System Crash Explained
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Creator: | Josh Morris |
| Starring: | See below |
| Country: | Canada |
| Network: | YTV |
| Num Seasons: | 4 |
| Num Episodes: | 45 |
System Crash is a Canadian youth sketch comedy television series, which aired on YTV from March 14, 1999, to December 9, 2001.[1]
The series centred on a group of students in a junior high school media club, telling the events of their fictional school, Lambton Junior High, in the past week.[2] Each episode usually had a theme, e.g. parents.
Recurring segments
- Fly on the Wall - Uses hidden cameras to show what happens when no one is looking (e.g. why girls go to the bathroom in pairs and what do they do once they're in there?)
- Burnbaum Helps - Burnbaum helping people. However, it always ends badly for the person that asks for help. It was replaced with Battleford Helps when Burnbaum left the show.
- Canadian Council for Concerned Kids - Zoe's informative 'public service announcement' styled segment, providing important messages to adults on the way they should treat and interact with their children.
- Garage Band - During the first season (1999), several of the episodes ended with a Garage Band segment. It featured members of the Canadian band Serial Joe playing humorous songs with the principal cast.
- Lambton News - Talks about current events. Hosted by Carla Waller in the first season and Emily Pereira afterwards.
- Sports Update - An update on sports at the school. Hosted by Wedgie Goldstein in the first season and Noogie Monoham (Zach Pettiford) afterwards.
- Lambton Legends - Looking back at various legendary athletes and other famous Lambton alumni.
- Lambton Home Shopping - Beau Peterson sells useless products and inventions to the students of Lambton via a Home Shopping Network styled-show.
- Movie Spoofs - Movies of all kinds were constantly spoofed - Examples include Gladiator, Cast Away, Star Wars, The Maltese Falcon, The Incredible Hulk, The Matrix, E.T., Jaws, etc.
- Kyle's Notes - Kyle Cooper giving unreliable lectures and his notes. This was used during the first season and ended when Ryan Field left the show.
Cast
Season 1
- Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum
- Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
- Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson
- Tony Del Rio as William 'Tek' Gibson
- Ryan Field as Kyle Copper
- Alithea Watters as Carla Waller
- Shamba Amani as Mr. Cooper
Season 2
- Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum
- Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
- Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson
- Tony Del Rio as William 'Tek' Gibson
- Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson
Season 3
- Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum
- Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
- Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson
- Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson
- Rajiv Surendra as Chuck Singh
- Jordan Dawe[3]
Season 4
- Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
- Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson
- Connor Lynch as Bobby Battleford
- Esmeralda Smith-Romero as Samantha Briggs
- Nathan Stephenson as James Alexander
Notes and References
- News: Kathryn. Greenaway. Teenage angst gets its own TV show: System Crash succeeds by showing teens their own world. Montreal Gazette. March 13, 1999. June 23, 2020. 39.
- Grant McIntyre, "From crass to Crash Kids' television writer/producer has done it all". The Globe and Mail, March 20, 1999.
- Gordon Kennedy, "Young actor lands spot on YTV program". Sudbury Star, June 30, 2000.
