| Hotbox | |
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| Genre | Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Pat Thornton |
| Directed by | Vivieno Caldinelli |
| Starring | Pat Thornton |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Comedy Network |
| Release | June 2, 2009 – 2010 |
| Related | |
| The Owl and the Man | |
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Hotbox was a Canadian absurdist sketch comedy television show on The Comedy Network.[1] It starred Pat Thornton, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Levi MacDougall, Jeff McEnery, Vivieno Caldinelli and Tal Zimerman, and was a spinoff of the online sitcom The Owl and the Man.[1][2] Some notable guest appearances on the show included comics Jon Dore, Colin Mochrie and Seán Cullen.[3] The title "Hot Box" relates to the show's frame story, which starts in each episode's opening sequence, which depicts a box which falls from space, and is discovered by scientists.[2] Throughout the episode, the scientists then perform disastrous experiments involving the box, which contains screens displaying the show's sketches. These sketches include cartoons, commercial parodies, puppets,[4] and fake movie trailers.
- ^ a b "On the hot seat ; The Comedy Network: Pat Thornton has many roles getting Hotbox on the air" by Bill Harris, The London Free Press (29 May 2009) Retrieved from ProQuest 2210382211
- ^ a b "Thornton's owl hatches 'Hotbox'" by Brian Gorman, Sudbury Star (4 June 2009) Retrieved from ProQuest 2202858580
- ^ "Tube talk" by Victoria Ahearn, Waterloo Region Record (30 May 2009) Retrieved from ProQuest 267279607
- ^ "The Week In Tv" by Murtz Jaffer, National Post (1 June 2009) Retrieved from ProQuest 330896433