Kids In The Hall: Every Character Returning In The New Series (So Far)
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Amazon's The Kids In The Hall.
The Kids in the Hall and its legendary comedy troupe of the same name are back in a reboot series from Amazon, and they've brought back many of the beloved characters from the original show. This is ironic, as the five comedians making up «the Kids» originally avoided recurring characters in their work, preferring a more improvisational style of comedy. Despite this, The Kids in the Hall came to create a number of memorable characters while avoiding the overtly political humor and catch-phrase spewing caricatures of other sketch comedy series.
Originally founded in 1984 as an improv comedy group, The Kids in the Hall are to Canada what the Monty Python's Flying Circus series is to England. Comprised of Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson, The Kids in the Hall developed a devout following among live comedy aficionados in Toronto, Canada, eventually catching the attention of Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Under his tutelage, the troupe produced a one-hour HBO special, which led to a regular series, appropriately titled The Kids in the Hall, which ran for five seasons.
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The Kids in the Hall have continued to perform together in various projects and live tours, but they have not had a regular television series since 1995. Their new eight-episode revival TV series on Amazon's Prime Video is largely devoted to the same style of unique, anarchic comedy that was the Kids' hallmark. Yet the new series also features the return of some familiar faces from the original Kids in the Hall. Here's a guide to all the recurring characters appearing in Amazon's Kids in
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