The hugely influential Canadian sketch comedy troupe that kids in the hall is back.

While the five members have come together for various projects over the years, the new

Amazon show marks their first return to writing and performing original sketches on television.

These eight episodes look and feel like another season of the original kids in the hall show,

though of course the kids aren't kids anymore.

Something the new series has some fun with.

I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about the kids in the hall on pop culture happy

hour from NPR.

Joining me today is Daisy Rosario.

She's a podcast producer and storyteller who you may have heard on a little thing called

the Moff Radio Hour Hey Daisy.

Hey Glenn.

So let's get into this.

I think we're both fans, so this will be fun.

The kids in the hall consists of Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin MacDonald, Bruce McCullough,

and Scott Thompson.

Their original series ran for five seasons from 1989 to 1995.

It aired on the CBC in Canada and on HBO and CBS in the States and then lived on in reruns

on Comedy Central.

They were first championed by Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels, though the kids always

felt distinct from SNL.

They were weirder, artsier, more conceptual, and considerably queerer and they still are.

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