About this season
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.
Episodes (17)
1. Episode 64
Aired 30 September 1996
2. Episode 65
Aired 14 October 1996
Segments include: - Princess Diana's video scandal - The new Liberal whip - Marg Delahunty talks with Donovan Bailey - Babe Bennett on sex changes - The Right Answer - Heritage Minute: The Sea-Doo - Streeter: Can a Bank Change? - To spank or not to spank? - The Campbell File - Dakey Dunn and Margaret Atwood
3. Episode 66
Aired 21 October 1996
Segments include: - Preston Manning's ""Fresh Start"" - The ""22 Minutes"" Curriculum Guide - Joe Crow on Brian Tobin - Pope John Paul II out of hospital - Marg Delahunty's Parliamentary Pajama Party - ""Overcurrents"" with Wendel Mesley - Streeter: Careers - Canada's first Hooters restaurant - ""Sex with Lou""
4. Episode 67
Aired 28 October 1996
Segments include: - Union shutdown of Toronto - Mad cow disease - Arctic parks - Rockin' at the Rodeo: Same-sex line dancing - Dakey Dunn on exercise - ""Marketplace A1C 2F2"" - Streeter: Empty Preston - Hackers enter the CIA website - Association of People Named Blaine
5. Episode 68
Aired 4 November 1996
Segments include: - Lucien Bouchard tries to revive Quebec's economy - J.B. Dickson on assignment in Washington D.C. - Mrs. Enid on dating - Scientists discover a new planet - Tony Costello and ""No You Can't!"" - Streeter: Democracy, American-Style - Mrs. Tomorrow - News for Dogs
6. Episode 69
Aired 11 November 1996
Segments include: - Preston Manning finds three replacement MPs - Ross Perot's post-election plans - Ozone hole sets record - The Multicorp investigation - Streeter: Impressions of Washington - ""22 Minutes in the Woods"" - ""Canada's Funniest Home Videos""
7. Episode 70
Aired 18 November 1996
8. Episode 71
Aired 25 November 1996
9. Episode 72
Aired 2 December 1996
10. Episode 73
Aired 9 December 1996
11. Episode 74
Aired 31 December 1996
12. Episode 75
Aired 20 January 1997
13. Episode 76
Aired 27 January 1997
Segments include: - Clinton's inauguration - Lloyd Axworthy goes to Cuba - Dakey Dunn on a nookie-free existance - Streeter: Canada's Manifest Destiny - Sexual harrassment in the workplace - Hockey Notebook - The Campbell File
14. Episode 77
Aired 3 February 1997
Segments include: - An apology to the banks - Marg Delahunty on hospitals - ""Money Matters!"" - Streeter: Teflon Jean - The Sphinxler Sisters - Adolescent Notes - ""Definitely Not the Women's Network"" - ""Birding""
15. Episode 78
Aired 10 February 1997
16. Episode 79
Aired 24 February 1997
17. Episode 80
Aired 3 March 1997
Segments include: - Eaton's files for bankruptcy protection - Quebec's trade dispute - The first man on the Pill - Babe Bennett - ""Man Talk"" - Election Watch '97 - Jerry Boyle