American Reacts to the Royal Canadian Air Farce

[@habfan3527]

you need to watch the Royal Canadian Air Farce Chicken Cannon to close the year. It always made me fell better.

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

Yes, the Cannon is priceless !! Like John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" New Year shows !!

[@sarahgordino6695]

SNL is Canadian. Lorn Michaels and 80% of the original cast are Canadian.

[@the-dave-house-project]

Literally hopped on here to say this.

[@marieclaudeb.2366]

You’re gonna give him a hernia 😂

[@-R.Gray-]

I don't believe the 80% figure at all. Lorne is from Toronto, and Dan Aykroyd is from Ottawa - but all the rest are from the U.S. . I know Gilda Radner moved from Detroit to appear in the Toronto production of Godspell, where she met Martin Short, Levy, and others in the cast (and dated Short) before she joined the Toronto Second City troupe in 1973 for 3 productions, where she met other future SCTV members. But she wasn't Canadian. The rest of the original 1975 SNL cast were all born in the U.S. : Belushi, Chase, Coe, Curtin, Morris, Newman, O'Donoghue, and Radner. Google them. Much later, people like Martin Short, Mike Meyers, Norm Macdonald, Phil Hartman, and Mark McKinney would join.

[@lucidmoses]

That's not how it works. Even if they only hired Canadian comics, it's still and American show shot in New York.

[@TomHuston43]

Seven Canadians on SNL: Ottawa-born Dan Aykroyd (1975-79) and Peter Aykroyd (1979-80), Brantford, Ont.'s Phil Hartman (1986-94), Quebec City's Norm Macdonald (1993-98), Ottawa-born Mark McKinney (1995-97), Toronto's Mike Myers (1989-95), and Hamilton, Ont. native Martin Short (1984-85).

[@neiljosselyn8417]

SCtv, this hour has 22 minutes also need to be reviewed

[@deedoublejay]

And "Kids in the Hall".

[@pernell1974]

4 on the floor

[@daerdevvyl4314]

deedoublejay Nah, Kids in the Hall is too dirty for Tyler.

[@rickmiles2955]

100% needs to check out anything with Rick Mercer, truly an amazing Canadian voice through comedy

[@deedoublejay]

@@daerdevvyl4314 😆 I think he can handle it. He screenshares while he looks at reddit.

[@-R.Gray-]

You should do a deep dive on SCTV, the Canadian series where people later known for their movie roles in the U.S. developed their skills - John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Rick Moranis, and more.

[@andriylakusta]

Back in the day, many critics actually thought that SCTV was better than SNL. SCTV is definately a rabbit hole that needs to be visited.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@andriylakusta Non-critics too. It WAS a MUCH better show. SNL was good in about 80% of their sketches, but with SCTV it was about 99%.

[@Jessicab-u7c]

The kids in the hall was funny too.

[@TomHuston43]

They were the best!!

[@rebellonedog]

You should look up the Mike from Canmore and Chicken Cannon parts of the show. That's the good stuff

[@amandamoreau3530]

Yeeees! Mike from Canmore!

[@Taeolas]

When the other video interrupted him, the way Tyler was looking around puzzled reminded me a lot of the classic Mike sketches. (or actually, the Confused Philosopher sketches :) )

[@amandamoreau3530]

I'm now going down an Air Farce rabbit hole.

[@stevemielke]

And the Mike from Canmore I Am Canadian commercial

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@Taeolas Oh, I forgot about "The Confused Philosopher"! He was great!

[@Diane-s5g]

Canadians are very appreciative of satire. Really enjoyed this show years ago.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

I remember the episode with Wallin. It's incredible how well Luba Goy could impersonate people - almost surreal, how close a match she could come sometimes. The funny thing about the most handsome person question is that Lloyd Robertson worked for CTV. The rest of them were with CBC, so rival networks. Lloyd Robertson was doing a story on the 1988 Calgary Olympics and said that international visitors were being treated to a mini-Calgary Stampede (since the Olympics was held in February and the Stampede is in July). That day's events featured ladies' barrel wrestling... and he never realized what a dumb mistake he'd made. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, I literally fell off my chair laughing.

