The Kids in the Hall

For the group's TV series, see The Kids in the Hall (TV series). For the Hip-hop duo, see Kidz in the Hall.

The Kids in the Hall
At the 2008 eTalk Festival Party, during the Toronto International Film Festival
(from left) Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Scott Thompson
Medium
  • Television
  • stage
  • film
NationalityCanadian
Years active1984–present
Genres
Notable works and roles
Members
Websitekidsinthehall.ca

The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in 1984 in Calgary and Toronto, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1989 to 1995, on CBC, in Canada. It also appeared on CBS, HBO, and Comedy Central in the United States.

The Kids made one film, Brain Candy, which was released in 1996. They reformed for various tours and comedy festivals in 2000. They later reunited for an eight-part miniseries, Death Comes to Town, in January 2010. An eight-episode revival season was released on May 13, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video.[1][2] Their name came from 1950s TV comedian Sid Caesar, who would attribute a joke that did not go over well (or played worse than expected) to "the kids in the hall", referring to a group of young writers hanging around the studio.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Porter, Rick (March 5, 2020). "'Kids in the Hall' Revived at Amazon". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Cordero, Rosy (April 13, 2022). "Prime Video Sets 'The Kids In The Hall' Premiere & Reveals New Canadian Originals Programming Slate". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Still Kidding Around". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Munster, Indiana. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  4. ^ For years this was erroneously attributed to Jack Benny, though the Kids themselves offer a corrected version of the origin of the troupe's name on the DVD release of the show's pilot episode.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Debuts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).