Stage For AIDS last month at the National Arts Centre was a highlight of the AIDS gala.
The Gavin Crawford Show is among the funniest Canadian comedy in years.
Crawford describes himself as "crass, cynical, yet optimistic," so it's no wonder that he is attracted to paradox.
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 This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Launched in 1993, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials.
Gavin Crawford (guest starred 2003-04; replaced Mary Walsh from 2004-), as anchor Gavin Cooper and various sketch characters.
The sketch was aired during the 2000 federal election campaign, and consisted of a staged rant by Rick Mercer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/This_Hour_Has_22_Minutes   (1943 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 2000 in television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
January - Talk show host David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, following an angiogram that revealed that one of his arteries was seriously constricted.
In an unusual show of emotion, Letterman is nearly in tears as he thanked the doctors.
The show was based on the Swedish game show, Expedition Robinson.
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 UPEI
Gavin Crawford, one of the stars of CBC TV's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, is coming to campus.
Crawford is the first speaker in "Sound Bites", a dynamic new speaker series presented by The UPEI Rainbow Alliance.
Crawford made a name for himself on the Toronto comedy scene with stand-up comedy, with his sold out one-man revues, and as a performer with the world-famous Second City.
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 eye - Mister Dress-up - 06.15.00
Crawford celebrates the debut of his new four-part comedy series, The Gavin Crawford Show, with a special screening and a night of live comedy Monday (June 19) at 8:30pm at the Rivoli's ALT.COMedy Lounge (the series continues for three more Mondays at 9pm on the Comedy Network).
Crawford skipped town when he escaped high school, and his original plan was to study film at UBC.
Crawford's shtick is perfectly suited for television, which allows for quick scene segues, parodies and plays off other shows, and even permits him to share the screen on occasion with one of his other characters.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_06.15.00/arts/crawford.html   (1196 words)

  
 CTV.ca - 'The Gavin Crawford Show' returns to Comedy Network - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Gavin Crawford, one of Canada's most talented and sought-after comedians, is set to begin the second season of his self-titled show on the Comedy Network.
Crawford, 30, earned himself a role on a series called "Hype" on the U.S. network WB, has won a Gemini for his "Comedy Now!" special on CTV, and has appeared at a number of high-profile comedy festivals.
For The Gavin Crawford Show's second season, the comedian has created 12 new characters, to add to another dozen or so he had last season -- almost all of whom he will play himself, with the help of trick photography.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1024895201493_20304401?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory   (435 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Program Guide - Gavin Crawford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Gavin has previously performed at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen as part of their Alternative Showcase and headlined at the Edmonton Comedy Festival.
Gavin is co-writer and star of an episodic series appropriately titled The Gavin Crawford Show airing on the Comedy Network.
Gavin has recently completed writing and producing an animation pilot based on and titled The Bronte Sisters for Disney and with writing partner Kyle Tingley a feature film script commissioned by Alliance-Atlantis based on one of the characters in his series, Red Ronny Rocker.
www.cbc.ca /programguide/personality/index.jsp?personality=Crawford,+Gavin&program=This+Hour+Has+22+Minutes   (426 words)

  
 "The Gavin Crawford Show" (2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is much like another humor show, "Kids in the Hall", including the main person dressing up in drag.
I think the best scene was the lipstick wearing manly man, or maybe it was the whoopee cushion in the cafe and the waitress gave him the evil eye, but I suppose it's up to you.
This was a very funny and inventive show that took gay humor to another level.
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 gavin degraw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Gavin Menzies Gavin Menzies is a book author and a former British Royal Navy submarine commander whote is the author of the controversial book 1421: The Year the Chinese Discovered the World.
Gavin Strang Gavin Steel Strang (born July 10, 1943) is a British politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh.
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 The Gavin Crawford Show Episode Guide - The Gavin Crawford Show Season Episodes - TV.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the first episode of The gavin Crawford shows four part pilot season, Gavin, fed up with small Theatre decides to go "commercial", meanwhile his best pal Marypat takes over his role in an avante Garde theatre piece run by Marcus and Ross.
Gavin meets a cute boy in a trendy store and decides to funk up his wardrobe so he can fit in.
Gavin can't seem to get any respect from his bank, but Mary Pat's new power suit gets her respect from everyone she encounters.
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 2001_in_television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Most broadcasters abandon regular programming - American networks for more than a week - and numerous major daily talk shows go off the air for several weeks until their hosts feel comfortable in returning to the airwaves.
The start of the 2001-2002 fall season in the US is delayed as a result of the attacks, with some shows such as The West Wing substituting special episodes dealing with the event in lieu of their originally scheduled season premieres.
The show was run under this name for the first two seasons; then it was renamed Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005).
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 Gavin Crawford
Gavin Crawford returns to Canadian television with the second season of THE GAVIN CRAWFORD SHOW.
One of this country's most talented and sought-after comedic performers, Gavin is the creator, co-writer and co-star of the self-titled series, returning February 13 to The Comedy Network.
Nominated for three Canadian Comedy Awards, THE GAVIN CRAWFORD SHOW is one of The Comedy Network's most...
www.tv.com /gavin-crawford/person/5478/summary.html   (207 words)

