Trivia / King of Kensington

• He Also Did:
  • Al Waxman would go on to play Lt. Bert Samuels on CBS's Cagney & Lacey.
  • Creator Perry Rosemond would later direct every episode of CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce.
• In Memoriam: Following Al Waxman's death in 2001, a memorial to him was erected in Kensington Market.
• Referenced by...:
  • In the SCTV episode "CCCP-1", one of the fake television programs infiltrating the titular station is Hey Giorgiy, intended as a Russian knock-off of King of Kensington. SCTV stars Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas had previously made guest appearances on King of Kensington in the first season episodes "The Joy of Kensington" and "The Detroit Story", respectively.
  • This Hour Has 22 Minutes featured a sketch detailing the making of a theatrical film of King of Kensington directed by Atom Egoyan (played by Greg Thomey), who re-imagines the series as a surreal crime thriller with Larry as a serial killer.
  • In one episode of Puppets Who Kill, Bill steals Al Waxman's preserved brain from CBC headquarters.

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