The All-Night Show (1980–1981)

"The All-Night Show" was North America's first regular late-night marathon, running live nightly from after sign-off until 6:00 AM. The format was a montage of old films, clips, episodics, ... See full summary »

Creator:

Jeff Silverman

Stars:

Chas Lawther, Jim Carrey, Errol Bruce

Cast

Credited cast:
Chas Lawther	...	Chuck the Security Guard
Jim Carrey	...	Additional Voices
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Errol Bruce	...	Ryerson Dupont (1980-1981)
Suzette Couture	...	Fran the Night Nurse
Maurice LaMarche	...	Lips by Maurice
Michael Lennick	...	P.B. Leonard

Storyline

"The All-Night Show" was North America's first regular late-night marathon, running live nightly from after sign-off until 6:00 AM. The format was a montage of old films, clips, episodics, guest appearances and special treats served up by your host Chuck the Security Guard and his cameraman buddies Ryerson Dupont and P.B. Leonard, all of whom had supposedly thrown the station back on-air in the wee hours when management was away.

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Plot Keywords:

late night | joke | live performance | actor playing multiple roles | chroma key | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Talk-Show

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Details

Country:

Canada

Release Date:

19 September 1980 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 350,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "lip-overs" (the technique of chroma-keying live action lips over a photographic still of a celebrity) were pioneered by Jeff Silverman and company, and were performed by Maurice LaMarche.

User Reviews

Updating important information on the show and its production crew

Just to update this shows accurate information the creator and producer of the ALL NIGHT SHOW was Jeff Silverman. The Executive producer was David Bluestein. The president of the station that allowed the show to go on air was Dan Iannuzzi. Ms. Michelle Lea was the shows video editor and Bob and Claire Lamarche were the live on air master control operators. It would be a shame to not include these names when discussing the show. These people should be included at the top of the listings along with the current names. The show was produced from the MTV channel 47 building in Toronto. The show was the precursor to several other shows today. As an example, the show attempted to have a "pitchman" segment similar to today's home shopping network, where a pitchman has fifteen minutes to "pitch" the audience and sell them their products. The show attempted to get real operations from local hospital but was turned down because the hospitals felt that people watching might attempt to operate on themselves. The show ran old commercials and out-takes before anyone else. In fact, a tape of these old spots and out-takes were sent to Dick Clarks company after the show ended and two or three years before he started his "Funny Commercial" shows. The show was truly ahead of its time.