The Kids In The Hall Trailer: The Sketch Comedy Revival Arrives In May

[An4h0ny]

It's been almost 30 years since "The Kids In The Hall" TV series went off the air and Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson went off to fulfill solo careers. They may not be kids anymore, but the Canadian kings of sketch comedy are back. In the years following the end of their eponymous show, they put out the film "Brain Candy," have reunited a handful of times for tours and comedy festivals, and in 2010 released the eight-part miniseries, "Death Comes to Town." But now, The Kids are back for a full-blown, eight-episode revival season for Prime Video. The project is a long time coming, as rumblings of the revival date back as early as 2017; it was given the official announcement in 2020. For obvious pandemic-related reasons, it's only now that we're finally getting to revisit our favorite weirdos.

The trailer opens with the Kids getting exhumed from a grave site, looking older, wiser, but just as ridiculous as they did in their heyday. Mark McKinney serves as the de facto narrator of the trailer, dressed like a business executive and definitely going to throw off anyone who only knows McKinney as "Superstore" manager Glenn Sturgis. Joining the main five kids are other comedic greats like Paul Bellini, Pete Davidson, Catherine O'Hara, Kenan Thompson, Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Will Forte, Catherine Reitman, Samantha Bee, Fred Armisen, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jay Baruchel, Eddie Izzard, Tracee Ellis Ross, Mark Hamill, and Colin Mochrie.*

The show will bring back some of their all-time great characters (hail the Head Crusher!!!) and plenty of new ones sure to become fast favorites.*Get ready for wigs, makeup, costumes, silly voices, sillier props, and a hell of a good time. "The Kids in the Hall" will return on May 13, 2022.

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This is HUGE.

[Show spoiler]

I'm really excited about the Kids in the Hall revival too!

[Dragon78]

Interesting.

[An4h0ny]

I'm going to prepare myself to be disappointed.

But I'm hoping the Kids can pull this off.

[Dragon78]

I still haven't seen the last thing they did together...I think it was "Death Comes To Town"

[Stanis]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

I still haven't seen the last thing they did together...I think it was "Death Comes To Town"

I just noticed that is available on prime now. I waslooking to see if Brain Candy was also... Sadly it isnt

[oneway23]

Couldn't possibly be any more excited for this

[Dragon78]

I could be more excited if they release the series on blu ray.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

I could be more excited if they release the series on blu ray.

*uncut, too

[Poya]

Kenan Thompson? Not watching.

[An4h0ny]

Originally Posted by Poya

Kenan Thompson? Not watching.

That's an odd reason not to watch. Can't imagine he would be in more than a cameo or one skit.

But I have certain people I avoid as well, so I definitely get the sentiment.

I do like Kenan though.

[Winslow Leach]

This series looks pretty funny. I love the Kids, own them on DVD and saw them live. Should be good.

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

I still haven't seen the last thing they did together...I think it was "Death Comes To Town"

It’s hugely uneven, and they wrote the episode in pairs as opposed to a full collective, which contributes to its off-kilter nature. Some fantastic moments, though, and it generally got better as it progressed

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by Poya

Kenan Thompson? Not watching.

I just spoke with Kenan, and he won't be watching your show, either.

[An4h0ny]

Just imagining him lurking...

[GuruAskew]

Originally Posted by beamish13

It’s hugely uneven, and they wrote the episode in pairs as opposed to a full collective, which contributes to its off-kilter nature. Some fantastic moments, though, and it generally got better as it progressed

The fact that they wrote the scripts in pairs is absolutely meaningless. The show was undoubtedly conceived by all 5 members and a couple other writers (classic KITH writers Paul Bellini and Garry Campbell were credited as “consultants”) and then the task of forming all of the material into screenplays was divvied up amongst them. Which is how practically every television show is written. The unevenness was absolutely present in Brain Candy too and it’s exactly what you’d expect out of a sketch comedy group writing long-form narratives.

The simpler truth behind DCTT’s inferior quality is that it’s even further removed from the sketch format by being twice as long as Brain Candy, and their pool of collaborators was weakened. The absence of Norm Hiscock being the most obvious example.

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

The fact that they wrote the scripts in pairs is absolutely meaningless. The show was undoubtedly conceived by all 5 members and a couple other writers (classic KITH writers Paul Bellini and Garry Campbell were credited as “consultants”) and then the task of forming all of the material into screenplays was divvied up amongst them. Which is how practically every television show is written. The unevenness was absolutely present in Brain Candy too and it’s exactly what you’d expect out of a sketch comedy group writing long-form narratives.

The simpler truth behind DCTT’s inferior quality is that it’s even further removed from the sketch format by being twice as long as Brain Candy, and their pool of collaborators was weakened. The absence of Norm Hiscock being the most obvious example.

Brain Candy is flawless in my opinion, despite Foley not contributing to its writing. Even the massive chunk of deleted scenes from its 3rd act are pretty great

[oneway23]

I think Scott struggling with cancer (unbeknownst to the public as it was airing, if I recall) during both the writing and production of When Death Comes to Town, causing his inability to contribute to the extent he wanted to, certainly played a role in hampering the final product, as well.

[meremortal]

Can't reall much about the old series; it's probably something I'd enjoy a lot more now. Just tough to find the time to watch it.

[An4h0ny]

This is one of my favorites.

Kids in the Hall: Citizen Kane

[Jay H.]

My pen! MY PEN!!!