The Minnesota Wrecking Crew

The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company. The group won two consecutive Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Sketch Troupe (2003-2004),[1][2] and were nominated again in 2005 and 2006, making them one of the country's most successful comedy groups.

For the professional wrestling tag team, see The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (professional wrestling).

In 2006 they were featured in the CBC Television special Sketch with Kevin McDonald, hosted by Kevin McDonald of The Kids in the Hall fame, with their performance earning the troupe its third Canadian Comedy Award, in the "Best Taped Live Performance" category.

They are named after the professional wrestling tag team, The Minnesota Wrecking Crew.

References
  1. Canadian Comedy Awards archives-2003 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Canadian Comedy Awards archives-2004
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