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Dave Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian comedian, writer, director, and producer best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, A Bug's Life, and Celebrity Poker Showdown.

Jann Arden is a Canadian singer songwriter, broadcaster and author. She played supporting and guest roles in many television series', while starring as a fictionalized version of herself on a quest for renewed fame in CTV's comedy series Jann. Hailing from Calgary, Alberta, Jann catapulted onto the Canadian music scene in 1993, with the release of her debut album Time For Mercy, which featured the hit single, “I Would Die For You”. This was followed by Living Under June, which contained her break-out hit “Insensitive”. With a career that spans 12 albums and 19 top ten singles, Arden’s contributions to the Canadian music industry has been recognized with 8 Juno Awards, 10 SOCAN Awards, 4 Western Canadian Music Awards, a Much Music Video Award, 3 Prairie Music Awards and an Alberta Recording Industry Association Award. She has been inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, has been given the Vantage Women of Originality Award, awarded the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal, was inducted into the Western Canadian Music Alliance Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941 - April 1, 2024) was an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks. He is currently a judge on The Second City's Next Comedy Legend.

Dick Dale, born Richard Anthony Monsour, was an American musician and actor. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverberation, known as "The King of the Surf Guitar". Dale worked closely with the manufacturer Fender to produce custom-made amplifiers.

Michael Thomas "Tom" Green is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer, comedian, talk show host and media personality. He is best-known for his MTV television show The Tom Green Show, his short-lived marriage to actress Drew Barrymore and for his roles in such films as Freddy Got Fingered, Road Trip, Stealing Harvard and Charlie's Angels. In June 2003, Green had the chance to guest-host the Late Show with David Letterman which led to him hosting his own late-night talk show on MTV entitled The New Tom Green Show. From 2006-to-present, he has hosted his internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight from his living room and as of January 2010 has started performing stand-up comedy on his world tour.

Kevin McDonald is a Canadian film and television actor and comedian.

Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage. He was a long-time cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s and the early 1990s and starred as the title characters in the films Wayne's World, Austin Powers, and the Shrek film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Myers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969)  is a Canadian-American actor and director. He is most known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, a role which catapulted him to recognition in the early 1990s. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer. He is best known as Conan O'Brien's sidekick on each of Conan's talk shows: NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and Conan on TBS. He starred in the cult classic TV series Andy Richter Controls the Universe as well as Andy Barker, P.I.. He voiced Mort in the Madagascar film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the Nickelodeon animated television series The Mighty B!.

David "Dave" Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools. The family moved back to Dundas, Ontario in 1961 where he attended Dundas District high school and later, graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Thomas was granted an honorary doctorate from McMaster University November 20, 2009.

Paul Greenberg is an Emmy winning writer and performer who emerged on the comedy scene in the mid-90's as a member of the Canadian comedy troupe, The Vacant Lot. After years of playing the famed Rivoli Club in Toronto, the troupe made the transition to TV with the Lorne Michaels produced sketch series, The Vacant Lot, for Comedy Central. This prompted Paul's move from Toronto to Los Angeles where he continued performing as a cast member of the cult favorite sketch shows, The Jenny McCarthy Show for MTV and the music based sketch show, Random Play for VH1. Other appearances include Shempy the Vampire on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the waiter who follows Helen Hunt across the dance floor in As Good As It Gets and with his wife Jackie Harris Greenberg, the Porno Gil episode Curb Your Enthusiasm. Paul has continued creating and starring in projects including the comedy series, International Ghost Investigators: Hollywood Division for DirecTV and co-created with Joey McIntyre, the sitcom Return of the Mac for PopTV . Paul's work as host writer for Neil Patrick Harris has earned him Emmy and Writer's Guild Awards. Paul has also done extensive voice work for some of televisions most popular animated shows, such as Jimmy Neutron, Invader Zim and most recently, the Japanese animated series, Yo Kai Watch, where he played over 15 characters. Paul lives in Los Angeles with his wife, comedic actress, Jackie Harris Greenberg, and their son Donovan. Paul's podcast with his longtime friend, Dave Foley of The Kids in the Hall, Don't Say...with Paul and Dave, premiered February 5, 2019 on iTunes.