Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson works The Kids in the Hall as part of a Canadian sketch-anarchist troupe: Head Crusher, Chicken Lady, drag bits played without a permission slip. Late-80s CBC/HBO launch of a company that made weirdness a 1990s cult language for night owls. Thompson is among the fearless — especially the queer and grotesque turns American network sketch would not try. The hour is a dare with better timing.

Scott Thompson held The Kids in the Hall on CBC/HBO/CBS through 1988–1995, Scott Thompson as the occupation. s01e01 remains the contract hour — #101 is CBC/HBO night one: Head Crusher and Chicken Lady not yet folklore, drag bits without a permission slip, weirdness as language. 1980s lights, one show deep.

Night owls kept the tape. On TV Flash Thompson is late-80s sketch craft: the player who made a cult hour photograph as permission, then left the permission slip unasked.

Scott Thompson files the measured change at s02e01 on The Kids in the Hall — #201 is season two's numbered open: short-form anarchy with long aftertaste, night-owl cult already forming. s04e01 keeps a sideways coordinate — #401 is a mid-90s numbered hour: queer and grotesque turns American network sketch still flinches from. Ensemble, not a mascot. Scott Thompson works The Kids in the Hall as rotating bits inside a troupe — Various meaning the company is the star and he is one of the knives. Various on CBC/HBO/CBS (1988–1995) is already a complete passport.

Scott Thompson is here because The Kids in the Hall still needs Various in the shot — 1988–1995 on CBC/HBO/CBS, 1980s craft that photographs as a person instead of a pitch. s01e01 shakes hands; s02e01 still shows the turn. That is the whole passport.