The Bobroom was a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[1] The troupe consisted of Jennifer Baxter, Mike Beaver, Stacey DePass, Jason Jones, Shaun Majumder and Rob Tinkler,[2] and took its name from the Bob Dylan poster on the door to the smoking room in Beaver's apartment.[3]
The troupe performed their first gig at The ALTdot COMedy Lounge in 1997.[2] In 1999 they were featured in an episode of the CBC Television sketch comedy series SketchCom;[4] the following year they received their own one-hour special on The Comedy Network.[1]
In 2004 they premiered a ten-episode sketch comedy series on The Comedy Network, although by this time Majumder had left the troupe.[5] The five remaining members made the series with guest performers David Fujino, Duane Hill, Paul O'Sullivan, Ian Sirota, Winston Spear, Derrick Thompson, Matt Watts and Scott Yaphe.
The troupe received a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Sketch Troupe at the 1st Canadian Comedy Awards in 2000,[6] and the troupe were nominated for Best Writing on a Comedic Special or Episode at the 2nd Canadian Comedy Awards in 2001.[7]
References
- ^ a b Jim Bawden, "Bobbing for laughs in all the right places; Toronto troupe's show lampoons Canadian culture". Toronto Star, February 27, 2000.
- ^ a b Andrew Clark, "Leaving it to Beaver". Toronto Star, July 17, 1997.
- ^ Lisa Hepfner, "Bobroom humour". Hamilton Spectator, February 25, 2000.
- ^ Blakey, Bob (January 25, 1999). "Worth Watching". Calgary Herald. p. B8.
- ^ Andrew Ryan, "Summertime and the TV hype is breezy". The Globe and Mail, June 10, 2004.
- ^ "Die-Nasty in running for a Canadian Comedy Award". Edmonton Journal, March 9, 2000.
- ^ "Here are the nominees for the 2001 Canadian Comedy Awards". Canadian Press, March 6, 2001.
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