[@ricandes]

It was on CBC in Canada only. Very funny show in it's time. They would get a lot of Canadian stars and politicians doing cameos.

[@BonezBenz]

Lloyd Robertson was a great journalist for many years. Very real.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

Even though he reported on the ladies' barrel wrestling event in the mini-Calgary Stampede during the 1988 Winter Olympics and never realized that there's no such event.

[@hasalmenot1011]

The comedic torch was passed from Canadian Air Farce to the This Hour has 22 Minutes which has more current comedy. Self sarcasm builds and strengthens Canadian character. Checkout 22 Minutes for more chuckles.

[@lordeacon1]

Yes! This Hour has 22 Minutes is hilarious!

[@thehellyousay]

do you not know how long both were airing concurrently? there was no torch passing. canadian sketch comedy is more like a mob of torches, there's been so many amazing ones.

[@GailBurfoot]

I don’t think you’re learning anything 😂

[@vlee3880]

Agreed. For me, I always found Air Farce tended to be more ‘western Canada’ audiences, whereas Codco and the likes were more out east… Then ‘this hour….’ And eventually the Rick Mercer Show I think really spanned the country in a different way. But i agree, no torch-passing there AT ALL. I think some of the ‘reach’ that changed also had a lot to do with timing of the internet.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@thehellyousay EXACTLY! I was watching BOTH shows each week. The odd time I even was in the audience of a taping of The Royal Canadian Air Farce (as they had free tickets available you just had to reserve in advance) & then I would watch This Hour Has 22 Minutes, at a different point in the week, since they were created in a different part of the country - Halifax? I think? - maybe Newfoundland somewhere though as so much of the team was from there?

[@robertsmith4681]

Skidoo is a brand name of snowmobiles made by Bombardier in Quebec and which basically became a nickname for all snowmobiles.

[@thehellyousay]

like frisbee and kleenex ...

[@robertsmith4681]

@@thehellyousay Or Frigidaire

[@labyfan1313]

Blows my mind that people have never heard the term Skidoo before.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@labyfan1313 Maybe Tyler doesn't get snow where he lives, or at least much snow. A while back I saw a cruise video presented by a woman from England who went on a cruise to Norway. It snowed, and she was bowled over by those nifty machines the crew had that seemed to suck up the snow from the deck and empty it overboard. I forget how many dozens of people in the comments couldn't believe that she'd never heard of a snowblower.

[@SomeGuy_GRM]

@@robertsmith4681 My first time hearing that one.

[@AdmiralKnight]

Ski-Doo's were the first commercially produced snowmobiles - Made in Canada. So a lot of people call any kind of snowmobile a ski-doo. Kinda like a Kleenex vs tissue paper thing

[@LindaM2005]

When I moved to Canada, watching Air Farce and 22 Minutes was how I learned about Canadian culture. Wanting to understand the jokes made me go look up the real people and topics.

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

That's awesome !! Similarly, when i was a kid in Montreal, i learned English watching Sesame Street... There are English classes in Quebec secondary school, but like all school level language classes, it's pretty basic... Pretty soon i became top of my English classes ! Thanks Jim Henson and Kermit ! ( i understand that Sesame Street was meant both as entertaining and educative, while Air Farce had no informative mandate though, lol )

[@nancystevens1252]

OMG!! This is such a great flashback! lol The Air Farce started out as a CBC Radio show that would air back when I was young (1970s). They later moved to CBC television for several years. They were famous for their crazy take on things (very Canadian-esque) and I have no doubt they were an influence on the Canadian writers who started with SNL back in the late 70s (think Steve Martin, Gilda Radner era). The John Manly sketch has an awful lot of federal political references that are a couple of decades old. You'd have to go into some old videos and newspapers to start getting the references. Thank you for sharing these, Tyler! You just made my day.

