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The Kids in the Hall

Summary Get ready for sketch comedy...Canadian style! The Kids In The Hall are a hilarious sketch comedy troupe. They got their name from a comedian named Jack Benny, who would often end a joke by saying: "I got this from the kids in the hall", referring to the amateur comedians who would hang around outside his office. KITH was formed in 1...

  • 1988
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • 1988
  • TV-14
  • CBS

The Kids in the Hall

5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 16, 1988
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
83
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings
4.6
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Summary Get ready for sketch comedy...Canadian style! The Kids In The Hall are a hilarious sketch comedy troupe. They got their name from a comedian named Jack Benny, who would often end a joke by saying: "I got this from the kids in the hall", referring to the amateur comedians who would hang around outside his office. KITH was formed in 1...

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
83
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Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
83
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100
Sep 18, 2013
Here is some of the freshest and most disarming material the comedy scene has been able to claim in a long while.
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
90
Sep 18, 2013
If the first two episodes are indicative of the kind of inspired lunacy these guys will produce over the next 20 weeks, the Kids may well be the successors to Monty Python, SNL and SCTV. [21 July 1989, p.5]
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90
Sep 18, 2013
A gifted, wickedly witty ensemble that writes and performs with tasteless abandon. In a wonderfully varied series of skits first broadcast on HBO, these comically vicious brats express unrestrained glee in sending up homosexuals and homophobes, welfare-mother bingo addicts, religious nuts ("naked for Jesus"), beer commercials and May-December romances. [29 Nov 1988]
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90
Sep 18, 2013
They are disarming in the most pleasant extreme...It is fresh, hip and frank. It could prove - especially given the stars' proclivity to perform in drag - America's "Monty Python." [21 July 1989, p.1]
By Rick Kogan FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 18, 2013
Some of their humor is bizarre, and some is even more bizarre. [21 July 1989, p.E-3]
By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 18, 2013
The quality of the material, all of which is written by the performers themselves, is spotty, to be sure. But when it hits, it has that "on the edge" feeling that makes you squirm as much as it makes you laugh. [21 July 1989, p.9E]
By Eric Mink FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 18, 2013
It turns out, though, that these guys are funny...The whiteness of the group is more problematic. Racial and gay/straight stereotypes are the target of a monologue by Scott Thompson, portraying an effeminate gay character. The script intends to skewer those stereotypes, but the blunt language and the fact that the group is white may lead some observers to question whether the sketch doesn't reinforce them. [21 July 1989, p.C6]
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Production Company:
  • Broadway Video International
  • Broadway Video
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
Initial Release Date: Oct 16, 1988
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Gemini Awards
• 8 Wins & 18 Nominations
CableACE Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Nominations

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