  
 GAVIN
"GAVIN" is a common misspelling or typo for: gain, gamin.
The Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura lies to, with a USS Nicholas (DD-449) whaleboat alongside to transfer Japanese officers for discussions concerning the entry of U.S. and British warships into Sagami Wan and Tokyo Bay, 27 August 1945.
Gavin Hamilton Jack's panorama of city of Stevens and Culebra Cut.
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 FFWD Weekly - June 19, 2003
After three years of being involved in many on- and off- camera aspects of The Gavin Crawford Show on the Comedy Network, the show appears to be coming to an end and he is looking for new opportunities.
That talent has been the cornerstone of The Gavin Crawford Show, which is wrapping up its third season – and most likely its last, although there is a slim chance it will return.
Born in Taber and raised in Lethbridge, Crawford brings his own roots to bear in the makeup of a relatively new character, the beer-swilling lout Chad Jackson.
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 Canadian humour :: Web Articles ::
While individual comedy show and segments have been around almost as long as the network, the focus has tended be more on specific shows featuring particular groups of comedians.
The Wayne and Shuster show debuted on CBC radio in 1946, their more literate and classy humour regularly appearing on the airwaves well into the early 1960s.
That show was a sellout success; in 1993, he made his television debut as one of the writers and performers on This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
www.webarticles.com /Recreation/Humor/Canadian-humour   (2544 words)

  
 Gavin Crawford Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Since the premiere of the series in the spring of 2000, Gavin Crawford has con-tinued to add an impressive array of credits to an already brilliant resume.
Gavin continued to perform solo and in 1999 received the distinction of appearing in the most shows at Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival.
Gavin’s talent was recognized early on by The Comedy Network where he appeared in the specials TICKLED PINK and CREAM OF COMEDY.
www.gavincrawford.com /performers/gavin.html   (485 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Television - TV Shows - The Gavin Crawford Show: Lethbridge native now Hype-active
Crawford is a cast member of the WB network's primetime sketch comedy Hype, which starts filming next week and has been bought by CTV.
Hype was created by the Mad TV writers behind its Felicity spoof and hopes to parody the most current pop culture figures and trends.
Crawford's still on the lookout for housing in L.A. as he's there at least until November -- or March, should WB pick up another 13 episodes.
jam.canoe.ca /Television/TV_Shows/G/Gavin_Crawford_Show/2000/07/25/734229.html   (260 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Television - TV Shows - The Gavin Crawford Show: Clever, but not funny
Over the weekend, I sat down and watched all four episodes of The Gavin Crawford Show, which debuts tonight at 9 p.m.
Gavin Crawford is a gifted character actor, slipping seamlessly in and out of an astonishing array of personalities.
Crawford makes me smile the most when he plays it broad, as he does with Rene Cancom as well as a monobrowed, flatulent Russian with a passion for street opera.
jam.canoe.ca /Television/TV_Shows/G/Gavin_Crawford_Show/2000/06/19/734230.html   (458 words)

