This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Season 20 - Eps 10: December 4, 2012
22 Minutes travels to Ontario to participate in Don Cherry's new walking tour of Kingston; Mark Garneau launches his bid for the Liberal leadership; Mrs Enid plans some doomsday hankypanky in response to the Mayan calendar prediction; and, just in time for Christmas, the Boyfriend Body Pillow gets a passionate consumer test drive.
About This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Title: This Hour Has 22 Minutes
First Air Date: 1993-10-11
Last Air Date: 2025-09-16
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 51 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 34
Total Episodes: 494
Network: CBC Television
Genres: News, Comedy
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
This Hour Has 22 Minutes 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, combining 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. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.
Cast
Mark Critch
Trent McClellan
Aba Amuquandoh
Stacey McGunnigle
Chris Wilson