Discovered by Lorne Michaels, creator of "Saturday Night Live", "The Kids in the Hall" - Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson - exploded into the American consciousness when their half-hour sketch comedy show debuted on cable’s HBO in 1989. The troupe’s distinctly edgy humor broke new ground with their characterizations of secretaries, prostitutes, gays, drug users, and oddball creations like the half human Chicken Lady, the vengeful "head crusher" and the chauvinist Cabbage Head. Critical acclaim, Emmy and Ace nominations, and a legion of extremely dedicated fans quickly followed the debut.
The show itself ended in 1995, but lived on in constant re-runs on cable’s Comedy Central, offering new fans the opportunity to fall under the "hilariously warped" (Entertainment Weekly) spell of the "Kids’" spin on life, love, lust, middle-class values, and the dark corners of suburbia. Since the show ended, each member of the troupe has been involved in a variety of extremely successful projects, but finally acquiesced to the steady demands from fans to take their classic sketches out of the hall and back in front of a live audience in 2000. A movie version of the tour, “Same Guys, New Dresses” followed, along with another tour and DVD in 2002 (“Tour of Duty”).
Winter Vacation with a few KITH!
Spend your winter vacation on a music and comedy cruise with Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley from February 1st to Feb 6th 2009, The ship departs from Miami, FL, and it is hosted by the Barenaked Ladies, and features Sloan, Great Big Sea, The Weakerthans, The Mountain Goats, Luke Doucet, Christine Fellows, the comedy of Sean Cullen plus many more great bands. Should be ridiculous good fun! See details and ticket info here: www.shipsanddip.com
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The Most Critically-Acclaimed Comedy Troupe of Our Generation Hit the Road for First Major Tour in Six Years
"The Kids in the Hall", the watershed comedy troupe of the 1990's, returned to their live-performance roots for a major North American theater tour in 2008. The tour kicked off at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, IN on April 4, 2008 and included approximately 30 cities in the US and Canada.
Join The Kathies, Headcrusher, the Sales Guys, Buddy Cole, and people you’ve never met before (but somehow recognize from your everyday life) on an adventure into the bizarre and side-splittingly funny.
Check this page for updates on when and where to see Kids in the Hall!
I saw you in Portland, Oregon last year and it was so hilarious I was raving about it for weeks afterward! Coming back, or making a movie? Or just trying to maintain suspense? I hoped you'd like the sketch I sent for the contest-- "the MASAM Personal-Appearance monitoring system"
I just spent waaAAAAy too much time watching many of your sketches on YouTube (I was up until 5AM). I really wish at-the-very-least that Comedy Central would put your show back on. I miss seeing it in regular rotation.
Love you guys. Saw you in Nashville this year and took friends. LMAO. Had I known you were having a meet n greet after the show, I would have saught you out for handshakes/autographs. Been watching you since the '80s. Love, Love, Love to all. God bless!
