11th Canadian Comedy Awards explained

11th Canadian Comedy Awards
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Country:	Canada
Presenter:	Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Host:	Dave Foley
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Most Wins:	Television: Less Than Kind (3) Film The Trotsky (3) Person: Irwin Barker (2)
Most Nominations:	Television: Less Than Kind (7) Film: Eating Buccaneers (5) Person: Jeremy Hotz and Pat Thornton (3)
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The 11th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2009. The ceremony was held at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, on 18 October 2010 and was hosted by Dave Foley.

Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 22 categories. Some winners were picked by members of industry organizations while others were chosen by the Canadian public through an online poll. The awards ceremony was held during the five-day Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which ran from 14 to 18 October and included 38 shows at six venues.

The TV series Less Than Kind led with seven nominations followed by the film Eating Buccaneers with five. Less Than Kind won three Beavers, as did the film The Trotsky. Irwin Barker was posthumously awarded two Beavers and the Dave Broadfoot Award.

Festival and ceremony

The Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) returned to Toronto, Ontario, in 2010, after a seven-year absence from the city. This was the first occasion that Toronto hosted the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival, which had grown to the point that a larger city could more easily accommodate the events. The five-day festival ran from 14 to 18 October and featured 38 shows in six venues. This included stand-up, sketch, improv, and one-person shows. Venues included Yuk Yuk's, Comedy Bar, Bad Dog Theatre, and Second City.

One notable show was BeerProv in which 18 improvisors competed, drinking beer in successive elimination rounds until one was left. Sean Tabares won the event and later won the Beaver for best male improvisor. Catch 23 was another competitive improv show featuring pairs of performers.

A gala was held on 17 October at the Winter Garden Theatre hosted by Mary Walsh. The awards ceremony was held on 18 October hosted by Dave Foley. Performers included Teresa Pavlinek and Kathryn Greenwood (Women Fully Clothed), Seán Cullen, Gordon Pinsent, Tom Green, and Loretta Swit.

Winners and nominees

Nominees, selected by jury, were announced on 22 June 2010 in Toronto. Awards were given in 22 categories.

Irwin Barker, who had died the day before nominations were announced, won posthumous Beavers for Canadian Comedy Person of the Year and Best Male Stand-up, as well as the Dave Broadfoot Award for comic genius.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

Live

Best Taped Live Performance	Best Stand-up Newcomer
Jon Dore – Just For Laughs Darcy Michael – Winnipeg Comedy Festival Mark Forward – Just For Laughs Sugar Sammy – Live in Concert Winston Spear – Stand Up & Bite Me	Mark DeBonis Amanda Brooke Perrin John Hastings Julien Dionne Pardis Parker
Best Male Stand-up	Best Female Stand-up
Irwin Barker Chuck Byrn Jeremy Hotz Mike Paterson Pete Zedlacher	Laurie Elliott Allyson Smith Jo-Anna Downey Kate Davis Kristeen von Hagen
Best Male Improviser	Best Female Improviser
Sean Tabares Matt Baram Ronald Pederson<	--is this Ron Pederson?--> Sandy Jobin-Bevans Taz VanRassel	Naomi Snieckus, National Theatre of the World Ashley Botting Jan Caruana Julie Dumais Leslie Seiler
Best Sketch Troupe or Company	Best Improv Troupe or Company
The Imponderables Picnicface She Said What The Second City The Sketchersons	National Theatre of the World, The Carnegie Hall Show General Fools Improvisational Theatre Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show Rapid Fire Theatre Scratch
Best One Person Show	Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series
Naughty Little Children Chaotica<	--Christel Bartelse--> Harper Girl Does Canada Her Hypnotist The Incredible Boris Hilarious Hypnotic Event	0% Down, 100% Screwed Maybe Morro and Jasp do Puberty Nursery School Musical Uncalled For presents Today Is All Your Birthdays

Television

Best Direction in a Program or Series	Best Writing in a Program or Series
Kenny Hotz – Kenny vs. Spenny Brian Roberts – Dan for Mayor Ep. 103 Bruce McDonald – Almost Audrey Kelly Makin – Less Than Kind Vivieno Caldinelli – Hotbox	Mark McKinney – Less Than Kind Garry Campbell – Less Than Kind Kenny Hotz – Kenny vs. Spenny Levi MacDougall and Nathan Fielder – Important Things with Demetri Martin Pat Thornton, Vivieno Caldinelli, Tim Polley, Graham Wagner, Katie Crown, and Bob Kerr – Hotbox
Best Performance by a Male	Best Performance by a Female
Dave Foley – Less Than Kind Brandon Firla – Little Mosque on the Prairie Ennis Esmer – The Listener Gavin Crawford – This Hour Has 22 Minutes Pat Thornton – Hotbox	Laurie Elliott – Almost Audrey Alana Johnston – That's So Weird! Geri Hall – This Hour Has 22 Minutes Jennifer Irwin – Less Than Kind Wendel Meldrum – Less Than Kind
Best Performance by an Ensemble
Jesse Camacho, Wendel Meldrum, Benjamin Arthur, Nancy Sorel, Maury Chaykin, Brooke Palsson – Less Than Kind Gavin Crawford, Mark Critch, Geri Hall, Cathy Jones, Shaun Majumder – This Hour Has 22 Minutes Fred Ewanuick, Mary Ashton, Paul Bates, Benjamin Ayres, Suzanne Coy, Agam Darshi, Laurie Murdoch, David Ferry, Lara Jean Chorostecki – Dan for Mayor Pat Thornton, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Levi MacDougall, Jeff McEnery, Vivieno Caldinelli, Tal Zimerman – Hotbox Laurie Elliott, Inessa Frantowski, Agam Darshi, Ryan Kelly, Ingrid Hart – Almost Audrey

Film

Best Performance by a Male	Best Performance by a Female
Jay Baruchel – The Trotsky Brian G. Smith – Chère Peter Keleghan – Eating Buccaneers Jeff White – Eating Buccaneers Pardis Parker – Afghan	Kristin Booth – At Home by Myself...With You Geneviève Bujold – The Trotsky Jessica Paré – Suck Leah Pinsent – Eating Buccaneers Shannon Beckner – Eating Buccaneers
Best Direction	Best Writing
Jacob Tierney – The Trotsky Brian G. Smith – Chère Pardis Parker – Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns Rob Stefaniuk – Suck Spencer Maybee – Man v. Minivan	Jacob Tierney – The Trotsky Bill Keenan – Eating Buccaneers Ken Hall and Brian G. Smith – Chère Pardis Parker – Afghan Rob Stefaniuk – Suck

Special Awards

Multiple wins

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards

Awards	Person or work
3	Less Than Kind
The Trotsky
2	Irwin Barker

Multiple nominations

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards

Nominations	Person or work
7	Less Than Kind
5	Eating Buccaneers
4	Hotbox
3	Chère
Jeremy Hotz
Pat Thornton
Suck
The Trotsky
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
2	Afghan
Almost Audrey
Dan for Mayor
Gavin Crawford
Geri Hall
Irwin Barker
Kenny vs. Spenny
Levi MacDougall
Laurie Elliott

External links

• Canadian Comedy Awards official website