The Rovers Comedy House

The Rovers Comedy House is a Canadian variety television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1981.

The Rovers Comedy House
Genre	comedy-variety
Directed by	Michael Watt
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Ken Gibson
Production location	Vancouver
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	8 January (1981-01-08) – 19 February 1981 (1981-02-19)

Premise

The Irish Rovers, who identified as The Rovers in the early 1980s, hosted this Vancouver-produced music and comedy variety series. George Millar of the group likened the series to an "Irish Hee-Haw." The series was backed by CBC Television after The Rovers starred in a highly rated October 1980 broadcast. The series was produced in Vancouver by Ken Gibson and directed by Michael Watt. Irish singer Jimmy Kennedy regularly portrayed a bartender on the series.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was originally broadcast on Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. from 8 January to 19 February 1981. When a NABET strike affected the network that spring, the series was rebroadcast from 9 May to 13 June on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m., It was rebroadcast again in 1982, on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. from 24 to 31 May.

Episodes and guests

• 8 January 1981 - Oscar Brand
• 15 January 1981 - Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy
• 22 January 1981 - Andy Stewart
• 29 January 1981 - Dennis Day
• 5 February 1981 - Jim Stafford
• 12 February 1981 - Bruno Gerussi, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy
• 19 February 1981 - Bob Gibson, Shay Duffin

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Rovers Comedy House". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.