Canadian Sketch Show 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' Mines Tense Trump–Canada Relations for Comedy
The long-running Canadian comedy sketch show 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' is making heavy use of the strained relationship between US President Donald Trump and Canada. The New York Times says it has beaten American late-night shows to the punchline.
The long-running Canadian television sketch comedy show "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" is currently enjoying a productive stretch, drawing its humor from the strained relationship between US President Donald Trump and Canada. The New York Times reported this on 2 November.
The newspaper says the Canadian satire programme has reached the punchline ahead of American late-night shows, which are US television programmes that use humor to comment on the day's political events.
The available source excerpt does not describe which specific sketches or topics have featured on the show, and it names no other people involved. What it establishes is that the relationship between Trump and Canada has become central material for the show's comedy.
