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Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas

David "Dave" Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools. The family moved back to Dundas, Ontario in 1961 where he attended Dundas District high school and later, graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Thomas was granted an honorary doctorate from McMaster University November 20, 2009.

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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... (2025)

A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited a comedy revolution. ...

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For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close (2020)

Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a per ...

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I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! (2015)

This documentary short tells the story of cartoonist David Boswell and his greatest creation: Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman. In the late '70s, David Boswell birthed Reid Fleming, a counterculture icon in the form of a comic book anti-hero. Fast f ...

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Misery Loves Comedy (2015)

Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm. ...

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Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (2007)

In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of ...

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Angel Wars: Grace and Glory (2006)

With his angel hostage in tow, the archangel Michael on his tail, and a symbiotic stone taking control of his body, the demon Morg flees to the underworld where he quickly establishes a new base of operations. Feeding off the demon's pride, the symbiont st ...

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Brother Bear 2 (2006)

Kenai finds his childhood human friend Nita and the two embark on a journey to burn the amulet he gave to her before he was a bear, much to Koda's dismay. ...

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As Seen on TV: The K-Tel Story (2006)

Documentary about K-Tel - the "As Seen on TV!" company that was hugely successful in the 1970s and 80s. ...

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Christmas with SCTV (2006)

Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many others as they play Liberace, Mayor Tommy Shanks, Dusty Towne, Johnnie LaRue and a host of their famous cha ...

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Santa's Slay (2005)

Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he became the giver of toys and happiness. But this year the bet is off, and Santa is about to return to his evil ways. ...

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Angel Wars: Blue Moon (2005)

The sequel in the acclaimed animated series, Angel Wars Guardian Force 2, draws us deeper into the continuing saga of our heroic angels. With each of the Guardians engaged on their assignments, Morg moves quickly to his hideaway base where he prepares to u ...

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The Aristocrats (2005)

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville. ...

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A Beachcombers Christmas (2004)

While Donna MacGonigal is tempted by a business offer by an old love, her father and friends decide to put on an old timers celebrity hockey game and auction for charity, only to find themselves cheated by con artists. ...

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Angel Wars: About Face (2004)

Eli and Kira, two junior members of the Guardian Force must grow up in a hurry when their first mission to earth takes a detour, pitting them against Morg, a deadly but long forgotten foe. In a race against time, the Guardians must uncover the source of Mo ...

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Love on the Side (2004)

Small town waitress Eve Stuckley is stuck. She has spent years pining for testosterone saturate local hunk Jeff Sweeney and yearns to escape from the Hog-Chow Diner she runs. Just when Eve finally decides to pursue her man, drop dead gorgeous Linda Avery b ...

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White Coats (2004)

Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love. ...

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Who's Your Daddy? (2004)

An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautiful co-workers come to his aid. ...

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Beethoven's 5th (2003)

When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe Selig. Now everybody wants to be the dog's best friend as his ...

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Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way (2003)

Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie. ...

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Brother Bear (2003)

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including t ...

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Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials (2002)

Dave Foley hosts a Christmas Special to convince himself through music, friends, and counsel from the Ghosts, that Christmas retains a special meaning in spite of the trappings of Santa, money and gifts, and Hollywood Star Power. ...

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The New Beachcombers (2002)

John Constable and his family return to Gibsons to find a new cast of characters who will battle over the fate of the now condemned Molly's Reach and Nick's old salvage business. ...

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Fancy Dancing (2002)

A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency. ...

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Uncle Gus: Not So Fast! (2001)

In the second Uncle Gus short, Gus enters his loyal horse, Flapjack, in a horse race to win a bet with mysterious paperboy Ali Ali. ...

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Rat Race (2001)

In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 mill ...

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MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)

Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league ...

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Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys (1999)

This cartoon follows the journey of a wily unemployed geezer and his rag-tailed bunch of friends as they travel to the zoo to reunite Uncle Gus with his AWOL fiancée. ...

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Kidz in the Wood (1996)

A class field trip to the Oregon Trail that results in the class and teacher getting lost. ...

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Picture Perfect (1995)

Two teenagers (with single parents) join their families together in order to win the grand prize in a soda company competition by pretending to be the perfect family. The only problem is the CEO of the company must live with them for one week. ...

