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children's TV program 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...
, televised during the 2004-2005 television season. It was summarily replaced by The Void in 2005, and The Outlet in 2006.
The show is targeted to children between the ages of eight and 12. Sally Gifford
Sally Gifford
Sally Gifford is best known as one of the hosts of CBC Television's national children's show, The-X, which was shown across Canada.She attended the famous American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City after graduating with an honours B.A. in Theatre and Sociology from Queen’s University...
and Anthony McLean are in-studio hosts, who interview celebrities and do various comedy segments. The roles of the cast are not fixed and often vary. Morgan Waters goes on the road, across the country, interviewing children, ordinary people, and sometimes celebrities as well. At its inception, the program was named the InfoMatrix, was hosted by McLean and provided Canadian history. Gifford then joined the cast, followed by Morgan Waters
Morgan Waters
Morgan Waters is a Canadian actor. Waters was first seen on the CBC's children's program The X, which was canceled in 2003. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Waters moved to Toronto, Ontario to host the The Morgan Waters Show, which aired on CBC Television in 2006. Waters competed in the 2000...
, then Kythrine Butcher.
Anthony left at one point, and Waters moved on to The Morgan Waters Show
The Morgan Waters Show
The Morgan Waters Show is a six-minute sketch comedy show starring Morgan Waters, made by CBC Television for its afternoon youth programming lineup, next to the 3 minute Mr. Meaty and Yam Roll...
.
Recurring segments
- In each Professor Peabody segment, the professor thinks he has invented something new, but finds out his inventions are hardly original. The resulting humiliation then causes the professor to explode.
- The Daredevil Hedgehog performs various stunts (or attempts to).
- The character Bad Dog Tremblay is a professional wrestler, who normally only wrestles inanimate objects.
- The Naughty Pig, played by Julie ZwillichJulie ZwillichJulie Zwillich is a Canadian and American television personality. She is the host of Food Network Canada's Summer's Best and CBC's Surprise! It's Edible Incredible! She became a television personality in 1997 with the debut of Stuff, which aired on TVOntario, ABC Australia, across Asia and South...
, is a small finger sized toy pig, which teaches children assorted lessons on life. However, usually the "lessons" are really what children should not do. He ends each "lesson" by relieving himself.
Celebrity appearances
Some of the celebrities that have appeared as guests on the show areClaire Danes
Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress of television, stage and film. She has appeared in roles as diverse as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as Yvaine in Stardust and as Temple Grandin in...
(actress),
Fefe Dobson
Fefe Dobson
Felicia Lily "Fefe" Dobson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her self-titled debut album earned her two Juno Award nominations. Her second album, Sunday Love, was not released and she was terminated from her recording company...
(singer),
Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...
(actress/singer),
JoJo (singer),
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
(singer),
Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes
Katherine Noelle "Katie" Holmes is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Her movie roles have included the blockbuster Batman Begins along with art house films such as The Ice Storm and thrillers...
(actress),
Jude Law
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...
(actor),
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
(actress/singer),
Christina Milian
Christina Milian
Christine Flores , better known by her stage name Christina Milian , is an American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and model....
(actress/singer),
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en and Emma...
(actress),
Kalan Porter
Kalan Porter
Richard Kalan Porter is a singer-songwriter from Medicine Hat, Alberta, and the winner of the reality television series Canadian Idol in season 2. He started to sing at an early age and is classically trained, playing several instruments, most notably, the violin and viola...
(singer),
Ashlee Simpson
Ashlee Simpson
Ashlee Nicole Simpson is an American singer and actress. In 2004, she rose to prominence with the success of her number-one debut album Autobiography and the reality series, The Ashlee Simpson Show. In October 2005, following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released...
(actress/singer),
and Skye Sweetnam
Skye Sweetnam
Skye Alexandra Sweetnam is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and music video director. Skye first entered the mainstream in 2003 with the release of her debut single "Billy S." Over a year later, her debut album, Noise from the Basement, was released including the singles "Tangled Up in Me"...
(singer).
Rather than just ask the typical interview questions, hosts usually ask odd questions such as what type of superhero power would they like to have, or what girls do when they go together to the bathroom all at once.
Cast
- Sally GiffordSally GiffordSally Gifford is best known as one of the hosts of CBC Television's national children's show, The-X, which was shown across Canada.She attended the famous American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City after graduating with an honours B.A. in Theatre and Sociology from Queen’s University...
- Host - Anthony McLean - Host
- Morgan WatersMorgan WatersMorgan Waters is a Canadian actor. Waters was first seen on the CBC's children's program The X, which was canceled in 2003. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Waters moved to Toronto, Ontario to host the The Morgan Waters Show, which aired on CBC Television in 2006. Waters competed in the 2000...
- Host of Rollin' X segments - Kristyn Butcher - Host of Rollin' X segments
- David Reale (2004-) -
- Caroline LesleyCaroline LesleyCaroline Lesley is a Canadian TV and film actress based in New York City. She is a well known voice actor having voiced hundreds or radio and TV commercials. She is currently the voice of Yoplait Light and has been voicing several commercials for Yoplait since 2007...
(2004) - Host - Jeff KasselJeff KasselJeff Kassel is a Canadian actor who starred as Ron Mitchell in the FX television series Testees. He currently appears in, writes and executive produces for the new series Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will...
- Mr. Peabody - David J. MacNeil - Bad Dog Tremblay
- Ramona PringleRamona PringleRamona Pringle is a Canadian actress, digital journalist, television host and multiplatform media producer.Born in Toronto, she was named after the Ramones by her punk rock parents, Michaele Jordana and Douglas Pringle...
(2004-) - Julie ZwillichJulie ZwillichJulie Zwillich is a Canadian and American television personality. She is the host of Food Network Canada's Summer's Best and CBC's Surprise! It's Edible Incredible! She became a television personality in 1997 with the debut of Stuff, which aired on TVOntario, ABC Australia, across Asia and South...
- Voice of Naughty Pig, Alissa, Sandra