It's Only Rock & Roll was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television variety show

Variety show

A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...

, which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 as a summer series in 1987. Produced by Joe Bodolai and directed by Allan Novak

Allan Novak

Allan Novak is a Canadian media professional associated with creating, directing or editing many critically acclaimed Canadian TV series produced since 1985....

, Henry Sarwer-Foner

Henry Sarwer-Foner

Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...

 and Joan Tosoni, the series mixed rock music

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

-themed comedy sketches

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...

 with live performances by real musicians.

Personalities associated with the show included Ted Woloshyn

Ted Woloshyn

Ted Woloshyn is a Toronto broadcaster. He hosted The Ted Woloshyn Show, mornings from 5:30 to 8:30 on CFRB radio 1010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 3 November 1996 until 15 December 2006. He previously worked for Toronto area stations CFNY-FM, Q107 and CKFM-FM...

, Dan Gallagher

Dan Gallagher

Dan Gallagher was a Canadian broadcaster who hosted the CBC Television music video program Video Hits from 1991 to 1993. In the 1980s he appeared on the Canadian music channel MuchMusic as a VJ and host of the Pepsi Power Hour...

 and Taborah Johnson

Taborah Johnson

Taborah Johnson , also known as Tabby Johnson, is a Canadian singer and actor. She is the sister of actor Clark Johnson and rock and jazz singer Molly Johnson....

 as hosts, with comedians from The Second City

The Second City

The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...

's Toronto cast, including Dana Andersen

Dana Andersen

Dana Andersen is an Edmonton-based actor, improvisor, filmmaker, writer and director. He is an alumnus of The Second City, and has worked closely with Mike Myers, Ryan Stiles, and Joe Flaherty, among others. He currently serves as director of the live improvised soap opera Die-Nasty, and has been a...

, Bob Bainborough

Bob Bainborough

Bob Bainborough is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing the role of Dalton Humphrey in the Canadian comedy series The Red Green Show, and appearances on History Bites...

 and Mike Myers, in the comedy sketches. Myers later took several of his recurring characters from the show to Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

, including Wayne from Wayne's World

Wayne's World

Wayne's World was originally a recurring sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. It evolved from a segment titled "Wayne's Power Minute" on the CBC Television series It's Only Rock & Roll, as the main character first appeared in that show...

and Dieter from Sprockets.

The series won the award for Best Comedy or Variety Series at the 1988 Gemini Awards

1988 Gemini Awards

The 3rd Gemini Awards were held in 1988 to honour achievements in Canadian television. It was broadcast on CBC.-Best Comedy Program or Variety Series:* It's Only Rock & Roll* The Comedy Mill* The Tommy Hunter Show-Best Dramatic Series:...

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