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Coneheads (1993)

A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for so ...

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Cold Sweat (1993)

Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a blonde, who keeps appearing in his bedroom at the worst of times. His life becomes even more complicated ...

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Boris and Natasha (1992)

Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning who they're working for and why. ...

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Lucky Luke (1991)

Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. Then the Dalton brothers arrive and try to get the Indians to break the peace treaty and attack the town. ...

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Public Enemy #2 (1991)

Second City Television alumnus Dave Thomas stars in this hilarious spoof of "America's Most Wanted." Thomas portrays Wynn Dalton, a talentless acting hopeful who bears an uncanny resemblance to Dwayne Gary Steckler (also played by Thomas), a psycho killer ...

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Andrea Martin... Together Again (1989)

Nightclub performer makes a comeback. ...

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I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989)

In this HBO special, comedian Martin Short appears in a series of sketches, vignettes and musical performances about Hollywood, featuring some of his classic characters like Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Lawrence Orbach and Troy Soren, and co-starring som ...

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The Rocket Boy (1989)

In this Sci-fi Comedy a gentle video clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crime-fighter who must stop an evil alien from stealing the hair off human heads. ...

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The Best of SCTV (1988)

Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license. ...

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Moving (1988)

Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems. ...

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Love at Stake (1987)

Salem, 1692. The mayor and judge are accusing land owner of witchery in order to grab their land. No one knows that are handsome stranger is a real witch and has evil plans for the town. ...

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The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)

A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry. ...

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The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood (1986)

A college professor wishes he could live in Victorian England. Through a scientific experiment that goes wrong, he is able to make his dream come true. He is now able to travel back and forth in time. ...

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My Man Adam (1985)

A young man meets the girl of his dreams, whereupon he finds himself involved in a murder mystery. ...

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Follow That Bird (1985)

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-countr ...

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The Last Polka (1985)

A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers. ...

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Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985)

A made for Showtime network comedy special with numerous skits and music starring Martin Short and featuring a number of his fellow SCTV cast members. The special has skits with characters such as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Jerry Lewis, and many more. ...

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The Adventures of the Get Along Gang (1984)

The Gang participates in the annual scavenger hunt to win their own ice cream flavor but the stakes are made even higher when Bingo makes a bet with Catchum that if he wins, he and Leland get the Gang's clubhouse. ...

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Strange Brew (1983)

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious ...

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Stripes (1981)

Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges ...

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From Cleveland (1980)

Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast. ...

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Double Negative (1980)

Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer. ...

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Just Me and You (1978)

A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker. ...

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Home to Stay (1978)

A teenage girl sets off on an odyssey from her Illinois farming community with her free-spirited but frail grandfather to thwart her uncle's plans to put him in a home for the aged. ...

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Movies Made By Dave Thomas (12)

MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill (2021)

Angie Dove gets Det. Carter's attention by stumbling on a murder at an art museum. Angie's father Nick is on his own case, trying to solve a series of petty thefts at the museum. ...

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Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (2007)

In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of ...

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Catching Kringle (2004)

In the not-so-distant future of Christmas, Santa Claus is declared a national security threat by an evil general with a 50-year old grudge. ...

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White Coats (2004)

Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love. ...

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Ambushed (1998)

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Ku Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Thr ...

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Bury Me in Niagara (1993)

When the controlling mother (Jean Stapleton) of Martin Mallory (Geraint Wyn Davies) dies, Mallory thinks he's finally free of her meddling. But her ghost appears to him at her funeral, brought back to life by a mysterious Japanese stone. Now, Martin must m ...

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The Rocket Boy (1989)

In this Sci-fi Comedy a gentle video clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crime-fighter who must stop an evil alien from stealing the hair off human heads. ...

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The Experts (1989)

Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll u ...

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The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood (1986)

A college professor wishes he could live in Victorian England. Through a scientific experiment that goes wrong, he is able to make his dream come true. He is now able to travel back and forth in time. ...

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The Steel Collar Man (1985)

An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people. ...

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Strange Brew (1983)

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious ...

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From Cleveland (1980)

Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast. ...

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