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That sounds like something more topical than the Frantics generally did, maybe Air Farce Live, This Hour Has 22 Minutes or Codco?
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This was from the 1970s or maybe the early 1980s. I have seen all of these things you are suggesting, it's none of those, it's older than all of those. I am looking for something at least 25 years old.
This was from the 1970s or maybe the early 1980s. I have seen all of these things you are suggesting, it's none of those, it's older than all of those. I am looking for something at least 25 years old.
Wayne and Shuster?
Wayne and Shuster does seem to be the answer. Now I am going to try to figure out if some of the other sketches I have been looking for come from that show.
I had completely forgotten the name "Wayne and Shuster", so thanks for suggesting it, and the "Question Time" sketch certainly does come from that show (it's even mentioned in the Wikipedia article!)
This was a TV show from the 70s or early 80s. It was sketch comedy, and Canadian. (I'm almost 100% sure it was Canadian. It certainly wasn't British or American, but if it wasn't Canadian it would have been some other Commonwealth country where they speak English)
The sketch I remember was about the fact that Canada's Parliamentary debates were going to start being televised. The joke was that the TV executives wanted to change everything to make it more appealing for television. So they turned "Prime Minister's Question Time" into a sort of variety musical number. The two parties would come in, singing at first "doo doo doo doo doo doo". They each wore the colors of their party (Blue and Yellow respectively, if I remember correctly). Then the song went "Question Time! Question Time! We all love Question Time! There ain't no reason and their ain't no rhyme—its (beat, beat) Question Time!" Then someone from the opposition side would pose a question, and someone from the government side would deliver a punchline. Then everyone would sing "Yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak" and go back to the "question time" song. The only question I can remember the question (which I think was asked by a female member of the opposition) was something like "This government has been accused of being ignorant and apathetic, how do you respond?" and all the Government side stood up and said in unision "WE DON'T KNOW AND WE DON'T CARE!". The actual people from Parliament were not happy with these changes that the TV producer was suggesting, but then they foung out how much they would make, so then they all started singing "Question Time! Question Time!"
(I'm afraid I honestly don't remember whether it was the Blues or the Yellows who were the government (the other being the opposition), so we won't be able to narrow it down timewise that way!)
I think I had watched this show before, without actually realizing it was Canadian until I saw this sketch (which obviously does not portray the American system of government!). It could be the same as one of the other sketch comedy shows I have asked about here before (and which seem to have stumped everyone!)