19th Canadian Comedy Awards

The 19th Canadian Comedy Awards honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2018. Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 22 categories, determined by votes from the public and industry members. The awards ceremony was held at Toronto's Second City on 4 June 2019, hosted by Ali Hassan.

19th Canadian Comedy Awards
Date4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)
Location
CountryCanada
Hosted byAli Hassan
Highlights
Most awardsTelevision: Baroness von Sketch Show (3)
Film:Room For Rent (3)
Internet: A Gay Victorian Affair (4)
Person: Chanty Marostica and Matthew Atkinson (2)
Most nominationsTelevision: Caution: May Contain Nuts (4)
Film: Room For Rent (5)
Internet: A Gay Victorian Affair (5)
Person: Chanty Marostica (3)
Artist of the YearCatherine O'Hara
Best StandupChanty Marostica
Best FeaturePogey Beach[1]
Best TV ShowBaroness von Sketch Show
Best Web SeriesA Gay Victorian Affair
Websitewww.canadiancomedyawards.org

Nominations were led by feature Room for Rent and web series A Gay Victorian Affair with five each. A Gay Victorian Affair won all four Beavers for web series, while Room for Rent won three in film and Baroness von Sketch Show won three in television. Chanty Marostica won for Best Stand-up and Comedy Album of the Year, and Catherine O'Hara was honoured as Comedic Artist of the Year.

Ceremony

The awards ceremony was scheduled to be held on Sunday 2 June 2019 at the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Toronto, Ontario, which had donated the use of its facilities. However, the club was not accessible and producers of the no-budget show sought another free venue, to accommodate a cast member of Generally Hospital who uses a power wheelchair. Generally Hospital addresses themes of disability, and its cast was nominated for Best Live Ensemble.[2]

The awards ceremony was held at Toronto's Second City on 4 June 2019, hosted by Ali Hassan with presenters Ron Sparks, Kate Davis, Andrew Chapman, and Martha Chaves.[3] The ceremony was executive produced by Kyra Williams,[2] who had received the Roger Abbott Award at the 2014 ceremony.[4]

Winners and nominees

The Beaver was awarded in twenty-two categories. Only industry members could vote in the nine categories for best direction, performance and writing in features, TV series or specials, or web series. The other thirteen categories were open to public voting.[5] Voting took place between 19 April and 10 May 2019.[6]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:[7][6]

Multimedia
Comedic Artist of the Year Best Short
  • Blue ribbon Being Andy Serkis
  • Spank the Monkey
  • Club Six
  • We Three Queens
Best Feature Best Performance in a Feature
Best Direction in a Feature Best Writing in a Feature
Best Comedy Album Best Audio Show or Series
  • Blue ribbon The Chanty Show - Chanty Marostica
  • Nincom2oop - Hunter Collins
  • Violently Nice - Ryan Dillon
  • Still Alive For The Holidays - The Williamson Playboys
  • Awkwarder - Mayce Galoni

Live
Best Live Production Best Taped Live Performance
  • Blue ribbon A Sketch Comedy Extravaganza Eleganza[lower-alpha 1]
  • Entrances and Exits: An Improvised Farce
  • Bad Dog presents: HOOKUP
  • The Best Is Yet To Come Undone
  • Gossamer Obsessions: The Morality Puns
Best Standup Comic Best Breakout Artist
Best Live Ensemble Best Variety Act
  • Blue ribbon Cast of She The People
  • Sex T-Rex
  • Cast of HOOKUP
  • Cast of Generally Hospital
  • Cast of A Sketch Comedy Extravaganza Eleganza

Television
Best TV Show Best Performance in a TV Series
Best Direction in a TV Series or Special Best Writing in a TV Series or Special

Internet
Best Web Series Best Performance in a Web Series
  • Blue ribbon A Gay Victorian Affair
  • Soul Decision Comedy
  • Learning Nature with Chris Locke
  • Note to Self - Season 2
  • My 90-Year-Old Roommate
Best Direction in a Web Series Best Writing in a Web Series

Multiple wins

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards

Awards Person or work
4 A Gay Victorian Affair
3 Room for Rent
2 Chanty Marostica
Matthew Atkinson

Multiple nominations

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations

Awards Person or work
5 A Gay Victorian Affair
4 Caution: May Contain Nuts
Room for Rent
3 #Roxy
Baroness von Sketch Show
Chanty Marostica
The Go-Getters
Note to Self
Pogey Beach
Sorry for Your Loss
Still Standing
2 The Amazing Gayl Pile: Apocalypse Soonish
Matthew Atkinson
My 90-Year-Old Roommate
This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Footnotes
  1. Extravaganza Eleganza is a sketch show with Tricia Black and Tom Hearn.[8]

References
  1. Davis, Tony (5 June 2019). "Island film wins big at Canadian Comedy Awards". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. Forani, Jonathan (10 May 2019). "Canadian Comedy Awards to move venues after accessibility complaint". CTV News. Toronto, Ontario: Bell Media. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Awards | Canadian Comedy Awards". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. "Criteria | Canadian Comedy Awards". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. Cook, Alex (14 April 2019). "Canadian Comedy Awards: James Mullinger Proud to be Among Nominees". The East. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. Fischlin, Joshua (3 June 2019). "N.B. artists making waves in Toronto comedy scene". The Times Transcript. Moncton, New Brunswick: Postmedia Network. p. A5. ProQuest 2233780323.
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