[@andreadunhill8219]

These guys were my absolute favorites. I miss them.....

[@christinec1928]

This Hour has 22 Minutes must be reviewed. My fav is "Plus One"

[@kathyd456]

Oh heck yeah... "Personal hygiene.... I'd forgotten about that..."

[@PhilChandlerArts]

I miss Air Farce. I used to watch it religiously. I always like Mike, from Canmore. ;)

[@tomjamespilcher6472]

The CFL had 9 teams....two of which were named Roughriders......Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Rough Riders, until Ottawa changed their name to the Redblacks. A lot of people mentioned that the game show contestant was former newscaster and Senator Pamela Wallin. She was also the actual host of the Canadian Who Wants to Be A millionaire in 2000. And yes, that was Lloyd Robertson on the phone.

[@suzannebadger8135]

The episode when the cop stops a car of weed smokers. Absolutely hilarious 😂😂

[@bethannconnors2242]

Yes it is. It comes up on Facebook all the time, love it

[@heatherzwicker8031]

that was 22 minutes

[@suzannebadger8135]

@@heatherzwicker8031 same comedians lol

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@suzannebadger8135 Actually no, not the same comedians. Each show has their own comedians. I get them confused sometimes too though as BOTH shows were mostly Canadian political sketch comedy shows that aired at the same time (& BOTH shows were great - 22 Minutes a little better in the early yrs. because it had Rick Mercer.)

[@hypercube8735]

As a Canadian, I can confirm that the bus being late does make it colder outside.

[@dannyhimmel4273]

The Royal Canadian Air Farce was a sketch comedy show that started out as a radio show.

[@TheEricthefruitbat]

I loved the radio show. The TV series was good, but the radio show was special. I still remember the "there's no 'F' in 'way' " skit.

[@chuckandjenbridges721]

I used to listen to the radio show as a teen....im 60 now.

[@visaman]

​@chuckandjenbridges721 so am I. I turn 60 on the 9th.

[@SharonFromNB]

I loved the radio show too. I'm not quite 60 but getting there.

[@russellsketchley8830]

Mr. Dressup, aka Ernie Coombs, was a Canadian icon, despite being an American. He worked closely with Fred Rogers when they started out together in Pittsburgh, then moved to Toronto to do a children's show in Canada. After the two-year contract was up, Fred Rogers went back to the US and created Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, while Ernie Coombs created the character of Mr. Dressup for a show called Butternut Square, and later for his own eponymous show, Mr. Dressup. The two remained close friends until Mr. Dressup's death on Sept 18, 2001, one week to the day after 9/11. Amazon Prime has a fantastic documentary on Ernie Coombs called Mr. Dressup, The Magic of Make-Believe. Canadians who watch it are warned to have at least two boxes of Kleenex handy.

[@gabriellesullivan4772]

True and the Friendly Giant was American too, CBC has a bigger budget and freedom to create children's programs. The PCs shot that budget down and ended the Friendly Giant, those cheap bastards

[@karenschneberger2655]

I loved watching Mr. Dress up as a kid. I was always amazed at his Tickle Trunk!

[@Carrie-so3ro]

Mr. Dressup was American? My whole childhood is ruined. They couldn't find a Canadian to do a show? I used to watch Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood too, but we KNEW THAT SHOW was American. So sneaky to have an American show on Canadian television (& FUNDED by Canadian dollars) like that. Are you SURE that Ernie Coombs was American & not just working in the States for a while?

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@gabriellesullivan4772 I second the "cheap bastards" comment here - but The Friendly Giant was American too??!! I feel so let down..."look up, look way, way up."

[@denisecampbell6736]

The CBC tweeted a video of Mr. Dressup making Christmas Stockings from Construction Paper as Ornaments. AFAIK it's still the most watched tweets on the CBC's feed.

[@893049004]

So the woman in blue is actually Pamela Wallin, she was a Canadian broadcast journalist and later was appointed to the Senate.

