4th Canadian Comedy Awards
| 4th Canadian Comedy Awards | |
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| Date | 2003 |
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| Country | Canada |
| Presented by | Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence |
| Host | Royal Canadian Air Farce |
| Most awards | Television: Made in Canada, This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2) Film: Goldmember (2) Person: Mike Myers (2) |
| Most nominations | Television: Made in Canada (7) Film: Rub & Tug (6) |
| Official website | www |
The 4th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, and film comedy of 2002. The ceremony was held in 2003 in London, Ontario, concluding the three-day Canadian Comedy Awards Festival. The ceremony was hosted by the Royal Canadian Air Farce.
Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 19 categories. Winners were picked by members of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), the Canadian Actors' Equity Association, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, and the Comedy Association.
For the second consecutive year nominations were led by TV series Made in Canada with seven nominations, followed by the films Men with Brooms and Rub & Tug with six apiece. Made in Canada and This Hour Has 22 Minutes each won two Beavers, as did Mike Myers for Goldmember.
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Festival and ceremony
The Canadian Comedy Awards had been televised in 2000 and 2001, but due to a lack of sponsorship the broadcasts stopped in 2002 and the awards ceremony was scaled-back.[1] In 2003 the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE) was incorporated as a non-profit to organize the awards and the accompanying Canadian Comedy Awards Festival, a three-day comedy festival held in London, Ontario. The festival took advantage of having the nominees in sketch, stand-up and improv comedy together in one place, and showcase performances led up to the awards ceremony.[2]
The 4th awards ceremony was hosted by the Royal Canadian Air Farce,[2] who had been inducted into the Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame two years earlier.[3]
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:[4]
Live
| Best Male Stand-up | Best Female Stand-up | Best Stand-up Newcomer | |
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| Best Male Improviser | Best Female Improviser | ||
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| Best Sketch Troupe or Company | Best Improv Troupe or Company | ||
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| Best One Person Show | Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series | ||
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Television
| Best Performance by a Male | Best Performance by a Female |
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| Best Direction in a Series | Best Direction in a Special or Episode |
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| Best Writing in a Series | Best Writing in a Special or Episode |
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Film
| Best Performance by a Male | Best Performance by a Female |
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| Best Direction | Best Writing |
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Multiple wins
The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards
| Awards | Person or work |
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| 2 | Made in Canada |
| Mike Myers / Goldmember | |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes |
Multiple nominations
The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations
| Nominations | Person or work |
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| 7 | Made in Canada |
| 6 | Royal Canadian Air Farce |
| Rub & Tug | |
| 5 | The Gavin Crawford Show |
| Men with Brooms | |
| Puppets Who Kill | |
| 4 | This Hour Has 22 Minutes |
| 2 | Dual Citizen |
| Mike Myers / Goldmember | |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
