Nominated for 3 Emmys and 18 Gemini Awards, including five straight for Best Comedy Series, The Kids In The Hall is a legendary sketch comedy troupe whose hilarious skits have achieved cult icon status among comedy aficionados. Named after famed comedian Jack Benny's penchant for beginning a joke by saying, "I got this from the kids in the hall" (a line referring to amateur comedians outside his office), The Kids In The Hall formed in Canada in 1984. However, the group parted for a short time when members Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney were hired as writers for the NBC show Saturday Night Live. When the group reunited, SNL producer Lorne Michaels attended a Kids In The Hall performance and loved what he saw. He had an instant vision of the group in its own sketch comedy series, and in 1988, The Kids In The Hall premiered on HBO The Kids In The Hall took full bloom in the late-1980s/early-1990s when the success of Saturday Night Live made sketch comedy a hot commodity. In this atmosphere, new series like In Living Color, MADtv, and The Kids In The Hall, were ripe for breakout success. Sporting a small regular cast of five (with extensive experience working together), The Kids In The Hall quickly gained a loyal and devoted audience. Cast members Dave Foley (later of Newsradio), Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson, for the most part, wrote their own material and performed their own sketches, providing the show with edge in creativity in regard to its contemporaries. This synergy between cast members and writers earned three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program (whew! that's a long award title) and garnered The Kids In The Hall the credit and respect it deserves as one of the premiere sketch comedy shows in television history The Kids In The Hall DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the series premiere in which the cast perform a number of skits such as Call Girls, The Eradicator, Ballet, The Head Crusher, and even one sketch which reveals the true cause of cancer Other notable episodes from Season 1 include "#108" with such skits as Ping Pong, The Vacation, Chain Gang, and Dinosaurs, and "#115" with such skits as Death Row, Man Guy, Crazy Love, Buddy's Island, and Mechanics Below is a list of episodes included on The Kids In The Hall (Season 1) DVD: Episode 1 (#101) Air Date: 10-24-1989
Episode 2 (#102) Air Date: 10-31-1989
Episode 3 (#103) Air Date: 11-07-1989
Episode 4 (#104) Air Date: 11-14-1989
Episode 5 (#105) Air Date: 11-21-1989
Episode 6 (#106) Air Date: 12-05-1989
Episode 7 (#107) Air Date: 12-12-1989
Episode 8 (#108) Air Date: 12-19-1989
Episode 9 (#109) Air Date: 01-02-1990
Episode 10 (#110) Air Date: 01-09-1990
Episode 11 (#111) Air Date: 01-16-1990
Episode 12 (#112) Air Date: 01-23-1990
Episode 13 (#113) Air Date: 01-30-1990
Episode 14 (#114) Air Date: 04-03-1990
Episode 15 (#115) Air Date: 04-10-1990
Episode 16 (#116) Air Date: 04-17-1990
Episode 17 (#117) Air Date: 04-24-1990
Episode 18 (#118) Air Date: 05-01-1990
Episode 19 (#119) Air Date: 05-08-1990
Episode 20 (#120) Air Date: 05-15-1990
Episode 21 (#121) Air Date: 05-22-1990
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