[@vlee3880]

Thanks for the important addition about her accomplishments.

[@dpcnreactions7062]

My jaw fell to the floor when Tyler asked was a Skidoo was!

[@jeffroussell]

'A Canadian Moment' in the coffee shop was always funny.

[@bruceshodgepodge]

oh yeah , oh yeah, oh yeah

[@laurencebraitman3065]

"you got that right" "you betcha" "tell me about it" "oh yep, oh yep, oh yep"

[@jeffroussell]

@@bruceshodgepodge I can hear them now.

[@cfvrq]

Lorne Michaels, a Canadian, created and produced SNL back in the 1970’s😊

[@Commadernick]

Was he involved in the CBC comedy sketch show I think it was called Night Cap mid 60's

[@taliajo118]

The lady who appeared as the contestant WAS Pamela Wallin herself. She's a Canadian television journalist (host, news anchor) and also was appointed to the Senate of Canada. She was Chair of the Senate's National Security & Defence Committee. She was also recognized four times by Queen Elizabeth II for her public service and achievements - and she also holds fourteen Honourary Doctorates, among many other honors.

[@thehellyousay]

ooh, honorary doctorates. nothing like being gifted with a pretense of deep knowledge. i'd be more impressed if she had earned one, just one.

[@pernell1974]

In 1973, she graduated with a degree in psychology and political science from the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now the University of Regina) and began her career as an officer at the Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary

[@Shan_Dalamani]

Pamela, is that you? Sheesh. Don't forget to mention her financial shenanigans regarding her housing expenses as a Senator. I respected her more as a journalist than a politician.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

thehellyousay Well, I can tell you don't have a doctorate, honourary or otherwise.

[@eileensakal987]

All the references are political. That’s what the show is about ❤️

[@thessleidl]

We Canadians like to complain about the weather be it too cold or too hot.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

It's a Canadian pass time - which is why that first sketch was so funny. In Canada we ALWAYS pay attention to the weather & what it is going to bring us - because we HAVE TO.

[@thessleidl]

@@Carrie-so3ro especially us farmers, because we have to.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@thessleidl Absolutely! I hope that all has been going well with you this year on that front (well, I guess in other ways too.)

[@taraskye80]

Hi from Southern Alberta. Even though we know it's going to be cold every winter, we are shocked every single time. lol When you have to wrap your basement pipes in insulation to keep them from freezing, and so you can do your laundry without your washing machine pipes freezing up - you know it's darn cold.

[@thessleidl]

I’m from just south of Edmonton and gets so bloody cold. Worried about the high cost of heating. It’s going to be a lovey friggen winter 🥶 3:36

[@kopitarrules]

​@@thessleidl as a guy from Leduc I can confirm this lol

[@thessleidl]

@@kopitarrules wow, so am I. Cool considering we are watching an average American:)

[@michealgiles]

Wasn’t that last guy who came in “Mike from Canmore”? He’s not affected by the cold 😂

[@michealgiles]

That 🎶 From the not too distant future 🎶 song is from Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

[@StormiidaeBlogspot]

These episodes go back a generation:-)

[@CoolFrozenYak]

Got the shirt, showed my dad, he likes it too. That thing should be sold in our airports. I remember watching Air Farce with the family every week, and even though us kids were too young to understand the politics of it, we still enjoyed it. Chicken Cannon was usually the hit for us, and Mike from Canmore.

[@kathyd456]

Mike.... 😂 oh my, I miss him.

[@Dragonmist1]

I remembered immediately the first sketch, laying on the floor watching the debut with my grandparents 🫠

[@LivvyAlexW]

Every New Year’s Eve, I used to get sooooooo excited for the chicken cannon!!!! Every year!!!

[@yabetsy]

The RCAF (Air Farce) were the troupe - a great foursome that were together and active from 1973-2019. Their TV show ran for many of those years.

