The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour 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

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, which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

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 in 1970 and 1971.

The show starred Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels, CM is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.-Early life:...

 and Hart Pomerantz

Hart Pomerantz

Hart Pomerantz is a Canadian lawyer and television personality, best known for his collaboration with Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels in The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour....

. The cast also included Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...

, Paul Bradley

Paul Bradley (Canadian actor)

Paul Bradley was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Joey in the classic Canadian film Goin' Down the Road....

 and Victor Garber

Victor Garber

Victor Joseph Garber is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber is known for playing Jesus in Godspell, Jack Bristow in the television series Alias, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, and Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic.-Early life:Born in London, Ontario, Canada, Garber is...

. The show mixed comedy sketches with musical guests, in a manner similar to Laugh-In or Michaels' later Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

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.

The show aired on Saturday nights, following the hugely successful Hockey Night in Canada

Hockey Night in Canada

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. Unfortunately, the hockey game would often run over its allotted time, and shorten or completely eliminate the airing of the Terrific Hour.