Galacticast is an award winning web series

Web series

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 created by Rudy Jahchan

Rudy Jahchan

Rudy Jahchan is the co-producer and star of popular internet shows Galacticast, A Comicbook Orange, and Kitkast. The primary writer and director of the shows, he also manages the technical aspects such as devising the special effects and developing their websites, and acts alongside his partner and...

 and Casey McKinnon

Casey McKinnon

Casey McKinnon is an actress, writer, video editor and producer from Montreal, Canada. She is known for her work on web series Galacticast, A Comicbook Orange and Kitkast.-Background:...

. The first episode aired on May 8, 2006.

The program is a sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

 video blog that parodies

Parody

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 the latest science fiction

Science fiction

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 or internet meme

Internet meme

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 and responds to feedback from their loyal fanbase. Though it first launched as a variety channel, it later switched exclusively to comedy.

After a lengthy hiatus, the show came back in November 2008 with a fake commercial produced for comic artist Tony Moore

Tony Moore (artist)

Michael Anthony "Tony" Moore is an American comic book artist, whose work consists mainly of genre pieces, most notably in horror and science fiction, with titles such as The Walking Dead, Fear Agent and The Exterminators.-Career:...

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Cast

McKinnon and Jahchan usually take the lead roles in each episode, but also call on their friends and fellow actors to guest star. McKinnon often plays multiple characters in a single episode.

Production

Most episodes are written and directed by Jahchan, with the exception of Battlestar Galacticast which was directed by independent filmmaker Matt Campagna

Matt Campagna

Matt Campagna is a director, writer, editor and new media producer from Toronto, Canada. He is known for his film Six Reasons Why as well as his work on web series BSGcast, Your Geek News, The Naked Wine Show and WHIRtv....

. McKinnon is the primary editor, but special effects are usually done by both creators.

Recurring characters

• McKinnion
• Jahchan
• Doctor Who
  Doctor Who
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• Superman
  Superman
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• Queen Kong (reference to King Kong
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• Dalek
  Dalek
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• Darth Vader
  Darth Vader
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• Emperor Palpatine
  Palpatine
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• R2-D2
  R2-D2
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Distribution

The show receives over 250,000 views each month and is available for subscription via YouTube

YouTube

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, iTunes

ITunes

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 and RSS

RSS

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Awards

The show won five Vloggie Awards in 2006 for Judges’ Favorite Special Effects, Best Entertainment (Fiction), Best Special Effects, Best Vlog Website Design, and Best Collaboration (for the episode entitled Node 666).

The show has also been nominated for three Parsec Awards

Parsec Awards

The Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media...

and a Canadian Blog Award.