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Royal Canadian Air Farce

  • TV Series
  • 1993–2019
  • 22m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
763
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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
    • Roger Abbott
    • Don Ferguson
    • Luba Goy
  • Stars
    • Don Ferguson
    • Luba Goy
    • Roger Abbott
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    763
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Roger Abbott
      • Don Ferguson
      • Luba Goy
    • 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
    • Various…
    • 2002–2019
    Alan Park
    Alan Park
    • Various
    • 2004–2014
    Jessica Holmes
    Jessica Holmes
    • Various…
    • 2001–2019
    Penelope Corrin
    • Various
    • 2006–2014
    John Morgan
    • Various
    • 1993–2019
    Darryl Hinds
    Darryl Hinds
    • Various
    • 2014–2019
    Pamela Wallin
    Pamela Wallin
    • Self
    • 1995–2003
    Dave Broadfoot
    • Various
    • 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
    • The Burgermeister…
    • 2001–2002
    Emma Hunter
    Emma Hunter
    • Various
    • 2015–2019
    Aisha Alfa
    Aisha Alfa
    • Various
    • 2014–2016
    • Creators
      • Roger Abbott
      • Don Ferguson
      • Luba Goy
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    User reviews32

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    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.
    Ric17

    It boggles my mind how anyone can find this funny...

    I have tried several times to find some amusement in this program, but I cannot. The jokes are not funny and to me at least seem to be written by some of the worst writers in the history of comedy. This is beyond bland humour, and if this is what other Canadians find funny, then we have some serious character issue problems.

    It's not smart humour by any means and each time I happen to "flick" by the show (and watch several seconds in the hope I maybe wrong) I ask myself how anyone can find this funny? I really did try giving this a chance but it is well beyond me.

    Anyone trying to catch some great Canadian comedy check out "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" or even better yet one of Canada's best new shows in "Corner Gas".
    punksmut

    Air Farce under mountain of grey dust

    Alright, it's been said but I must say it again. This show got old a LONG time ago. I remember telling some teacher in grade nine that I thought it was awful, tired and unfunny (1997?). I believe she disagreed. I could never stand watching Luba Goy or Abbott as they can NOT act, and are so odd in appearance that all you see in their impersonations is them. The political satire never seems to focus on anything beyond the news headline.

    Lots of good shows have come from the CBC. This is not one of them. It's safe, middle-class suburban and DULL. This Hour has 22 Minutes, though suffering at times from cast changes, was always funny. Kids in the Hall was funny. Air Farce has always played to a lower denominator. I find it unwatchable as I find SNL unwatchable. I might have enjoyed it briefly when it first came on TV when I was ten, but that didn't last very long. Though my parents seemed to have enjoyed it on the radio back in the day, the radio has the bonus feature of not having to WATCH who's speaking.

    Finally, this show reinforces an incorrect view of Canadians. C'mon, no one likes to see stereotypes reinforced in the same way, over and over.
    jsalden

    Comedy that past its 'Best Before' date in 1981....

    Royal Canadian Air Farce is horribly bad television.

    Please don't get me wrong, I know that there was a time when they were apparently comedy icons in Canada and their radio show was listened to by thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and they did popular live shows that my grandparents and their friends honestly enjoyed (yes I said grandparents and I am 40!). I'm sure they deserve appreciation for a job well done, but there comes a time when it's time to hang up the skates and gracefully step aside before it just get embarrassing, and I'm afraid that date may have already passed them by.

    I don't find them funny at all. The jokes are terrible and worst of all they keep repeating the same characters and sketches over and over! Air Farce belongs in a museum, not on TV.
    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.

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    Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    Satire
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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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