9th Canadian Comedy Awards

9th Canadian Comedy Awards
9th Canadian Comedy Awards
Date	5 October 2008
Location	Casino Regina; Regina, Saskatchewan;
Country	Canada
Presented by	Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Hosted by	Alan Park
Most awards	Television: This Hour Has 22 Minutes (3); Film: Juno (2); Person: Gavin Crawford, Gerry Dee, Geri Hall, Seth Rogen (2)
Most nominations	Television: Corner Gas (9); Film: Dark Rising (6); Person: Michael Cera and Seth Rogen (3)
Website	www.canadiancomedyawards.org

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.[1]

Festival and ceremony

The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival ran from 1 to 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan.[2] The province and city had provided $200,000 in funding to relocate the festival from London, Ontario.[3] Fourteen shows were held in Regina, showcasing the talents of more than 100 comedic performers. The awards were also sponsored by The Comedy Network[2] which compiled and broadcast the Best of the Fest television special, hosted by Gerry Dee. The awards ceremony was hosted by Alan Park[4] at Casino Regina.[1]

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.[2]

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"[5] and awarded the film two Beavers.[6]

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

Multimedia

Canadian Comedy Person of the Year	Best Radio Program or Clip
Seth Rogen Rick Mercer Michael Cera Elliot Page[lower-alpha 1] 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 – 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[lower-alpha 1] – 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[lower-alpha 2]

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
2	Gavin 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

Credited as Ellen Page
"The Waldo Ultimatum" is a sketch by the Imponderables.[8]

References

"Superbad, Juno snap up comedy awards". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia: Southam Publications. Canwest News Service. 5 October 2008. p. D3. ProQuest 269545399.
"CBC shows pick up trophies at Canadian Comedy Awards". CBC News. Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
Slotek, Jim (26 February 2013). "Comedian Jeremy Hotz invites Canadians to climb aboard and laugh at his life". London Free Press. Toronto, Ontario: Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
"Canadian Comedy Awards | History". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
Morgan, Aidan (4 March 2015). "The Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
Vlessing, Etan (3 October 2008). "Canadian Comedy Awards fetes Jason Reitman". Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
"Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
Burgmann, Tamsyn (4 August 2008). "Young comics going viral for online laughs". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press.

External links

Canadian Comedy Awards official website

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[Elliot-8] Credited as Ellen Page

[10] "The Waldo Ultimatum" is a sketch by the Imponderables.[8]

[CanwestSuperbad2008-1] "Superbad, Juno snap up comedy awards". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia: Southam Publications. Canwest News Service. 5 October 2008. p. D3. ProQuest 269545399.

[CBC2008a-2] "CBC shows pick up trophies at Canadian Comedy Awards". CBC News. Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[SlotekHotz2008-3] Slotek, Jim (26 February 2013). "Comedian Jeremy Hotz invites Canadians to climb aboard and laugh at his life". London Free Press. Toronto, Ontario: Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[CCAHistory-4] "Canadian Comedy Awards | History". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

[CanEncy-5] Morgan, Aidan (4 March 2015). "The Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[Vlessing2008-6] Vlessing, Etan (3 October 2008). "Canadian Comedy Awards fetes Jason Reitman". Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[CCA2008-7] "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

[BurgmannViral2008-9] Burgmann, Tamsyn (4 August 2008). "Young comics going viral for online laughs". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press.