5th Canadian Comedy Awards

5th Canadian Comedy Awards
Date2004 (2004)
Location
CountryCanada
Presented byCanadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Hosted byScott Thompson
Most awardsTelevision: Corner Gas (3)
Film: Eugene Levy / A Mighty Wind (2)
Most nominationsTelevision: Corner Gas (7)
Film: Mambo Italiano (6)
Websitewww.canadiancomedyawards.org
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The 5th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, and film comedy of 2003. The ceremony was held in 2004 in London, Ontario, concluding the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival. The ceremony was hosted by Scott Thompson.[1]

Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 19 categories. Winners were picked by members of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), the Canadian Actors' Equity Association, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, and the Comedy Association.

TV series Corner Gas led with seven nominations followed by the films Mambo Italiano and Expecting with six apiece. Corner Gas won three Beavers, followed by Expecting and A Mighty Wind with two each. This ceremony also introduced the Chairman's Award which recognized the contributions of Mark Breslin, founder of Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:[2]

Live

Best Male Stand-up Best Female Stand-up Best Stand-up Newcomer
Best Male Improviser Best Female Improviser
Best Sketch Troupe or Company Best Improv Troupe or Company
  • Blue ribbon Monkey Toast
  • Leave It To Cleavage
  • Rock Paper Scissors
  • Slap Happy
  • Urban Improv
Best One Person Show Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series
  • Blue ribbon The Road Between My Ears
  • From the Desk of Ron Sparks
  • Love Girl
  • The Underbelly Diaries
  • Blue ribbon The Williamson Playboys
  • Arma-Get-It-On
  • Bush League of Justice
  • Lost Weekend
  • Top Gun the Musical

Television

Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female
Best Direction in a Series Best Direction in a Special or Episode
Best Writing in a Series Best Writing in a Special or Episode

Film

Best Performance by a Male Best Performance by a Female
Best Direction Best Writing

Special Awards

Chairman's Award

Multiple wins

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

Awards Person or work
3 Corner Gas
2 Eugene Levy / A Mighty Wind
Expecting


Multiple nominations

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

Nominations Person or work
7 Corner Gas
6 Mambo Italiano
5 Expecting
4 The Gavin Crawford Show
3 Royal Canadian Air Farce
2 Comedy Now!
Eugene Levy / A Mighty Wind
Puppets Who Kill
The Seán Cullen Show

References

  1. ^ "Canadian Comedy Awards | History". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2004. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.