This Hour Has 22 Minutes

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

This Hour Has 22 Minutes (commonly shortened to 22 Minutes since 2009) is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics with a combination of news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. Its full name is a parody of This Hour Has Seven Days, (and the US TV Series 60 Minutes) a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the U.S. is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials. Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series CODCO, on which Thomey sometimes appeared as a guest. Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary. Salter Street Films produced the series until the 2003–2004 season. Salter Street was acquired in 2001 by Alliance Atlantis, and production of the series was transferred directly to Alliance Atlantis in the twelfth season. In 2005, Halifax Film, a new company formed by Salter co-founder Michael Donovan, produced the show, but was acquired by DHX Media in 2006, which has produced the show since. Recognized with 24 Gemini Awards and 11 Canadian Comedy Awards, 22 Minutes is broadcast on the CBC Television network. It is taped before a live audience in Studio 1 at CBHT in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The series, which originally aired on Mondays for several seasons and later on Fridays, currently airs Tuesdays at 8:30pm on CBC. The series formerly followed the Rick Mercer Report.

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1992
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[Opening of every episode:
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Announcer:
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a satirical examination of daily events. Some viewers may not share this sense of humour.

Rick Mercer:
The US is our neighbour, our ally, our trading partner, and our friend, and sometimes we'd like to give them *such* a smack.

Rick Mercer:
[on Canada and the US] We're bigger, and we're on top. If this was prison, they would be our b*tch.

[on the territorial government's refusal to legalize same-sex unions]

Molly Maguire:
This news has sent shockwaves through the gay community of the Northwest Territories. We go to him now.

J.B. Dixon:
Jackie Biskupski is running for a seat in the Utah Legislature, and she's attracting a lot of attention because she's a lesbian. Her Republican opponent, Dan Alderson, is a staunch Mormon, and is running a negative ad campaign calling her lifestyle abnormal and deviant. His six wives agree.

Rick Mercer:
Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

Rick Mercer:
[at end of show] Well, that's the way we saw the world this week.

J.B. Dixon:
At this time, we need to look to Canada's poets for inspiration. And when we think Canada, when we think poets, we all think... Trooper! [followed by footage of Canadian politicians singing along to "Raise A Little Hell"]

Announcer:
[after opening] Warning! To France! If you don't go to war now, you won't be able to surrender later

Peter Fonda:
What kind of show is this anyway ?

Bas MacLaren:
We're 22 minutes. We're like the news, but drunk.

Frank McMillan:
[after the premiere of the Spice Girls movie] [singing] "You know what I want, what I really really want"

Frank McMillan:
[yelling] My eight bucks back!

Antony St. George:
On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently and for that, I am truly sorry. I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron, but it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After all, it's not like you actually elected him.

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