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Access Communications Regina, Canada. 1994-1998
The James and Kevin Show began on Access Communications in 1993 as a ten-minute segment on a half hour series for teens called What's Up. The segments led to a half hour comedy series called The James and Kevin Show running from January 1995 to present. Some of the following segments are no longer available.
City Side March 1994
What's Up Segments Series One - James and Kevin
#1 Burger King
In July of 1993 James and Kevin ventured out on their first segment for the teen magazine program on Access Communications called "What's Up". The boys fried up several Whoppers made their way. Blake the Manager joined in the fun. Directed by Jack S. Hilkewich; produced by Gursh Madhur.
#2 The Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic
In their second segment, James and Kevin give blood. James has the nurse pull the plug early to avoid fainting. Next time he will eat a hearty breakfast first.
#3 Buffalo Days Fair
Originally this was going to be the only segment James and Kevin would do. The half hour special featured James getting sick repeatedly. What's Up hosts also contributed several segments about the annual provincial fair.
#4 Government House
One of the least funny outings by the duo according to Kevin Allardyce. James and Kevin go on a tour of Saskatchewan's historic Government House. The only thing funny was the boom operator knocking over priceless antiques. This is one of several segments which no longer exist on videotape.
#5 Fire Fighting Training
The Regina Fire Department lucks out when two cable guys show up to train as fire-fighters. James has to be rescued from a burning house.
#6 Broadway's Pizza
The two boobs get jobs in a pizza parlor who's owner is not ready to go easy on his new employees. James and Kevin decide to flee the scene by making a delivery and end up watching Seinfeld with the family who ordered a pizza.
#7 Maxwell's Amusements
Go-cart races. James has the pit crew supply him with chips and pop.
The James and Kevin One Hour Special
Regina Leader Post ad November 1993
The award-winning one hour compilation of the first group of What's Up
segments. James and Kevin host their first ever live television
special. Coverage starts as celebrities enter the Cable Station in
front of a crowd of signs and protesters of people who hate the show.
When James and Kevin exit their limousine James is shot in the chest by an
assassin. As James lay dying Kevin gives him strength to hold on to
life by reminiscing about their segments from the past season.
What's Up Segments Season
Two
#8 The Astrologer
Gary Zeila, the astrologer, examines James and Kevin's moon and planets. This is another episode that no longer exists.
#9 Love Plus
The boys visit Keith and Jacki Lee at Regina's only sex shop. Cable management censored some of the cover shots so footage of power tools was inserted in place. February 1994.
#10 The Works
A visit to a trendy hair and makeover salon. James exits on a shopping trip in the middle of his shampoo. Spring 1994 taped on the day of John Candy's death.
#11 Mosaic Multicultural Festival
The boys show up at the Irish and Chines pavilions only to get the two mixed up. Two important people appeared as interviewees in that episode: a future girlfriend of Kevin's who he hadn't met at that point (and wouldn't for several months) and Victor Yuen Access Communications's web master. It's a coincidence that they showed up in James and Kevin's lives years later. June 1994.
Saskatchewan Roughrider Special
August 1994
Kevin is given a spot on the Canadian Football League team but his 5'9" frame is banged up badly in team practice. Premiered August 1994 as a half hour What's Up special. Nominated as Best Cable Production at the 1994 Showcase Awards.
A James and Kevin
Christmas
A half hour compilation of the previous years' segments. James is
found by a snotty teen aged Christmas angel after he passes out in a
downtown alley. He is depressed because the shows this year
weren't very funny and he wants to die. Kevin is the Christmas ghost
who revisits the segments with James, showing him that he still has a life
worth living.
The James and Kevin Show Half Hour Series - Year One
1995
James and Kevin find themselves tied up in an abandoned warehouse. Segments include hosting an awards show in S and M gear, Agribition, Star Trek club function, and others.
#2A Wide Shot Parody*
*no longer broadcast
The show's budget gets cut and they are unable to make any edits in the show so they attempt to make a half hour show in one shot. The unmanned camera gets stolen by two thugs who make a show of their own. Also soap opera parodies with Susan Morley.
James gets dancing lessons, soap opera parody "The Ways of Our Thighs", Kevin Talks: the Urinal*. Evil James and Kevin: two men at a cable station in Red Deer have an identical show with evil versions of our heroes (script).
*Censored due to angry viewers complaining. Segment did
appear on the 1997 Eight Hour Marathon late at night.
Death (Robin Clark) plays patty cake with
lawyer John Ashton (Kevin Allardyce)
Death tries to collect lawyer John Ashton but he weasels his way out of it in typical lawyer fashion. Also soap parodies "General Nauseum".