[@barbfinlay5798]

The Royal Canadian Air Farce started out as a radio show (yes it is that old). It and Red Green were filmed at CBC in Toronto. There were a lot of topical and political sketches and every year Air Farce filmed a special New Years Eve show. Sadly, many of the cast are no longer with us, but I certainly remember family and friends signing up to get free tickets for the taping of both shows.

[@karenschneberger2655]

It was part of our regular shows that we would watch each week. Love "Mike from Canmoe" skits!

[@QuantumBeeWellness]

Indeed! And with regards to the name, it was a pun on the military RCAF (Royal Cdn Air Force)

[@hazelmaylebrun6243]

Yes, that was Lloyd Robertson, who was the most famous newscaster in Canada for decades until he retired a few years ago. Pamela Wallin was also a newscaster, but she eventually got a job working for the government. Very famous here. The Air Farce was a radio show first, and then had a TV show. The original cast and some of their add ons later were fantastic, but when they all moved on, or passed away even, the show eventually went off the air. Usually, it was a half hour show, but on New Year's Eve, they always had a special, and everyone waited for the ending of it when they would find out who was voted the most annoying person or persons of the year and they would be targets of the chicken cannon. I stayed home on New Year's Eve rather than go partying because... I wasn't missing Air Farce.

[@tedclapham4833]

The Royal Canadian Air Farce started on CBC Radio and ran from 1973 until 1997 when it moved to CBC TV until 2008. The show ran Christmas specials until 2019.

[@andrewdemarco3512]

you need to see a segment of Air Farce called the chicken cannon. It's hilarious

[@murraytown4]

Kids in the Hall…the chicken lady.

[@joshslouvi7963]

I love how Tyler experienced a perfect Royal Canadian Air farce skit straight away . Starts off funny then runs itself into the ground

[@teej-h7w]

The Air Farce was a radio show first - was addicted to it. Then it went to tv. HAPPINESS ensued.

[@raptureboi]

This show was my childhood. Making fun of politicians is another Canadian pasttime. Check out the old "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" sketches. Also, "The Rick Mercer Report" could be a whole channel of reactions.

[@MrGG1959]

Lloyd Robertson began his career at CBC in 1955, and worked there until 1976 before moving to CTV where he worked for several decades.

[@shellyfox863]

This show was around for a long long time. I recall listening to it on the radio when I was a little. Miss this show. Check out This Hour has 22 minutes. I have experienced this exact convo at bus stop in Canada...It is indeed a Canadian moment.

[@ventrue24601]

the Air Farce started as a radio group which migrated to TV. The world feel less safe ever since the Chicken Cannon retired.

[@sarahsnowe]

They could certainly use it in the U.S.

[@Koshka42]

SCTV, Kids In The Hall, The Frantics - even Codco. Look 'em up...

[@SpanishWithNathan]

The cold skit is dead on. Canadians like to agree a lot. It's why we always talk like we're asking questions, looking for consensus. "It's cold, eh?" Plus, while we do live in the cold in winter we love to complain about it.😂

[@lindaewart5691]

The show with John Candy was called SCTV. And it pretended to be its own network. So it was kind of surreal to start with.

[@-R.Gray-]

The Millionaire contestant was the real former news anchor, now senator, Pamela Wallin, calling the real news anchor Lloyd Robertson.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

Yep, one nice thing about the news anchors is that they were good sports about being teased. Ditto some of the politicians. Stephen Harper seemed to detest the 22 Minutes people, but did cooperate in a sketch with Rick Mercer.

[@Jasmine34952]

The whole point of the first skit about the cold is that Canadians always complain or talk about the weather. That's what makes it funny.

[@NicStryker1027]

Another great show like Royal Canadian Air Farce is This hour has 22 minutes.

[@Lanker217]

Another great Canadian show

[@Saintly2]

I have had those “cold” convos with strangers. 🥶 And convos about how hot it is! 🥵

[@johna6352]

Been soooooo long since I've watched Air Farce or This Hour Has 22 Minutes...loved those shows! May need to binge them a bit on KZbin later.

