As told by cast members, staff, and guests
The final chaotic season of CODCO had just wrapped when Mary
Walsh sat down at a Toronto bistro with George Anthony, then creative head of
CBC TV’s arts programming, and Michael Donovan, of Halifax’s Salter Street
Films. She’d been thinking about a news-based comedy show - did they think that
would fly? They did. That was the early ‘90s, Twenty-five seasons later; hundreds
of thousands of Canadians continue to tune in weekly to This Hour has 22 Minutes
for its unashamedly Canadian take on politics and power.
25 Years of 22 Minutes takes readers backstage to hear first-hand
accounts of the show’s key moments-in the words of the writers, producers, and
the cast members who were there. From Rick Mercer’s earliest “Rants” and the
accidental success of “Talking to Americans” to Marg Delahunty’s artful
ambushing of politicians and celebrities of all stripes, readers will have a
front-row seat to the birth of the show- including a crisis that producers
scrambling in the very first episode- and an insider’s take on the very first
episode-and on insider’s take on the highs, the lows, and the daily grind
behind the scenes at 22 Minutes
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