The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2007. The ceremony was held on 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The ceremony was hosted by Alan Park.
Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 24 categories. This included the first public-voting categories and the first awards recognizing Internet content. The awards ceremony concluded the five-day Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which showcased performances by over 100 comic artists. A Best of the Fest special was broadcast by The Comedy Network.
For a third consecutive year TV series Corner Gas led the nominations with nine, followed by the film Dark Rising with six. However, neither of these works won a Beaver. Seth Rogen and Michael Cera led the nominations amongst people with three. This Hour Has 22 Minutes won three Beavers followed by a number of artists and projects that received two, including Gavin Crawford, Gerry Dee, Geri Hall, Seth Rogen, and the films Juno and Superbad.
Festival and ceremony
The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival ran from 1 to 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The province and city had provided $200,000 in funding to relocate the festival from London, Ontario. Fourteen shows were held in Regina, showcasing the talents of more than 100 comedic performers. The awards were also sponsored by The Comedy Network which compiled and broadcast the Best of the Fest television special, hosted by Gerry Dee. The awards ceremony was hosted by Alan Park at Casino Regina.
Winners and nominees The Awards were expanded from 20 to 24 categories this year, including three public-voting categories: best radio program or clip, best web clip, and Canadian Comedy Person of the Year. Winners of public-voting categories were chosen by Canadian residents through an online poll.
The film Juno had been controversially excluded from Canada's industry-driven Genie Awards. Although it had a Canadian director, lead actors, crew, and had been filmed in Canada, U.S. financing disqualified it from competition. The Canadian Comedy Awards, however, were artist-driven with a mandate "To recognize and celebrate Canadian achievements in comedy at home and abroad" and awarded the film two Beavers.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:
Multimedia Canadian Comedy Person of the Year Best Radio Program or Clip Seth Rogen Rick Mercer Michael Cera Elliot Page Russell Peters Bad Santa, Q107 300 Personal Trainer, 106.9 The Bear, Ottawa The Debaters, CBC Radio One
Live Best Stand-up, Large Venue Best Stand-up Newcomer Russell Peters Jeremy Hotz Derek Edwards Ron James Shaun Majumder Peter Anthony Sam Easton DeAnne Smith Nick Beaton Sean Lacomber Best Male Stand-up Best Female Stand-up Gerry Dee Seán Cullen Steve Patterson Kenny Robinson John Wing Jr. Nikki Payne Laurie Elliott Jennifer Grant Shannon Laverty Erica Sigurdson Best Male Improviser Best Female Improviser Dan Joffre Taz VanRassel Jayden Pfeifer Doug Morency Toby Berner Aurora Browne Lisa Merchant Diana Frances Amy Matysio Jamillah Ross Best Sketch Troupe or Company Best Improv Troupe or Company Canadian Content The Imponderables Picnicface The Second City The Sketchersons Show Stopping Number About An Hour Urban Improv General Fools Improvisational Theatre Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show Best One Person Show Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series The Sean Schau! Scarfarce The One Man Harold The Newsdesk with Ron Sparks All the Rage Facebook of Revelations PET3RS – Approximately 3 Peters Dreadwood: Stories of the Canadian Klondike The Dead Language of Love An Inconvenient Musical Best Taped Live Performance Gerry Dee – Just For Laughs 2007 Gala show 12 The Doo Wops – Canadian Comedy Awards 2007: Best of the Fest
Manolis Zontanos – Comedy Network Presents Steve Patterson – Halifax Comedy Fest 2007 Mike MacDonald – Halifax Comedy Fest 2007
Television Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female Gavin Crawford – This Hour Has 22 Minutes Jon Dore – The Jon Dore Television Show Alan Park – Royal Canadian Air Farce Christopher Bolton – Rent-A-Goalie Eric Peterson – Corner Gas Geri Hall – This Hour Has 22 Minutes Janet Wright – Corner Gas Nancy Robertson – Corner Gas Cathy Jones – This Hour Has 22 Minutes Penelope Corrin – Air Farce Live Best Direction in a Series Best Direction in a Special or Episode Henry Sarwer-Foner – Rick Mercer Report Michael Kennedy – Little Mosque on the Prairie David Storey, Robert de Lint, Brent Butt, Don McCutheon, Jeff Beesley – Corner Gas Carl Harvey and Shelagh O'Brien – 2007 Just For Laughs Gala Series Vivieno Caldinelli – Hotbox: "The Owl and the Man" Samir Rehem – Cock'd Gunns, episode 8 Brent Butt – Corner Gas – "The Accidental Cleanist" David Storey – Corner Gas – "Cable Excess" Don McCutcheon – Corner Gas – "The 'J' Word" James Allodi – Rent-A-Goalie – "Burlington" Best Writing in a Series Best Writing in a Special or Episode Jon Dore, Mark Forward, Steve Dylan – The Jon Dore Television Show Leo Scherman, Morgan Waters, Andy King, Brooks Gray – Cock'd Gunns Zarqa Nawaz, Rebecca Schechter, Al Rae, Rob Sheridan, Greg Eckler, Paul Mather, Miles Smith – Little Mosque on the Prairie Kevin White, Mark Farrell, Brent Butt, Andrew Carr, Norm Hiscock, Gary Pearson, Dylan Wertz – Corner Gas Pat Thornton – The Owl and the Man Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford, Gary Pearson, Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen, Albert Howell, Tim McAuliffe, Nathan Fielder, Geri Hall, Andrew Bush, Dean Jenkinson – This Hour Has 22 Minutes, episode 3 Rob Sheridan – Little Mosque on the Prairie – episode 213 "Public Access" Graeme Manson – Rent-A-Goalie – episode 5 – "Everybody's a Fag" David Moses – Robson Arms – season 3, episode 303, "Geeks In Love" Kevin White – Corner Gas – "Bed and Brake Fast"
Film Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female Michael Cera – Superbad Jay Reso – Dark Rising Landy Cannon – Dark Rising Seth Rogen – Knocked Up Michael Cera – Juno Elliot Page – Juno Brigitte Kingsley – Dark Rising Julia Schneider – Dark Rising Best Direction Best Writing Jason Reitman – Juno Andrew Cymek – Dark Rising James Dunnison – Walk the Dog Seth Rogen – Superbad Andrew Cymek – Dark Rising
Internet Best Web Clip Sure Lock: A True Poo Story Cerealized #28: Loops Every Dave Life The Owl and the Man #1 Powerthirst The Waldo Ultimatum
Special awards Chairman's Award Dave Broadfoot Award Briane Nasimok Rob McLean Jeremy Hotz
Most wins
The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards
Awards Person or work 3 This Hour Has 22 Minutes 2Gavin Crawford Gerry Dee Geri Hall Seth Rogen Superbad
Most nominations
The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations
Nominations Person or work 9 Corner Gas 6 Dark Rising 4 This Hour Has 22 Minutes 3 Juno Little Mosque on the Prairie Michael Cera Rent-A-Goalie Seth Rogen 2 Cock'd Gunns Gavin Crawford Gerry Dee Geri Hall The Jon Dore Television Show The Owl and the Man Superbad
Footnotes
References
External links Canadian Comedy Awards official website