Maddy Kelly

Benny Larsen wants to be a surveillance worker—but for right now, he’s just doing it on his own. He films everything, all the time, and soon people begin to love his footage because it shows them how they really behave. But someone has been filming Benny… following him and recording his every move.

Kyle and Liam are taking a weekend getaway to address a major problem Liam is facing — meanwhile four women have somehow double-booked the same Airbnb.

After Hugo drunkenly ruins a wedding, he travels to a secluded cabin to dry out. But his picture-perfect retreat isn’t quite perfect. The caretaker, Mila, is oddly nosy, the only thing in the fridge is vodka, and the rental instructions have one unsettling rule: “Always close and lock the patio door.” After trying to call a friend to apologize for his bad behaviour, Hugo succumbs to temptation. He drinks, he smokes, he leaves the patio door open. Just as he catches his error, Hugo is confronted by an eerily demon on the patio threshold. Hugo and the demon struggle with the door—but will that be enough to keep the demon out?

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.

Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

A dozen of Canada’s hottest new comics gathered for one hilarious night of standup as part of the Just For Laughs VANCOUVER Festival. These rising stars each headline their own 10-minute episode exclusively for CBC Gem.