Wayne and Shuster

History of Wayne and Shuster

▪ John Louis Wayne: -Born Toronto 28 May 1918-Died 18 July 1990▪ Frank Shuster:-Born Toronto 5 Sept 1916-Died 13 Jan 2002

▪ They met as high school friends at Harbord Collegiate Institute , Toronto Canada 1930 where they preformed and wrote for the theatre there

▪ In 1941 they made their radio debut on CFRB The wife Preservers.

▪ This exposure resulted in the pair being given their own comedy show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Trans-Canada Network as Shuster & Wayne.

▪ Enlisted in the Canadian army in 1942 and preformed for the troops in Europe during WW2

▪ They returned to Canada to create the Wayne and Shuster show

Types of comedy or humor they used

▪ They performed "literate" comedy, combined with slapstick. They often used classical or Shakespearean settings and characters

▪ What is slapstick?– comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously

embarrassing events.

▪ Wayne and Shuster show appealed to educated people because it took intelligence and a certain knowledge of history and the classics for granted.

▪ Occasionally, the troupe also satirized Canadian politics. For example Speaker of the House skit.

▪ One of their shows consisted of one inappropriate word revering to a woman as “a broad”. They also make fun of other races like first nations

▪ In my opinion after looking at some episodes people from the age of 13 and up are suited to watch these comedies

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