[@stevemielke]

I miss the Air Farce. I had the chance to see them shoot a live episode one time it was a really fun time. I'm glad you checked this one out but it's worth a second lol. Their New Year's Eve episodes were always fun especially the one for the millennium.

[@karlwalton3936]

Air Farce was always dated and topical, but it was a great reason to tune in to each episode when it was on tv. My favorite skits that I remember from this show was 'the confused philosopher'.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

That's who the John Manley skit reminded me of. But to get the John Manley skit, you pretty well had to be following the news at the time. When Chretien was PM, Manley was sometimes referred to as "The Minister of Everything" because there weren't many cabinet portfolios he didn't have at some point. I had to giggle at the dig at Stockwell Day. He was the MLA for my riding when he was still in provincial politics in Alberta, and I had the pleasure of telling him off one time when he came doorknocking during an election.

[@kathys3412]

Definitely need to watch the episodes in the coffee shop, the bingo lady and the chicken cannon on their NYE show I miss Air Farce. It was so good

[@bww9450]

It was cold once very cold like -40 c around here where I live .

[@SPAMDAGGER22]

Those are pretty old. A Stockwell Day reference of all things.

[@CanadianKeto-vore1967]

Stockwell Day showing up on a seadoo. That's pretty much all I remember about him.

[@visaman]

From 2000.

[@labyfan1313]

Yeah, I'm Canadian but I've never heard of Stockwell Day. But I'm only 38.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@CanadianKeto-vore1967 He used to represent Red Deer North in the Alberta Legislature, which made him my MLA at the time. He came looking for my vote during his last provincial election campaign, and it was cathartic to be able to tell him off. When he moved to Penticton, BC (the federal riding he represented), my dad and I considered writing a letter of condolence to the daily paper there. That seadoo stunt on Okanagan Lake was his way of showing off for his first press conference.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@labyfan1313 You're not missing anything. He was an idiot who used to be the worst MLA we ever had here. His incompetence has since been surpassed by the idiot we have now.

[@meaganurquhart5220]

As Canadians we can honestly laugh at ourselves. And its ok.

[@judywhaley5092]

Canadian political satire at it's best.

[@gustru2078]

lol no. This comment alone is funnier than the entire video :)

[@MuIIigan]

I used to love love love their New Year’s specials as a kid. The chicken cannon was the pièce de resistance

[@LifeOfNigh]

The second I saw the man standing at the bus stop, I knew the exact skit it was and cracked up. This was mine and my dad's favourite show. You should look up "Mike from Canmore" and "The Confused Philosopher".

[@moshe4yeshua]

The one constant in Canadian conversation among friends and strangers alike is the weather

[@adamb1229]

This Hour has 22 minutes is worth checking out too

[@VoIcanoman]

"You got that right." "You betcha!" "Tell me about it." "Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah."

[@TomHuston43]

Those comments are out of the movie "Fargo" while in Minnesota.😎

[@joannemiranda8879]

I know they are on a set, but I can feel the cold (from this skit) waiting for a late night bus on Parliament Hill in mid winter. Windy and cooooold!

[@Karen_in_Canada]

At a bus stop? Yup you talk about the weather. Especially when it is cold. 😂

[@kathyd456]

Grew up on this. The 'God's Son Trudeau' sketch comes to mind... 🙄 And gotta love Mike... from Canmore.

[@Pam-56]

At the end of every NYE show they shoot the chicken cannon. Always my favourite part of the show. Check it out. Air Farce was so funny. They started as a group of 4 (the ones at the bus stop in the first clip) on CBC radio then after many years got a tv show that started in 1993 to 2008. 16 seasons with 335 episodes. A sketch comedy focusing on political and cultural satire. The 4 originals were Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy and John Morgan. They all had recurring characters they played. John Ferguson’s Mike from Canmore was hilarious. Luba Goy played Queen Elizabeth all the time and Roger Abbott played the Queen Mum. So funny!

