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Mine too. :(

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Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.

Now that's a tough list.

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revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.

Now that's a tough list.
Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.

Now that's a tough list.
Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.
Yeah I'd put you above any of my relatives anyway. Joey Shithead Keithly goes in there somewhere too, along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd.

So I guess I need one more, oh hell Neil Young.

You're in damn good company, that or the pool is pretty shallow. :shifty:

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revbob wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.

Now that's a tough list.
Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.
Yeah I'd put you above any of my relatives anyway. Joey Shithead Keithly goes in there somewhere too, along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd.

So I guess I need one more, oh hell Neil Young.

You're in damn good company, that or the pool is pretty shallow. :shifty:
1. Dave Sim
2. Jim Carrey
3. Phil Hartman
4. John Candy
5. John K.
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Kory wrote:
revbob wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.

Now that's a tough list.
Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.
Yeah I'd put you above any of my relatives anyway. Joey Shithead Keithly goes in there somewhere too, along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd.

So I guess I need one more, oh hell Neil Young.

You're in damn good company, that or the pool is pretty shallow. :shifty:
1. Dave Sim
2. Jim Carrey
3. Phil Hartman
4. John Candy
5. John K.
1-5. The Kids In the Hall

Also, The classic Nomeansno lineup of the Wright Brothers and Andy Kerr...
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Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans. :naughty:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans. :naughty:
1. Doc Medulla
2. Justin Trudeau
3. Andrea Martin
4. Scott Thompson
5. Eugene Levy
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That's more like it!
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Dr. Medulla wrote:That's more like it!
Seriously, though. Andrea Martin is such an underrated goddamn treasure. She is amazing on Difficult People as the overbearing Jewish mom, which, of course, I would know nothing about. :shifty:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:That's more like it!
Seriously, though. Andrea Martin is such an underrated goddamn treasure. She is amazing on Difficult People as the overbearing Jewish mom, which, of course, I would know nothing about. :shifty:
Apart from just being incredibly well-written and -performed sketch comedy, SCTV was notable for every damned one of its core performers going on to significant work thereafter.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
JennyB wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:That's more like it!
Seriously, though. Andrea Martin is such an underrated goddamn treasure. She is amazing on Difficult People as the overbearing Jewish mom, which, of course, I would know nothing about. :shifty:
Apart from just being incredibly well-written and -performed sketch comedy, SCTV was notable for every damned one of its core performers going on to significant work thereafter.
That's because (at least back then, it seems to be less so now), the Second City focused on character creation over straight up joking. Just so many amazing actors came though that program. I say actors because they were all funny people, but they could all actually act.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans. :naughty:
I didn't want to seem like a kiss-ass. You're more like #0.
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Kory wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans. :naughty:
I didn't want to seem like a kiss-ass. You're more like #0.
That could be interpreted several ways …
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
Kory wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans. :naughty:
I didn't want to seem like a kiss-ass. You're more like #0.
That could be interpreted several ways …
You know, like, when a comic book has a #0. It's like a special convention-only release. Highly sought-after, but not totally necessary.
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