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Name and describe the 1980s Canadian sketch comedy show with early career appearances by a few future stars and one terrible daredevil.
If you said Bizarre, you are correct.
CTV produced it after American station ABC passed on it after airing the pilot in 1979. A censored version of the show aired on CTV from 1980 to 1986, while the unbridled episodes aired on U.S. network Showtime.
Hosted by comedian John Byner, the show featured Bob Einstein, who developed it along with Winnipeg-born actor, writer and producer Allan Blye (both worked on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour),...
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