Home Canadian Comedy Timeline 1960 to 1969
1960 to 1969 PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010 16:05

Aug. 15, 1960 - Mort Sahl on the cover of Time Magazine.


Nov. 5, 1960 - King of slapstick Mack Sennett dies.


1961 - Wayne and Shuster’s American sitcom “Holiday Lodge”, produced by Jack Benny, airs on CBS.


May 8, 1961 - This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Greg Thomey born in St. John’s.


May 12, 1961 - Kids In The Hall’s Bruce McCulloch born in Edmonton.


May 16, 1961 - Kids In The Hall’s Kevin McDonald born in Montreal.


June 6, 1961 - Michael J. Fox born in Edmonton.


Sept. 21, 1961 - Stand-up and writer Harry Doupe born in Fort Langley, BC.


Oct. 16, 1961 - Mort Sahl kicks off 37 city tour at Ottawa’s Capitol Theatre.


Nov. 22, 1961 - Stand-up and writer Chris Finn born in Charlottetown, PEI.


Dec. 9, 1961 - Elvira Kurt born.


Jan. 27, 1962 - Jim Carrey born in Newmarket, ON.


March 21, 1962 - Second City alum Katherine Greenwood born in Scarborough, ON.


March 27, 1962 - Hilarious singer Jann Arden born.


July 30, 1962 - Lenny Bruce opens at Isy’s Supper Club in Vancouver. Does not make it through the week.

 

Aug. 2, 1962 - Actress Cynthia Stevenson born.


Nov. 5, 1962 - Air Farce’s Alan Park born.


Nov. 14, 1962 - Harland Williams born in Toronto.


Dec. 17, 1962 - Impressionist Andre Philipe Gagnon born.

 

1963 - The series “Nightcap” starring Billy Van, Alan Hamel, June Sampson, and Bonnie Brooks makes its debut.


Jan. 1, 1963 - Cory Mack is the New Year's Baby in Kerrobert, SK


Jan. 4, 1963 - Dave Foley born in Toronto.

 

Feb. 4, 1963 - Actor Enrico Colantoni is born in Toronto.


March 23, 1963 - Stand-up Kerry Talmage born.


April 18, 1963 - Will and Grace’s Eric McComack born in Toronto.


May 25, 1963 - Mike Myers born in Scarborough, ON.

 

Aug. 17, 1963 - Don McKellar born in Toronto.


Oct. 17, 1963 - Norm MacDonald born in Montreal.

 

Oct. 26, 1963 - Comic actor Tom Cavanaugh born in Ottawa.

 

Jan 26, 1964 - Rich Little makes his US breakthrough on “The Judy Garland Show”.

 

April 6, 1964 - Deb Theaker born in Moose Jaw.


April 13, 1964 - Stand-up and talk show host Caroline Rhea born in Montreal.


April 16, 1964 - Stand-up and actor Boyd Banks born Boyd Coons in Moose Jaw, SK.


May 8, 1964 - Wayne and Shuster host the Canadian Film Awards at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel.

 

May 14, 1964 - Nancy Sorel of “Less Than Kind” born.


Sept. 9, 1964 - Stand-up and TV host Eric Tunney born.


Oct. 4, 1964 - Satirical newsmagazine “This Hour Has 7 Days” debuts on CBC with hosts John Drainie, Laurier LaPierre, and Carole Simpson.


1965 - Wayne and Shuster Hour wins Silver Rose Award at the Rose d’or Television Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland.


Sept. 29, 1965 - Ross Hamilton, original member of the Dumbells, passes away in Halifax.


May 6, 1966 - Rich little hosts the Canadian Film Awards at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.


Aug. 3, 1966 - Brent Butt born in Tisdale, SK.


Oct. 12, 1966 - Sketch and stage actor Jonathan Crombie born in Toronto.

 

Dec. 21, 1966 - Merton (Wesley) Plunkett, founder of “The Dumbells” passes away in Toronto.


Jan 17, 1967 - Linda Kash born in Montreal.


June 28, 1967 - Gil Bellows of Ally McBeal and Dinner at Fred’s fame, born in Vancouver.


Feb. 2, 1968 - Stand-up Rodney pentland born.


May 8, 1968 - Final episode of controversial newsmagazine “This Hour Has 7 Days” airs on CBC.


Sept. 20, 1968 - Leah Pinsent of Made In Canada fame, born.

 

Nov. 5, 1968 - Terry McGurrin born in Ottawa.


Dec. 31, 1968 - Stand-up Gerry Dee born Gerard Donoghue.

 

Jan. 2, 1969 - Comic actor Patrick Huard born in Montreal.


Aug. 19, 1969 - Ottawa raised Matthew Perry born.

 

Aug. 28, 1969 - Jason Priestley born in Vancouver.


Oct. 17, 1969 - Rick Mercer born in St. John’s.