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Air Farce Live

Air Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian sketch comedy series starring the comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce, that previously starred in an eponymous show on CBC Radio, from 1973 to 1997. The top-rated television show was broadcast on CBC Television, beginning in 1993 and ending in December 2008. The Air Farce Live name was adopted in October 2007. For the show's final season which began October 3, 2008, the series was renamed Air Farce—Final Flight!. The show was a weekly topical sketch comedy series focusing on political and cultural satire and was one of the most popular Canadian television shows. It was initially aired as a radio series beginning in 1973, and on radio, Air Farce continued for 24 seasons through 1997. In terms of the troupe's TV career, the first Air Farce TV special aired in 1980. A short-lived Air Farce TV series was broadcast in 1981, and further TV specials aired in 1982, 1983, and 1984. After a long hiatus from TV, a 1992 New Year's Eve special for CBC-TV was well received, and a new Air Farce TV series began in October 1993. The TV series was retitled Air Farce Live beginning with the October 6, 2007 broadcast and was the first Canadian sketch comedy series to be broadcast in HD. The show was broadcast live in the Atlantic time zone and tape delayed in the other time zones.

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6. November 9, 2007

0.0Nov 9, 2007 · 30 min

Craig Lauzon talks about the handsome audience, the high Canadian dollar, and Stephane Dion. Hillary and Bill Clinton discuss Hillary's presidential campaign. The creators of Entourage present their new show, Diontourage. Frank D'Angelo gets a new show called D'Angelo's Den, where entrepreneurs try to get money from him. The Department of Homeland Security does a video about the United States that borrows Canadian features such as Niagara Falls and Canadian Tire. Alan Park talks about a Canadian figure skater, weather problems in Mexico, a poll about Canada's involvement in Afghanistan, and other stories. Dog the Bounty Hunter argues with a CTV executive. A guy argues with a tree that has PMS - Post Maple Syndrome. An inspector visits the Bombardier Aerospace plant looking for unsafe aircraft. A soldier brings his son to Afghanistan on Take Your Kids To Work Day. Roger Abbott and Luba Goy talk about Saskatchewan's provincial election, Dick Cheney getting Peru confused with Venezuela, the turmoil in Pakistan, and other stories.