TORONTO—A date has now been set for the CBC ‘Still Standing’ television comedy/reality show episode that features M’Chigeeng First Nation.
Dave Kerr, one of the producers of the show, told The Expositor last week, “unless anything changes, the date is November 14 at 8:30 pm.” The show airs on CBC television.
On Saturday, August 26 the CBC crew behind ‘Still Standing,’ hosted by comedian and actor Jonny Harris, filmed the show in front of a live audience of about 400 people in the M’Chigeeng arena.
Preparation for the 45-minute live show (which is whittled down to around 22 minutes for the final show) started in June. As was reported in the August 30 edition of The Expositor, when asked how the crew chose to feature M’Chigeeng, co-producer David Kerr said that many things come together in choosing a site. “It’s a funny thing,” he said. “There are a couple of ways it comes together.” He noted that this is the series’ ninth show.
“We need to represent the whole span of the country. You only get to go to places in Ontario a couple of times. We have had M’Chigeeng on our radar for a long time but until now it really hadn’t come together.”
“Sometimes it’s an event, like a sinkhole or something that puts a place in the headlines, but there it is a beautiful place, everybody knows it, it has a great story and a great community behind it,” said Mr. Kerr.
Julia Hutchings is in charge of the initial research for the program. Once a community is selected, she begins research with a slew of phone calls, making community connections, lining up people to interview and locations to investigate on the ground.
Ms. Hutchings explained previously, “With M’Chigeeng, I was really lucky to be able to come up for a couple of weeks and get to know people in the community. Those interviews help set up the interactions with show host Jonny Harris and form the foundation of his hilarious monologue that is the highlight of the show.
Mr. Kerr noted that if someone misses the show on that date, “If you miss it, you can see it on CBC Gem anytime.”
