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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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8. November 23, 2007

0.0Nov 23, 2007 · 30 min

Roger Abbott welcomes everyone and talks about the Grey Cup. Celine Dion explains why she won't be performing in Halifax next summer, complete with a song and floating bubbles. Holly Horton reports on the Grey Cup and gets up close and personal with some CFL players. Ottawa Report discusses Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber, only the legal department doesn't want them to name names. Hockey Night In Canada discusses the controversy over a Czech hockey player posting naked pictures on the Internet. A worker decides not to join in the office lottery pool, much to his later regret. Alan Park talks about Canadians getting paid for Olympic medals, cloning, a pipeline explosion in Saudi Arabia, a proposed ban on Tasers, c. difficile treatment, the death of Mr. Whipple, and a scientific experiment involving hair colour. A woman shops for a T-shirt and is overwhelmed by all the choices. The Alberta Nanny enforces the smoking ban and lectures people for having bad manners. A news editor discusses the Hollywood writers' strike and how we can still rely on Canadian television to entertain us. Penelope Corrin wraps up the week's news in "This Just In."