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Air Farce LIVE - DVD

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Product ID: ETAIR0023

For our 15th season on CBC Television, we decided to become the only live prime-time comedy show on North American TV. We wanted the “live, without a net” excitement of performing the show in real-time, with no second takes, and the up-to-the-last-minute ability to be as topical and current as possible. It turned our weekly half-hour into a high-speed roller-coaster ride for our cast and production crew –- sets moving in, fresh make-up, costume changes, everything accomplished with split-second timing.

Our viewers told us they loved the pace and fresh feeling of Air Farce Live, and the critics gave us kudos for being brave and fearless!

Surprisingly, it worked really well, too! No doors refused to open, no lights exploded in the middle of a sketch, no pants fell down – all the things that could happen in live tv. Okay, we had a few glitches… and two of them are on this DVD. Check out Jessica and Craig trying to keep a straight face in “Cross Border Car Shopper” and “Prime Minister’s Choice”, and together with Penelope, they bravely press through to the end of “Vomit Virus”, even if Craig’s moustache doesn’t. As well as the live studio sketches, this collection includes some of our favourite Farce Films – digital shorts, shot on location, and played back live during the show. “Rink Widow” and “Indiana Jenkins” are instant classics.

And all the hot topics of the 2007/2008 are covered in Air Farce Live – the rise of the Canadian dollar, Barrack Obama’s emergence on the American scene, Amy Winehouse’s unstable behaviour, Sister Bessie’s Awards for parliament and politics, and the usual Air Farce mix of the highs and lows and just plain silly.