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9th Canadian Comedy Awards

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9th Canadian Comedy Awards
Date5 October 2008 (2008-10-05)
Location
CountryCanada
Presented byCanadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Hosted byAlan Park
Most awardsTelevision: This Hour Has 22 Minutes (3)
Film: Juno (2)
Person: Gavin Crawford, Gerry Dee, Geri Hall, Seth Rogen (2)
Most nominationsTelevision: Corner Gas (9)
Film: Dark Rising (6)
Person: Michael Cera and Seth Rogen (3)
Websitewww.canadiancomedyawards.org
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The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2007. The ceremony was held on 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The ceremony was hosted by Alan Park.

Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 24 categories. This included the first public-voting categories and the first awards recognizing Internet content. The awards ceremony concluded the five-day Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which showcased performances by over 100 comic artists. A Best of the Fest special was broadcast by The Comedy Network.

For a third consecutive year TV series Corner Gas led the nominations with nine, followed by the film Dark Rising with six. However, neither of these works won a Beaver. Seth Rogen and Michael Cera led the nominations amongst people with three. This Hour Has 22 Minutes won three Beavers followed by a number of artists and projects that received two, including Gavin Crawford, Gerry Dee, Geri Hall, Seth Rogen, and the films Juno and Superbad.[1]

Festival and ceremony

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The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival ran from 1 to 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan.[2] The province and city had provided $200,000 in funding to relocate the festival from London, Ontario.[3] Fourteen shows were held in Regina, showcasing the talents of more than 100 comedic performers. The awards were also sponsored by The Comedy Network[2] which compiled and broadcast the Best of the Fest television special, hosted by Gerry Dee. The awards ceremony was hosted by Alan Park[4] at Casino Regina.[1]

Winners and nominees

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The Awards were expanded from 20 to 24 categories this year, including three public-voting categories: best radio program or clip, best web clip, and Canadian Comedy Person of the Year. Winners of public-voting categories were chosen by Canadian residents through an online poll.[2]

The film Juno had been controversially excluded from Canada's industry-driven Genie Awards. Although it had a Canadian director, lead actors, crew, and had been filmed in Canada, U.S. financing disqualified it from competition. The Canadian Comedy Awards, however, were artist-driven with a mandate "To recognize and celebrate Canadian achievements in comedy at home and abroad"[5] and awarded the film two Beavers.[6]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:[7]

Multimedia

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Canadian Comedy Person of the Year Best Radio Program or Clip

Live

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Best Stand-up, Large Venue Best Stand-up Newcomer
Best Male Stand-up Best Female Stand-up
Best Male Improviser Best Female Improviser
Best Sketch Troupe or Company Best Improv Troupe or Company
  • Blue ribbon Show Stopping Number
  • About An Hour
  • Urban Improv
  • General Fools Improvisational Theatre
  • Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show
Best One Person Show Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series
  • Blue ribbon The Sean Schau!
  • Scarfarce
  • The One Man Harold
  • The Newsdesk with Ron Sparks
  • All the Rage
  • Blue ribbon Facebook of Revelations
  • PET3RS – Approximately 3 Peters
  • Dreadwood: Stories of the Canadian Klondike
  • The Dead Language of Love
  • An Inconvenient Musical
Best Taped Live Performance

Television

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Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female
Best Direction in a Series Best Direction in a Special or Episode
Best Writing in a Series Best Writing in a Special or Episode

Film

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Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female
Best Direction Best Writing

Internet

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Best Web Clip

Special Awards

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Chairman's Award Dave Broadfoot Award

Most wins

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The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards

Awards Person or work
3 This Hour Has 22 Minutes
2 Gavin Crawford
Gerry Dee
Geri Hall
Seth Rogen
Superbad

Most nominations

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The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations

Nominations Person or work
9 Corner Gas
6 Dark Rising
4 This Hour Has 22 Minutes
3 Juno
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Michael Cera
Rent-A-Goalie
Seth Rogen
2 Cock'd Gunns
Gavin Crawford
Gerry Dee
Geri Hall
The Jon Dore Television Show
The Owl and the Man
Superbad

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Credited as Ellen Page
  2. ^ "The Waldo Ultimatum" is a sketch by the Imponderables.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Superbad, Juno snap up comedy awards". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia: Southam Publications. Canwest News Service. 5 October 2008. p. D3. ProQuest 269545399.
  2. ^ a b c "CBC shows pick up trophies at Canadian Comedy Awards". CBC News. Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ Slotek, Jim (26 February 2013). "Comedian Jeremy Hotz invites Canadians to climb aboard and laugh at his life". London Free Press. Toronto, Ontario: Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Canadian Comedy Awards | History". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. ^ Morgan, Aidan (4 March 2015). "The Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  6. ^ Vlessing, Etan (3 October 2008). "Canadian Comedy Awards fetes Jason Reitman". Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  8. ^ Burgmann, Tamsyn (4 August 2008). "Young comics going viral for online laughs". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press.
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