#5 Big Valley Country Music Festival
The guys put on their cowboy hats to visit the Craven Big Valley Jamboree. They tour the drunks in the campgrounds and write the Ebullient Song. Also Psychic Friends Hotline by James and a visit o the Saskatchewan Science Center. The first appearance of the Friends intro parody.
mini doughnuts are the order of the day on James and Kevin's second visit to the fair two years after their original trip.
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Couch Shot '96
A half hour of James and Kevin sitting on a couch without
saying a word. Another bold parody of the STV Regina program Wide
Shot.
Infomercial '96
Similar as above but on lawn chairs in the middle of rush hour traffic.
The James and Kevin Show Half Hour Series - Year Two
1996 September 7
Rob Parrell: Bad Guy in Bad Cops
Bad Cops, a six minute trailer for a fictional action film starring
James and Kevin. Directed and produced by Dean Evans. Also parodies
of cable call-in shows and a trip to a children's' festival..
The Drive-in
This episode also appearing on Vision TV in Canada
This award-winning episode features a trip to the drive-in, bag pipe lessons, the debut of Mr. Pencilhead, a parody commercial of Depends Undergarments, and a music video parody of Alanis Morrissette's Ironic. Segment directors Jay Robertson, Spyro Egohos, John Kennedy, and Jack Hilkewich.
Halloween Show
New version is 4 minutes shorter due to an angry subject
of J and K's trick or treating.
Kevin gets a pencil attached to his head while James tries on costumes. James (the devil) and Kevin (an arch bishop) go trick or treating in an affluent neighborhood. Also *666, a parody of telephone services: "Quickly connect with Satan".
James and Kevin become roadies in the '70's cover band Men Without Shame. Also several Sesame Street parodies.
A visit to the hardware chain Canadian Tire, plus curling lessons from the world-champion Sandra Schmirler team. Original broadcast included Ted Embury segment but was replaced with an encore of Bad Cops.
Web Page/Firing of Ford and Cosmo
A behind the scenes look at the James and Kevin web site, 3 re-enactments of the infamous firing of two local DJs, Denis the magician and Mr. Pencilhead with "Pencil News".
The best of the best for international distribution. Much of this hour appears on the Tenth Anniversary DVD.
The James and Kevin Show Half Hour Series - Year Two
The James and Kevin Eight
Hour Marathon Live
September 22, 1997
Featured live sements and previous highlights of previous
shows. See Real Video files on Web Cast page.
1997-98 Season Directed by Jack Hilkewich, Produced by John Kennedy
#1C The Godfather (Premiered Sept 27, 1997)
The Godfather featuring Robin Clark, Lemonade sales in Downtown Regina, What Kevin did on his summer vacaction, Soap Opera '97 with Susan Morley and Laureen Bradshaw
#2C Golf (Oct 11, 1997)
James and Kevin play golf but realize they are on a driving range instead of a golf course. James busks as a mime.
#3 Roughriders No. 2 (Oct 25, 1997)
James and Kevin are sports psycologists for the CFL team but the team gets worse with their help.
#4C Fishing (Nov. 8, 1997)
Prairie Fishing
#5C Paint Ball (Nov. 22, 1997)
Dark Hearts: A Paintball Appocolypse (Paint Ball) Featuring the Hell Hounds
#6C City Part I. (Dec. 13, 1997)
City of Regina Part I. James and Kevin take on various city worker tasks on behalf of the mayor. They have a city bus all to themselves for a day.
#7C City Part II. (Dec. 27, 1997)
City of Regina Part II.
#8C Houseboat Party (Jan. 10, 1998)
The first anual James and Kevin Bikini House Boat Party parodies various TV show involving water.
#9C Nature Show
James and Kevin inform you all about nature and the environment. Then they visit a Greek restaurant to see if they can invent Greek Toast to compete with French Toast.
#10C Regina Beach / Flying Airplanes (Feb. 1998)
The boys check out the local beach and try to show off their masculinity. Plus James gets a flying lesson. When his instructor passes out at the wheel Kevin has to talk him down from the ground.
#11C Otis 1.3 One Hour Series Finale (first aired in early 1999, Access Communications Channel 7 only)
Apollo 13 parody. James gets stuck in an elevator while testing it and Kevin is left on the ground to get him back with only the items James has on the elevator.
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Fall 1997 CBC Television network, Canada. Reruns in early 1999. Reruns currently on The Comedy Network.
James and Kevin starred in the vignette's in this series highlighting Montreal's annual comedy festival.
Busking (Saving the CBC)
Fun in Hotels
Businesmen in the Sewers
Language Laws
Fun in Hotels
Parades
Canadian Pride
Understanding Quebec Part I.
Understanding Quebec Part II.
