Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Synopsis:

First, a brief history - The Kids In The Hall is a Canadian comedy troupe that had its origins in Second City-style improv (think Saturday Night Live and Wayne's World) and has since moved to Canadian television.

They're all men playing female roles in drag, but that is of course more a matter of necessity than choice - the troupe included women in the early days, but the women's careers took off too quickly and they would go solo. So, the men decided to put an end to that by playing all the roles themselves. What a novel idea!

This cult favorite however, is not a series of sketches, but a story about a pharmaceutical company, which discovers a cure for depression. When the company finds itself in financial trouble, they rush the new drug into production without doing enough testing.

Things seem to go fine until some of the users of the drug, start slipping into comas. It becomes a race between the scientists who want to tell the world the truth and the company's marketing department who wants to protect their profit margin.

Casts: David Foley, Bruce McCullough

Duration : 82 minutes