"Bizarre" (1980) TV series 1980-1985

Directors:

Maurice Abraham
Jack Budgell

Writer:

Jackie Kahane (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A half hour sketch comedy show that is not politically correct (it was made in the early 1980's). It's...

Plot Keywords:

Sketch Comedy | Scene Reshot For Syndication | Made For Cable TV | Topless | Audience Participation

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

John Byner	...	Host / Various Characters
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Akin	...	Various Characters
Billy Barty	...	Various Characters
Cynthia Belliveau	...	Various Characters
Dave Broadfoot	...	Various Characters
George Buza	...	Various
Lally Cadeau	...	Various Characters
Christine Cattell	...	Various Characters
Jennifer Dale	...	Various Characters
Laura Dickson	...	Actress (1985)
Jack Duffy	...	Various Characters
Jayne Eastwood	...	Regular
Bob Einstein	...	Super Dave Osborne (1981-1985)
Astrid Falconi	...	Various Characters (as Astrid Brandt)
S.J. Fellowes	...	Various Characters
Barry Flatman	...	Various Characters
David Fraser	...	Various
Candace Frazee	...	Various Characters
Luba Goy	...	Jewish Daughter / Various Characters
Nonnie Griffin	...	Various Characters
Lori Hallier	...	Various Characters
Tom Harvey	...	Himself
John Hemphill	...	Various
Ken James	...	Various Characters
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Various Characters
Don Lake	...	Various Characters
Carrie Leigh	...	Various Characters
Ziggy Lorenc	...	Various Characters
Viki Matthews	...	Various Characters
Annie McAuley	...	Various Characters
Debra McGrath	...	Various Characters
Julie McLeod	...	Various Characters
Sherry Miller	...	Various Characters
Pat Morita	...	Various Characters
Mike Myers	...	John Byner's nephew / Timmy Byner / Various Characters
Kathy Nagy	...	Various Characters (1985)
Mark Parr	...	Various Short Characters (1981-1983)
Suzie Pellman	...	Various Characters (1985)
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Super Dave Osborne's stunt coordinator / Various Characters
Wayne Robson	...	Various Characters
Mary Beth Rubens	...	Various Characters
Saul Rubinek	...	Regular
Elijah Siegler	...	Spoiled Kid
Beau Starr	...	Various Characters
Dave Thomas	...	Various Characters
Theresa Tova	...	Various Characters
Billy Van	...	Various Characters
Mike Walden	...	Himself
Irene Walters	...	Various
Roberta Weiss	...	Various Characters
Steve Weston	...	Various Characters

Runtime:

Canada:25 min (150 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

CTV Television Network

Trivia:

This series popularized the character of accident-prone stuntman Super Dave Osborne, leading to a spinoff TV series and even a movie a few years later. The character, however, actually originated on an earlier John Byner TV series in the early 1970s.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Terror Firmer (1999)

Funny, but we never got the nudity!

I remember watching this show with my brother when we were little, and we thought it was hilarious, although I'm sure a lot of stuff went over our heads. To this day I always recall a journal entry my brother had to write when he was in grade 2, and it said something like, "My favourite TV show is Bizarre." lol, what must his teacher have thought! I don't remember that much about it, but I do recall the silent t-shirt sketches, where John Byner and a woman would take off layers of shirts revealing their "conversation" ironed on in letters. I remember my mom telling us that in the US, these sketches would end up with bare breasts, but here in Canada we didn't get to see that. I wasn't sure it was true, but reading all these posts here about nude bits, I guess it was! The other sketch I remember had something to do with John Byner down in a hole wearing fake legs so it looked like he was doing crazy pretzel yoga, and farting (prime stuff when you're nine years old!), and of course I remember Super Dave Osbourne.