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{{quote|''"Hi there, I'm Scott Thompson, and for those of you who are wondering, yes, I'm the fag."''|Scott Thompson}}
{{quote|''"We've been coming here for 50 years and performing [[Anal Probing|anal
Surreal, often transgressional [[Sketch
The five-man roster consists of Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. Sketches revolved around a number of disparate topics but were just as likely to focus on the cast portraying themselves, albeit in odd situations. Monologues were given frequently. Guest stars were uncommon on the show and celebrities rarer still. The consistency of the sketches were quite variable and there was often a feel of being "in" on a jam session of talented comics in the process of finding out what worked and what didn't. For some, this enhanced the appeal of the show.
The hallmark of the series was that it was never afraid to go over the line when it came to people's comfort levels. The cast not only appeared in drag regularly, they often did so without any attempt to make the crossdressing the point of the skit. It was often bemoaned by Dave Foley that he looked so much better dressed as a woman... something that would form the basis of an episode of his later hit ''[[News
The series did air in the United States but it may surprise some to know that, as shocking as the series may have been to many, it was still sometimes heavily edited for content, particularly for religious topics.
The KITH band ended their show in 1995, and afterwards produced a feature film, ''Brain Candy'', in 1996 to mixed reviews. The gang of five disbanded soon after, but later regrouped to do several tours and, in 2010, a miniseries ("[[Death Comes to
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* [[Adult Child]]: Bruce tended to play these. His monologues tended to be grown men with overly naive and idealistic views and prone to flights of fancy. Notable examples are "If Elvis was my Landlord" and "Romeo and Juliet"
* [[Anal
* [[As Long as It Sounds
* [[Bait and Switch]]
* [[Berserk
* [[Black
* [[Black Comedy
* [[Non Sequitur
* [[Blofeld
* [[Body
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] - A staple setup of several skits.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - From [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJzFDBkFhdM&feature=related the "Sh*tty Soup" sketch[[Category:TV Series]] "What an awful waiter." "What an awful ''actor''."
* [[Broken Heel]] - Parodied in the [[Zombie
* [[Butt
* [[Camp
* [[Canada, Eh?]] - Dear God.
* [[Canadian Serie[[Category:TV Series]]]
* [[Cannot Convey
* [[Contemplating Your
* [[Contract on the
{{quote|"Can you do it?"
"...I'm gonna need A LOT of money" }}
* [[Crosscast
* [[Cue the Flying
* [[Dead Baby
* [[Department of Redundancy
{{quote|'''Mark''': The memories, eh? They float in like ... like memories!}}
* [[Discriminate and Switch]]
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr3E94fVifk Tammy's music
* [[Don't Explain the
** That one's more of an inversion, due to the reaction of his partner who, after having had to deal with Foley ruining two previous jokes in similar ways, is bearing a ''very'' strained grin as he tries in vain to steer the skit back on course.
* [[Dream Within a
* [[DVD
* [[Egocentric Team
* [["El Niño" Is Spanish for "The Nino"]] - One sketch has Dave Foley as a stereotypical Frenchman talking about how beloved Kevin MacDonald is in France, where is is known as "Le Poopie," which is French for "The Poopie."
* [[Everything's Better with
* [[Evil
{{quote|"Or it's a very wrong number. 42 rings? What kind of FREAK is sitting there by that phone?" }}
* [[Fashion
* [[Flamboyant
* [[Forced
* [[Freudian Slippery
** He can't dictate a letter to his ''next'', male secretary without mentioning penises.
* [[Gender
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: The Chicken Lady
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: A young [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keAkl6pV7pE Neve Campbell] turns up in a sketch.
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSeZxjLhxV4 Daddy Drank]
** {{spoiler|Which led to Kevin being stalked for a while. See below for the link with [[Stalker with a Crush]].}}
* [[Hunter-
* [[Hyde Plays Jekyll]]
* [[Inspirationally Disadvantaged]]: the [[Oscar
* [[
* [[Jail
* [[Jerkass With a Heart of Gold]]: Dave Foley in the skit where he welcomes a new guy at his company by telling horrible lies about him to the boss. Every single one of those helps him to connect with the boss and other employees and be accepted as one of them, such as telling the boss that the new guy ''sacrifices people to Satan'', the boss cheering that everyone at the company does that and inviting him to the weekend's ritualistic murder. At the end, he punches the new guy in the stomach... who doubles over in pain and finds a fifty dollar bill on the floor.
* [[Little-Known
* [[Littlest Cancer
* [[Madness
** "Sausages!"
** "Seven things on my list, seven things on my list..."
* [[Magical
* [[Mistaken for Profound]]: Mark, Bruce, and Dave are sitting on a roof. Mark and Bruce take turns saying some things about the moon, Mark says something about romance, and Bruce says something like an angry beatnik poem. But when it's Dave's turn, he doesn't know what to say and just blurts out, "Gee, I wonder who owns that moon". Bruce and Mark act as though it's deep. Dave just shrugs and the skit ends.
* [[Naked People Are
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station
* [[No
* [[Noodle
** Not really, since they're heavily implied to be French-Canadian voyageurs, and mention that they "must take care not to deplete the stock".
* [[Not Now,
* [[One-Scene
** He's credited as a writer on the show. He was probably the only one (other than the five cast members) willing to appear in public in nothing but a towel.
* [[Perspective Magic]]: "I'm crushing your head!"
* [[Poke the
* [[The Power of Rock]] - Satan and Bobby
* [[Real Life
* [[Real Song Theme
* [[Reality
* [[Refuge in
* [[Right on
* [[Rockers Smash
* [[Rock Me,
* [[Running
* [[Sarcasm
* [[Serious
* [[Sketch
* [[Stalker with a Crush]] - Kevin had his own—and she went so far as to send him a cassette full of stalker songs, most notably ''[[Obsession Song|Every Breath You
* [[Studio
* [[Subverted Rhyme Every
* [[Suicide as
** Another had an attempted suicide by a character Bruce played. [[The Woobie|His friends just skimmed his long and complicated suicide
* [[That's All, Folks!]] Final episode 'Thank God, that's finally over!'
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - [[Madness Mantra|SAUSAGES]]!
* [[The Trope Kid]] - "The Toronto Kid"
* [[Umbrella Drink]] - The Girl Drink Drunk.
* [[Video Inside, Film
* [[Vomiting Cop]]
* [[Who's on First?]]
* [[Wimp
* [[Zombie
{{quote|'''Mark''':...we're safe, but for how long.}}
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