Four on the Floor

Long before "22 Minutes", "Kids in the Hall" and "CODCO", the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation wet it's sketch-comedy feet with The Frantics' "Four on the Floor". Crudely made simplistic plotlines were made into genuinely laugh-a-second sketches with the incomparable talents of Peter, Rick, Paul and Dan. The Frantics first made the national scene on radio, and the move to television was more an experiment than anything. But for it's single season run, they sure put on a show. Highlights included Peter Wildman's songs ("Carsick" leaps immediately to mind) and Mr. Canoehead, who in one memorable sketch, foiled a pair of fur thieves by disguising himself as a giant beaver. And if that isn't classic Canadian comedy, I don't know what is. I miss these guys.