About This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Released on September 28, 2009
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.
Its full name is a parody of This Hour Has Seven Days, a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the U.S. is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials.
Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series CODCO, on which Thomey sometimes appeared as a guest. Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary.
Full Cast of This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Clint Eastwood plays Frankie Dunn
Hilary Swank plays Maggie Fitzgerald
Morgan Freeman plays Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris
Lucia Rijker plays Billie 'The Blue Bear'
Brían F. O'Byrne plays Father Horvak
David Powledge plays Counterman at Diner
Joe D'Angerio plays Cut Man
Marcus Chait plays J.D. Fitzgerald
Erica Grant plays Nurse
Naveen plays Pakistani
Morgan Eastwood plays Little Girl in Truck
Susan Krebs plays Rehab Nurse
Jim Cantafio plays Ring Doctor
Ted Grossman plays Ring Doctor
Marco Rodríguez plays Second at Vegas Fight
Mark Thomason plays Radio Commentator
Brian T. Finney plays Irish Fan
Kim Strauss plays Irish Fan
Kirsten Berman plays Irish Fan
Jimmy Alioto plays Las Vegas Fight Fan (uncredited)
Jason Williams plays Las Vegas Fight Fan (uncredited)
Nina Avetisova plays VIP Girl (uncredited)
Michael Bentt plays Boxer (uncredited)
Bruce Gerard Brown Jr. plays Boxer (uncredited)
McKay Stewart plays Sparring Boxer (uncredited)
Kimberly Estrada plays Perez (uncredited)
Sean LoGrasso plays Fight Fan (uncredited)
Maher McClung plays Irish Fan (uncredited)
Sean O'Kane plays Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Marty Sammon plays Ref #5
Robert Maron plays Irish Fan #4
Rosine 'Ace' Hatem plays Maggie's First Opponent (uncredited)
Mimi Lesseos plays Billie's Opponent (uncredited)
Shaun Majumder
Mark Critch
Crew of This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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- Clint Eastwood
- Hilary Swank
- Morgan Freeman
- Lucia Rijker
- Brían F. O'Byrne
- David Powledge
- Joe D'Angerio
- Marcus Chait
- Erica Grant
- Naveen
- Morgan Eastwood
- Susan Krebs
- Jim Cantafio
- Ted Grossman
- Marco Rodríguez
- Mark Thomason
- Brian T. Finney
- Kim Strauss
- Kirsten Berman
- Jimmy Alioto
- Jason Williams
- Nina Avetisova
- Michael Bentt
- Bruce Gerard Brown Jr.
- McKay Stewart
- Kimberly Estrada
- Sean LoGrasso
- Maher McClung
- Sean O'Kane
- Marty Sammon
- Robert Maron
- Rosine 'Ace' Hatem
- Mimi Lesseos
- Colin Mochrie
- Shaun Majumder
- Elisha Cuthbert
- Mark Critch