Mr. Pencilhead (Terry Sawchuck)
CBC also aired part of Screwheads, a 2000 comedy pilot from James and Kevin. Screwheads aired on ZeD, a CBC latenight show.
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Death and the Lawyer
Produced 1995
The popular comedy short produced on the Access Communications series is now the first James and Kevin segment on Canada's new comedy network. Robin Clark guest stars as Death, the grim reaper who comes to take a young lawyer (Kevin) to his destiny. The lawyer resists, however, and the rest is comedy.
Written by Robin Clark; directed and photographed by Darryl Kesslar. Produced by John Kennedy. Starring Kevin Allardyce (The Lawyer) and James Whittingham (himself).
Look for more James and Kevin segments coming soon to Canadian Comedy Shorts on The Comedy Network.
Length 7:30 (Not available for sale until 2000)
The
Saskatchewan Communications Network (on cable television in Saskatchewan)
Fridays at 11:30pm until 2002.
Rebroadcast of episodes which originated on Access Communications
The James and Kevin One Hour Special
From November 1994 (Length 58:40)
The award-winning one hour compilation of the first group of What's Up
segments. James and Kevin host their first ever live television
special. Coverage starts as celebrities enter the Cable Station in
front of a crowd of signs and protesters of people who hate the show.
When James and Kevin exit their limousine James is shot in the chest by an
assassin. As James lay dying Kevin gives him strength to hold on to
life by reminiscing about their segments from the past season.
The boys show up at the Irish and Chines pavilions only to get the two mixed up. Two important people appeared as interviewees in that episode: Kevin's girlfriend and Victor Yuen our web master. It's a coincidence that they showed up in James and Kevin's lives years later. June 1994.
Saskatchewan Roughrider Special
From August 1994
Kevin is given a spot on the Canadian Football League team but his 5'9" frame is banged up badly in team practice. Premiered August 1994 as a half hour What's Up special. Nominated as Best Cable Production at the 1994 Showcase Awards.
A James and Kevin Christmas
A half hour compilation of the previous years' segments. James is
found by a snotty teen aged Christmas angel after he passes out in a
downtown alley. He is depressed because the shows this year
weren't very funny and he wants to die. Kevin is the Christmas ghost
who revisits the segments with James, showing him that he still has a life
worth living.
All Tied Up
James and Kevin find themselves tied up in an abandoned warehouse. Segments include hosting an awards show in S and M gear, Agribition, Star Trek club function, and others.
Dancing Lessons
James gets dancing lessons, soap opera parody "The Ways of Our Thighs", new season commercial. Evil James and Kevin: two men at a cable station in Red Deer have an identical show with evil versions of our heroes (script).
Death and the Lawyer
Death tries to collect lawyer John Ashton but he weasels his way out of it in typical lawyer fashion. Also soap parodies "General Nauseum".
Big Valley Country Music Festival
The guys put on their cowboy hats to visit the Craven Big Valley Jamboree. They tour the drunks in the campgrounds and write the Ebullient Song. Also Psychic Friends Hotline by James and a visit o the Saskatchewan Science Center. The first appearance of the Friends intro parody.
Exhibition Revisited
mini doughnuts are the order of the day on James and Kevin's second visit to the fair two years after their original trip.
Bad Cops
Episode includes Bad Cops, a six minute trailer for a fictional action
film starring James and Kevin. Directed and produced by Dean Evans.
Also parodies of cable call-in shows and a trip to a children's'
festival..
The Drive-in
This award-winning episode features a trip to the drive-in, bag pipe lessons, the debut of Mr. Pencilhead, a parody commercial of Depends Undergarments, and a music video parody of Alanis Morrissette's Ironic. Segment directors Jay Robertson, Spyro Egohos, John Kennedy, and Jack Hilkewich.
Halloween Show
Kevin gets a pencil attached to his head while James tries on costumes.
James (the devil) and Kevin (an arch bishop) go trick or treating in an
affluent neighborhood. Also *666, a parody of telephone services:
"Quickly connect with Satan".
Men Without Shame
James and Kevin become roadies in the '70's cover band Men Without Shame. Also several Sesame Street parodies.
Canadian Tire
A visit to the hardware chain Canadian Tire, plus curling lessons from the world-champion Sandra Schmirler team. Original broadcast included Ted Embury segment but was replaced with an encore of Bad Cops.
Web Page/Firing of the Radio DJ's
A behind the scenes look at the James and Kevin web site, 3 re-enactments of the infamous firing of two local DJs, Denis the magician and Mr. Pencilhead with "Pencil News".
One Hour Compilation 1997
The best of the best, Vol. 2.
Watch for the DVD in late 2002/early 2003.