TallBoyz is a Canadian television sketch comedy troupe best known for their 2019-2022 CBC Television sketch comedy series. The troupe members are Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair and Franco Nguyen, who have worked for several years in stage-based sketch comedy under the name TallBoyz II Men.
They were best known for their stage show A 6ix NNNNNN Revue, which won the award for Best Comedy at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival. The title of A 6ix NNNNNN Revue was an allusion to the Toronto alternative weekly newspaper Now, whose music, film, literature and theatre critics rate works on a scale of one to five N's instead of stars.
Television series
The group's television series is produced by Bruce McCulloch and Susan Cavan, and was developed after McCulloch saw the troupe perform at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival in 2018.
In March 2022, the series began airing in the U.S on Fuse.
Tallboyz is the winner of four Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs) including Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series.
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "What's it Gonna Be, Boys?" | Unknown | Unknown | September 17, 2019 (2019-09-17) |
| 2 | 2 | "Clap Your Hands, Everybody" | Unknown | Unknown | September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24) |
| 3 | 3 | "Mind the Mints" | Unknown | Unknown | October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01) |
| 4 | 4 | "Suck it Up and Go to Mars" | Unknown | Unknown | October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08) |
| 5 | 5 | "Wow, Are These Insoles?" | Unknown | Unknown | October 15, 2019 (2019-10-15) |
| 6 | 6 | "Under Caricature Clouds" | Unknown | Unknown | October 22, 2019 (2019-10-22) |
| 7 | 7 | "Hoop Hoop Hooray!" | Unknown | Unknown | October 29, 2019 (2019-10-29) |
| 8 | 8 | "Fare is Fair" | Unknown | Unknown | November 5, 2019 (2019-11-05) |
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "You're the Dads Now!" | Unknown | Unknown | February 16, 2021 (2021-02-16) |
| 10 | 2 | "Refreshingly Not Racist" | Unknown | Unknown | February 23, 2021 (2021-02-23) |
| 11 | 3 | "Poetry in Falsetto" | Unknown | Unknown | March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02) |
| 12 | 4 | "Why is He Blowing Me Kisses?" | Unknown | Unknown | March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09) |
| 13 | 5 | "Leave the Duckies and Go" | Unknown | Unknown | March 16, 2021 (2021-03-16) |
| 14 | 6 | "All the Focus is on the Diamonds" | Unknown | Unknown | March 23, 2021 (2021-03-23) |
| 15 | 7 | "I Rank Velvet #1" | Unknown | Unknown | March 30, 2021 (2021-03-30) |
| 16 | 8 | "Who's Guarding the Angel?" | Unknown | Unknown | April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06) |
Season 3
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Don't Swear in Front of the Song" | Unknown | Unknown | January 25, 2022 (2022-01-25) |
| 18 | 2 | "I Don't Trust the Cloud" | Unknown | Unknown | February 1, 2022 (2022-02-01) |
| 19 | 3 | "It's Hard Being Precocious" | Unknown | Unknown | February 22, 2022 (2022-02-22) |
| 20 | 4 | "Jesus Was a Homeless Baby Too" | Unknown | Unknown | March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01) |
| 21 | 5 | "You Always Pick Scissors" | Unknown | Unknown | March 8, 2022 (2022-03-08) |
| 22 | 6 | "Can You Keep Your Wishing Down?" | Unknown | Unknown | March 15, 2022 (2022-03-15) |
| 23 | 7 | "I've Got This Foot Thing" | Unknown | Unknown | March 22, 2022 (2022-03-22) |
| 24 | 8 | "Papa You Are My Dad" | Unknown | Unknown | March 29, 2022 (2022-03-29) |
References
- Raju Mudhar, "A Black Lady Sketch Show and TallBoyz make sketch comedy more colourful". Toronto Star, August 17, 2019.
- ^ "CBC picks up male sketch comedy series Tallboyz". Hamilton Spectator, March 28, 2019.
- ^ "Fringe Review: A 6ix NNNNNN Revue". Now, July 5, 2018.
- "CBC TV greenlights Tallboyz II Men comedy series". Now, March 27, 2019.
- Eric Volmers, "Seriously funny; Tallboyz II Men silly, surreal and socially relevant". Kingston Whig-Standard, September 14, 2019.
- "AMIDST UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH, LATINO-OWNED FUSE MEDIA ENTERS UPFRONT WITH NEW LAUNCHES, BRAND OPPORTUNITIES AND VIBRANT ENTERTAINMENT TO EMPOWER DIVERSE YOUNG VOICES". Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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