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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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22. Episode 8-19

0.0Mar 16, 2001 · 30 min

Opening Credits & Wolfe: Plains of Abraham: From French explorer Jacques Cartier's foray into Canada to General Wolfe's adventures in Québec. Rex Murphy & Champlain: Special guest Rex Murphy interviews Samuel de Champlain. John Graves Simcoe: Special guest Graham Greene as John Graves Simcoe negotiates land claims with Billy Two Willies and Susan Born-with-an-Attitude. Battle of Queenston Heights: Not only is war hell, it can also be very cheap. Laura Secord & Cow: Lauara Secord engages in bovine banter with her cow. Macdonald & Fathers of Confederation: Charlottetown plays host to Sir John A. MacDonald and his fellow fathers of confederation. Louis Riel: Louis Riel as a fanatic radical radical bent on separation looks suspiciously like Lucien Bouchard. The Last Spike: Mike from Canmore helps link the east to the west. WW1: Trenches: Canada's fighting Puck Demon platoon is battle ready. The Big Wrap Up: A look at what Canada has become...