[@Asher8328]

Thankfully, it's been many years since I've taken the bus, and a lot stops are heated or sheltered now, but I definitely remember standing in the open wind and having the "it's cold!" conversation like in the first sketch. lol

[@jodie1556]

I loved watching this tv show. A skidoo is like a snowmobile but it's broken into 2 parts. The seat and the front is the motor. I don't know when they stopped making them but it's been awhile

[@CanadianKeto-vore1967]

I didn't know there was a difference. When I was growing up we used the words interchangeably.

[@LoveCats9220]

@@CanadianKeto-vore1967- skidoo is the brand name

[@ChristopherHolahan]

Bombardier Recreational Products still makes the Ski-Doo.

[@jodie1556]

@@CanadianKeto-vore1967 I could be wrong but that's how I remember them. Apparently they are still made and it's the brand not the type 🤷‍♀️ so now I don't know. Maybe they are supposed to be interchangeable

[@CanadianKeto-vore1967]

@@LoveCats9220 so interesting fact.... this is what came up on Google search and I thought this was an interesting piece of history that I didn't know. "The product, initially baptized Ski-Dog in reference to sleds pulled by huskies, is known today as Skidoo, due to a printing error. Before mass-producing his snowmobile, Bombardier had it tested by Ojibwe drivers from the village of Lansdowne House in northern Ontario."

[@rbrunet7868]

SCTV was the Canadian counterpart to SNL

[@WJCTechyman]

SkiDoo, a brand of Bombardier Recreational Products, the name of the snowmobile, also an invention of Bombardier founder and namesake, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, that took many forms over the years. [EDIT: Well, I guess like Edison after buying the lightbulb from two Canadians, M. Bombardier improved on the snowmobile design, according to the article of Wikipedia] Some were built on Ford chassis, some being a designated vehicle on its own merrits. His name, would be phonetically pronounced as "Bom-Bar-Dee-Ay" as he was French-Canadian. I used to watch Royal Canadian Air Farce, Red Green, 22 Minutes and others on Friday nights as well as enjoyed their Christmas and new years specials as well.

[@lindaewart5691]

This man was a real member of the Canadian government cabinet one of the things that Canadian comedy shows do so well is get prominent politicians to come on and be funny. Because let's face it, they really need the help, the politicians that is

[@gayekurtz7240]

The John Manley clip is very old.. PS John Manely was a former Deputy Prime Minister

[@visaman]

From 2000.

[@patriciawicken5949]

I think the Air Farce started out as a radio show on CBC and later moved to TV. It started out as a weekly show but in later years it was only an occasional special. However, they always had a year-end special where they satirized all of the major Canadian news stories of the year. It wasn't uncommon for real Canadian celebrities and politicians to appear on the show.

[@karenramstedt4614]

Tyler, you managed this presentation sooooo well. CBC productions have their very own style. Sorry fellow Canadians, but my siblings and I weren't crazy about some CBC shows. Adults seemed to appreciate them more (although Mom couldn't stand, The Beachcombers). But we did like the weekly, morning kids shows when we were very small, and loved to be able to stay home from school to watch them. Chez Helene (Ioved the French content, and Susie the Mouse!), The Friendly Giant, and Mr. Dressup.

[@Barbwheel]

I have been to a special anew years taping of Air Farce at the CBC. Loved the show. It was of its time so now many people would no longer know or barely remember the politicians mentioned.

[@maryjanegibson7743]

The Air Farce was a sketch comedy troupe that was on the radio and then tv years before you were born, Tyler. No wonder you never heard of them. They had a big following and we loved them. By the way Pamela Wallin was a news anchor in Canada and is now a Senator. Lloyd Robertson was the CTV lead news anchor.

[@gordonlarsen4690]

Air Farce was on the radio for many years before it was on the CBC. It's always been a satirical take on Canadian politics.

[@mariposa9506]

Air farce is greatly missed especially on new years eve.

