Kids in the Hall

Kids in the Hall was a popular Canadian sketch comedy show. The show consisted of sketches and monologues, usually in character though sometimes as themselves. Most of the parts were played by the same five actors who made up The Kids In The Hall troupe which also performs stage shows. Although they have occasionally split to pursue other projects, the line up has always been Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald and Scott Thompson. As all the actors are male, female parts were usually played by the actors in women's clothes, although Neve Campbell and Nicole de Boer appeared in minor roles early in their careers.

Recurring Characters

The show featured dozens of characters over the course of it's five seasons. Most sketches featured characters unique to that sketch, but there were also a number of recurring characters.

Head Crusher (McKinney)

Head Crusher

The infamous head crusher, called Mr Tyzik, would spy people between his thumb and index finger and crush their heads. He often set himself up on a folding chair, crushing people's heads as they walked by, declaring "I'm crushing your head, I'm crushing your head". He spoke in a slighty high pitched voice with possibly Eastern European accent. He head crushes with a great deal of enthusiasm, though in one sketch he feels remorse for crushing a kids head, just because he wanted to be a business man. Most people ignore his efforts, but in one sketch people do take exception to it and he requires physical therapy for the beating.

Buddy Cole (Thompson)

Buddy Cole

Buddy Cole is an openly gay, opinionated and flamboyant character. Cole's sketches are usually monologues, delivered in the gay bar owned by Buddy. He often talks about his life, name dropping celebrities as he does, as well as talking about the gay community. His life's adventures are bizarre and outrageous, much like Cole himself. The celebrities Buddy Cole knows include Kurt Cobain and Queen Elizabeth II, who is also played by Thompson in other sketches not involving Buddy.

Gavin (McCulloch)

Gavin

Gavin is a young boy who talks, endlessly, about everything. His ramblings often include bizarre, possibly fictional, stories about himself and the people he knows. This usually irritates other characters, even trying the patience of two door step evangelists (McKinney and Foley). His mother was played by McKinney, though she was killed off and Thompson played his step mother. McDonald played his father, an alcoholic deadbeat who shows little interest in Gavin.

Bruce McCulloch	Various Characters	109 eps.
Dave Foley	Various Characters	109 eps.
Mark McKinney	Various Characters	109 eps.
Kevin McDonald	Various Characters	109 eps.
Scott Thompson	Various Characters	109 eps.
Nicole de Boer	Laura	1 eps.
Neve Campbell	Pizza Restaurant Patron	1 eps.

0	The Pilot	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/16/1988
1	Episode 1	Currently 3.0/5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/24/1989
2	Episode 2	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/31/1989
3	Episode 3	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/07/1989
4	Episode 4	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/14/1989
5	Episode 5	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/21/1989
6	Episode 6	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/05/1989
7	Episode 7	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/12/1989
8	Episode 8	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/19/1989
9	Episode 9	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	01/02/1990
10	Episode 10	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	01/09/1990
11	Episode 11	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	01/16/1990
12	Episode 12	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	01/23/1990
13	Episode 13	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	01/30/1990
14	Episode 14	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	04/03/1990
15	Episode 15	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	04/10/1990
16	Episode 16	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	04/17/1990
17	Episode 17	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	04/24/1990
18	Episode 18	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	05/01/1990
19	Episode 19	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	05/08/1990
20	Episode 20	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	05/15/1990

Name	Kids in the Hall
Status	Ended
Date of 1st Airing	Oct. 16, 1988
Date of Last Airing
Show Type
Original Air Day	Monday
Original Air Time
Show Length	30
Network(s)	CBC HBO CBS Comedy Central
Language(s)	Add a new language English
Genre(s)	Add a new genre Sketch Comedy
Theme(s)	Add a new theme
Alias(es)

Kids in the Hall

Recurring Characters

Head Crusher (McKinney)

Buddy Cole (Thompson)

Gavin (McCulloch)

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