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Royal Canadian Air Farce

  • TV Series
  • 1993–
  • 22m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
760
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Isabel Kanaan in Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993)
ParodySatireSketch ComedyComedy

A comedy sketch show focusing on Canadian events and affairs.A comedy sketch show focusing on Canadian events and affairs.A comedy sketch show focusing on Canadian events and affairs.

  • Creators
    • Gord Holtam
    • Rick Olsen
    • Don Ferguson
  • Stars
    • Don Ferguson
    • Luba Goy
    • Roger Abbott
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    760
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Gord Holtam
      • Rick Olsen
      • Don Ferguson
    • Stars
      • Don Ferguson
      • Luba Goy
      • Roger Abbott
    • 32User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 20 nominations total

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    Don Ferguson
    • Various
    • 1993–2019
    Luba Goy
    Luba Goy
    • Various
    • 1993–2019
    Roger Abbott
    • Various
    • 1993–2019
    Craig Lauzon
    Craig Lauzon
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    • 2002–2019
    Alan Park
    Alan Park
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    • 2004–2014
    Jessica Holmes
    Jessica Holmes
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    • 2001–2019
    Penelope Corrin
    • Various
    • 2006–2014
    John Morgan
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    • 1993–2019
    Darryl Hinds
    Darryl Hinds
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    • 2014–2019
    Pamela Wallin
    Pamela Wallin
    • Self
    • 1995–2003
    Dave Broadfoot
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    • 2000–2004
    Steve Smith
    Steve Smith
    • Red Green
    • 1994–2013
    Lloyd Robertson
    • Self
    • 1998–2017
    Patrick McKenna
    Patrick McKenna
    • Afghan Special Military Forces Commander…
    • 1998–2003
    Janet van de Graaf
    • Various…
    • 2001–2003
    Seán Cullen
    Seán Cullen
    • Bruce Springstein…
    • 2001–2002
    Aisha Alfa
    Aisha Alfa
    • Various
    • 2014–2016
    Graham Greene
    Graham Greene
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    • 1994–2001
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      • Gord Holtam
      • Rick Olsen
      • Don Ferguson
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    o20230

    Beating a dead horse

    One of the worst shows on Canadian television. The jokes are lame, the performers are wooden and untalented. Good political humour (or humour in general) explores unchartered oceans, this one wades in stagnant waste water. I can't believe so many Canadians like this show, it's time to retire it and it's crew.
    misssallyberg

    Embarrassingly bad!

    As a Canadian I am ashamed of this show.

    I can't believe after so many years it is still on and doing the same lame jokes. I don't dislike them as people I just feel embarrassed for them when I see them on TV doing such pathetic jokes.

    Bringing in the new cast member hasn't helped because they are just as bad as the old ones. Jessica Holmes is just as bad as when she was on The Holmes Show on CTV, I don't understand how she got another chance as a TV star. She always did impersonations of Celine Dione and Liza Minelli that were so irritating! But that is the kind of thing Air Farce is about so I'm not that surprised.

    I know some people must like Air Farce because it is still on but I honestly don't understand it and don't know anybody who says they do like and watch Air Farce or maybe they just don't want to admit it.

    I think the only thing worse than Air Farce are reruns of Air Farce where the topics are so out of date we don't even know what the jokes are referring to anyway.

    1/10, I hope it goes away soon.
    ametaphysicalshark

    Suffered the SNL fate

    While the early episodes (in particular the first 3 years) were absolutely hilarious and thoroughly enjoyable, "Air Farce" has been on a downward spiral for about 6 years now. It just isn't funny anymore. All the jokes are recycled and unfunny, and the cast is boring. The writing just isn't good anymore and they haven't introduced a decent character actor since Colin Mochrie as 'Queer Guy for Al Qaeda Guy'. All "Air Farce" does nowadays is rehash old jokes and predictably pick on whoever is in office wherever in Canada by commenting on their physical appearance etc.

    For solid, funny social/political commentary, see "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" or "The Rick Mercer Report". Both are still hilarious and feature a lot more talent than "Air Farce". How this show got to 300 episodes is beyond my comprehension.

    Letter Grade: F
    clevelandrockie

    Horrible Writing

    I understand most people hate this show and it is terrible but everyone seems to be blaming the cast. How about the writing? I assume they don't write their own jokes like on most TV shows. The writing is so horrible and stale, they are doing the same jokes they did in 1993 since the first season of Air Farce. This show used to be good but now it's just painfully awful, I feel bad for these people who have to go on TV and read such horrible jokes. But I think if they got new writers the show might still turn around and be funny. I'm not too optimistic about that though. Royal Canadian Air Farce is just sad and disappointing, I like new cast member Alan Park though, he is funny.
    bobbymalonetherobot

    Comedy for Geriatrics

    The jokes on Air Farce probably were never funny but if they ever were it was back in World War Two.

    They have a chicken cannon. They put garbage in the cannon and then shoot it at pictures of politicians.

    It's like watching half an hour of a nightmare where you're stuck in the audience of a community theatre show at an old folks home where nobody is allowed to walk out.

    It's just painful.

    They do impersonations where they put on a wig and then say for example "Hi I'm Bob Rae" but then they just use their own voice. That's not an impersonation, it's just a confused senior citizen wearing a wacky wig telling jokes that for some reason they think might be funny to somebody else.

    What is CBC thinking? The people writing the jokes for CBC must be world war veterans who think that wacky wigs and puns are the peak of comedy, maybe in ten years they'll start writing the latest craziest kind of comedy, knock knock jokes!

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    Comedy

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    • Trivia
      Began on CBC radio before going on television.
    • Quotes

      Jean Chretien: Pierre, what is it like not being so alive?

      Pierre Trudeau: It's not so bad; sort of like, uh, spending a weekend in New Brunswick.

    • Connections
      Featured in Little Sister's vs. Big Brother (2002)

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    • Release date
      • October 8, 1993 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • Air Farce
      • CBC Television (Canada)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Air Farce Live
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Air Farce Productions Inc.
      • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
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    • Runtime
      • 22m
    • Color
      • Color

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