CBC: The touring Kids in the Hall get back to their comedy roots

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For the final sketch of the Kids in the Hall TV show, troupe members Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald and Scott Thompson were buried alive together. Their tombstone bore the dates (1989-1995) that the groundbreaking comedy series had aired on the CBC. Dancing on their grave, staff writer Paul Bellini proclaimed, “Thank God that’s finally over!” before the last fade-to-black. But for the troupe’s legions of fans, there was always a lingering hope that the Kids – and beloved characters like the Headcrusher, Buddy Cole and Cabbage Head – would be resurrected at some point.

So last year’s news that the Kids in the Hall would be performing again, with a live show of almost entirely new material, was received with enthusiasm around North America. While the group's brief reunions in 2000 and 2002 seemed almost obligatory, this time the common attitude among the members has been one of excitement – about writing and performing together like they used to, as well creating something new.

In between California tour dates, Kids co-founder Bruce McCulloch talked from his home in Los Angeles about what it has been like reuniting with his old pals and breathing new life into a troupe that, at its best, rivals the sketch-comedy genius of SCTV and Monty Python.

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http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2008/05/14/f-bruce-mcculloch-interview.html

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1. I'm glad to see them together in that pic

All alive, healthy, and very capable of making us laugh our asses off.