The Kids in the Hall (Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson) was a Canadian sketch comedy show that ran for 5 seasons from 1989-1995. Episodes ran twenty minutes (not including commercials) and contained various sketches with themes ranging from gender and sexuality, police, business, family life, religion, and sex to the completely absurd like a man with meat for hands and a killer shark named Skoora that feels remorse.
Some famous recurring characters include: the Head Crusher, a man who sits in public and "crushes" the heads of passers-by with his pointer finger and thumb. Cabbage head, a misogynistic man with, surprise, a head of cabbage for a head, who continually fails on dates due to his rude and womanizing attitude. Buddy Cole, the opinionated owner of a gay bar who goes off on long monologues after closing time with a martini in his hand. Danny Husk, a hopelessly stupid and unlucky businessman. Gavin, a talkative and inquisitive adolescent. Simon and Hecubus, a self-proposed demonic prophet and his man-servant, and many more.
The Kids in the Hall are most known for dressing in drag. All of them straight except for Scott Thompson, they wanted to push the limits and show that it's okay to be yourself and to be a little gay. They frequently performed sketches dealing with homosexuality, gender roles and homophobia, portraying very convincing but very manly women as well as homosexual characters. The Kids in the Hall was the first sketch comedy show to openly and frequently deal with this issue.
This first video clip is a sketch from the season 1 finale, poking fun at the ridiculousness of the bible:
The second video is one example of the Kids dealing with homophobia (in an extreme way):
"The Kids in the Hall" Produced by Lorne Michaels, 1989-1995. Toronto, Canada. Accessed from Youtube February 8, 2009.
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