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Hotbox (2009)
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Hotbox (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Hotbox was a Canadian absurdist sketch comedy television show on The Comedy Network. It starred Pat Thornton, and was a spinoff of the online sitcom The Owl and the Man. Some notable guest appearances on the show included comics Jon Dore, Colin Mochrie and Seán Cullen. 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. Throughout the episode, the scientists then perform disastrous experiments involving the box, which contains screens displaying the show's sketches.
Style: parody, absurd, adult animation, spoof, sketch comedy
Plot: alien, incest, marijuana, artifact, owl, male masturbation, comedian, practical joke, joke, surrealism, fat man, satire, puppet, pop culture, insult, exploitation, irreverence, absurdism, social satire, cartoon violence, embarrassment, pun, bad singing, sketch, public ...
Keyword: canadian

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The New Show (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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SCTV Channel (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: Viva Variety is an American sketch comedy series that aired on Comedy Central from April 1997 to December 1999. The series satirizes European variety shows.
Style: sketch comedy, parody, spoof
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Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
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Second City Television (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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