[@pirateraider1708]

Royal Canadian Air Farce was an old comedy sketch show, mostly driven by the Canadian politics of the time, (so many of the references are so outdated that most modern Canadians won't get them.) I'm now 40 with back problems, and I started watching it back in Jr. High when it was new, and I couldn't get enough of it. I even incorporated stuff from the show into school projects.

[@Bryan46162]

Air Farce started as a radio show and I still feel its best days were before it hit TV.

[@RiaVersteeg]

Stockwell Day was another politician!

[@893049004]

Also he was fairly socially conservative (at least by Canadian standards)

[@lacteur1]

Back in the mid-80s Jann Arden had a short-lived TV show set in a diner called "The Arden". I remember one skit where Joe Clark just returned from a visit to the US, is having lunch at the diner, Jann walks in and sits beside him and says "So Joe, when you came back and they asked you at Customs if you have anything to declare, didja say "Yea, Stockwell Day is an a$$hole....."

[@g8kpr3000]

My favourite quote about Stockwell Day, is when Warren Kinsella (Liberal) said something like "Stockwell Day is the only person who thinks that the Flintstones was a documentary" referring to Stockwell being a Pentecostal Minister with absurd ideas about age of the Earth, Creationism, etc.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@g8kpr3000 Stockwell Day was a YEC (Young Earth Creationist). He also got mixed up between the people of India and the indigenous people of Canada and sent a congratulatory message to the wrong ones (I don't remember the occasion, but it was a very embarrassing faux pas for him).

[@TimBrazeau]

Air Farce started out as a radio show in the late 70s, then moved to TV later. The series really took off on TV in 1992-93 (there had been some scattered TV specials and miniseries in the 80s but mostly they were still a radio show) and finished it's run at the end of 2008 with their New Year's special. They would continue doing New Year's specials for many years, with the final special broadcast Dec 31st 2019. The lady contestant on the Canadian Millionaire clip, is the real Pamala Wallen. and yes the guy she called is the real Lloyd Robertson. The Air Farce often had celebrity guests for various skits.

[@charlesmclaughlin3578]

Lots of great Canadian comedy

[@lizjoyce5]

Air Farce always had a New Years special.

[@lindaewart5691]

Yes. Those were all real broadcasters, anchors for national news programs in Canada and yes they would certainly appear on any Canadian comedy show just for fun.

[@SpanishWithNathan]

Yes, that was Lloyd Robertson and the contestant is the actual Pamela Wallin, a Canadian Senator.

[@Nitz82]

"Im Mike, from Canmore"

[@kathyarnusch7614]

I think we talk about the cold so much while we are in it to try to comfort ourselves. A way of coping.

[@michealgiles]

When Air Farce was on, there were the Ottawa Roughriders AND the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League. But since then, Ottawa renamed its team to be the Redblacks.

[@paperbagfilms]

In the early 1970s, Royal Canadian Air Farce was a radio show on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Every Sunday afternoon on CBC AM, couldn’t wait. Funny as hell… They would often do their shows on location. The best comedy stuff. And you have to have lived in Canada a long time to get the references. The bus top was a riot. Or hanging in the coffee shop.

[@sinswhisper9588]

the Air Farce was a canadian comedy sketch show that featured mostly political comedic commentary which ran from 1973-2019 -- first on CBC Radio -- then airing on CBC TV (Channel 4 in alberta)

[@michealgiles]

The Air Farce was a radio comedy sketch program for years, then got a tv show.

[@marilynloucks1121]

Growing up we would listen to this on CBC radio every sunday after church while we ate pancakes with real maple syrup. No joke.

[@dragonabsurda]

Yes, the first one is a very Canadian moment that I'm sure almost every Canadian has experienced. 🥶😂

[@nicolemarois5900]

There is no better way in Canada to start a discussion on the weather, it works every time!

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

Royal Canadian Air Farce was a sketch comedy show on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corperation) from the early 90's - 2019. It had many season's on tv, a radio show & multiple television specials.

[@mattdarrock666]

The skit i remember most is when Mike, from Canmore, wins the ''most intelligent man on earth'' competition...