  
 Colin Mochrie: Media: Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During an interview three hours before the Queen Elizabeth show, (dressed in an Indian Motorcycle T-shirt, toothpick between his teeth, and looking like a small-town farmer who stayed behind while the rest of his friends left for the big city) Stiles is asked how much of Whose Line is plotted beforehand.
Stiles's show in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre begins, for instance, with a game in which each performer is restricted to speaking only in the form of a question.
The show became a big cult hit in the United States because it was on Comedy Central, he says.
www.colinmochrie.com /media/articles_2001.html   (9740 words)

  
 THE COMEDY CHANNEL | Channel Lineup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Biting humour and satire is the hallmark of this show.
His show is comprised of pacy stand-up, sketches, and songs with some well-known Aussie...
This multi-BAFTA-award-winning comedy sketch show was created by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson (good friends of Harry Enfield's), together with a team of excellent actors and writers.
www.thecomedychannel.com.au /whatsOn/channelLineup.aspx?c=3   (553 words)

  
 2000 IN TELEVISION FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
January_17 - Robin_Givens replaces Mother_Love as host of the talk show ''Forgive_or_Forget''.
February_15 - Rick Rockwell marries stranger Darva_Conger in front of 22 million viewers on the FOX reality_show ''Who Wants To Marry a Multi-Millionaire?'' While he and Darva are honeymooning, word surfaces that Rockwell—who is sometimes a comedian—had a restraining order against a former girlfiend, and he was not really a multi-millionaire.
Letterman brings all of the doctors that had performed the operation out on stage with him, including Dr. O._Wayne_Isom and Physician Louis_J._Aronne, who makes frequent appearances on the show.
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 Popjournalism :: Interviews :: Gavin Crawford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Crawford tells me that the forecast has been calling for snow and he wants to be prepared just in case another snowstorm rocks the city.
Though Crawford may be the new kid on the desk, he already has a Gemini to show for his work, after winning for best individual performance in a comedy series at this year’s award ceremony.
Crawford is all about challenging himself as an actor.
www.popjournalism.com /pop/interviews/200501/00106gavincrawford.shtml   (759 words)

  
 THE COMEDY CHANNEL | TV Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jake Crewe was host of the number one TV morning show west of Albuquerque.
Every show is individually themed, ranging from TV shows & movies, to kids, pets & whatever else strikes as funny.
This show revives the old-fashioned variety show format of the 50s and injects it with a strong dose of contemporary urban humour.
www.thecomedychannel.com.au /whatsOn   (1187 words)

  
 Gavin Malcolm Crawford
I'd have to say that my favorite TV show is M*A*S*H. Even though it's over 20 years old right now, the reruns are still hilarious.
There are lots of other good shows, but this one is definitely my favorite.
My favorite type of music is alternative (and has been since the mid-1980s), although I still like to listen to some oldies (1950s rock) and Scottish Folk music from time to time.
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 Gavin Crawford Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Gavin Crawford Info - Bored Net - Boredom
Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show.
Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Crawford is the creator, co-writer and co-star of the self-titled series.
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 The Gavin Crawford Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gavin Crawford Show was a Canadian sketch comedy series that ran from June 2000-February 2002.
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 Bell Globemedia : April Fools! The Comedy Network is Just Kidding with The Trouble With Tracy
Bogus Show Launch For Non-Existent Show TORONTO, April 1 -- The reaction was "You've got to be kidding." And we were.
Instead, viewers who tune in tonight to view the "pilot" episode will see a bogus show opening that indicates that the "new" Tracy is just as troubling as the original.
Ultimately, the prank is revealed and the awfully bad The Trouble With Tracy segues into a preview of the awfully good The Gavin Crawford Show, the acclaimed original Comedy Network series that returns for its third season April 8.
www.bce.ca /en/news/releases/bg/2003/04/01/70151.html   (531 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Television - TV Shows - Comedy Inc.: U.S. network picks up Canuck comic show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For once, American TV viewers are being forced to play catch-up as the award-winning Canadian show Comedy Inc. is heading south of the border.
Part of the reason for the show's success comes from its rooting in sketch comedy, something Canada is known for, with hit shows such as Kids in the Hall and SCTV.
Danylo says this is because each writer and performer in the group is given their own voice and chance to shine at their craft.
jam.canoe.ca /Television/TV_Shows/C/Comedy_Inc/2005/06/16/1090339.html   (482 words)

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