Bizarre: Canada's Wild Sketch Comedy Show

0:00It's April 2nd, Vancouver News. Today starts now, AI powered and ready. I'm Cori with the story. Let's talk about Bazaar, that wild Canadian sketch comedy show from the 1980s that launched some big names in birth a daredevil. Legend, it hit CTV screens from 1980 to 1986 with a tone down version while the raw, uncensored cuts ran on US cable network. Showtime, after ABC passed on the 1979 pilot. Hosted by comedian John Byner and cooked up by Bob Einstein and Alan Blie, the duel behind Smothers Brothers stuff, Bazaar pushed boundaries with, blue humor, constant fourth wall breaks, and direct chats to the live crowd. Einstein even suited up to crash lame sketches, making modern shows seem tame. Early spots went to future stars like a young Mike Myers playing Byner's nephew in one episode, Howie Mandel, and folks like Red Fox, Dave Thomas, and Luba Goy, who later hit Royal Canadian Air

1:00Farce. It was a hotbed for raw talent straight out of Canada. The real gem was Einstein transforming into Super Dave Osborne, the bumbling stuntman, parodying Evil Can Evil, with sportscaster Mike Walden hyping his, doomed feats. That character sprouted its own cleaner show for five seasons starting 1987. Bazaar's dirty roots fed those hits, and you can still dig up clips online to see where the comedy chaos all kicked off.