{{Short description|Canadian comedy television series}} thumb|367x367px|TallBoyz performing a live show at Apollo Cinema in Kitchener, Ontario in February 2020. '''''TallBoyz''''' is a Canadian television sketch comedy troupe best known for their 2019-2022 CBC Television sketch comedy series.<ref>Raju Mudhar, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2019/08/17/a-black-lady-sketch-show-and-tallboyz-make-sketch-comedy-more-colourful.html "A Black Lady Sketch Show and TallBoyz make sketch comedy more colourful"]. ''Toronto Star'', August 17, 2019.</ref> The troupe members are Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair and Franco Nguyen, who have worked for several years in stage-based sketch comedy under the name TallBoyz II Men.<ref name=spec>[https://www.thespec.com/whatson-story/9245585-cbc-picks-up-male-sketch-comedy-series-tallboyz/ "CBC picks up male sketch comedy series Tallboyz"]. ''Hamilton Spectator'', March 28, 2019.</ref>
They were best known for their stage show ''A 6ix NNNNNN Revue'',<ref name=6N>[https://nowtoronto.com/culture/theatre/fringe-review-6ix-nnnnnn-revue-tallboyz-ii-men "Fringe Review: A 6ix NNNNNN Revue"]. ''Now'', July 5, 2018.</ref> which won the award for Best Comedy at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/culture/comedy/cbc-tv-greenlights-tallboyz-ii-men-series "CBC TV greenlights Tallboyz II Men comedy series"]. ''Now'', March 27, 2019.</ref> The title of ''A 6ix NNNNNN Revue'' was an allusion to the Toronto alternative weekly newspaper ''Now'', whose music, film, literature and theatre critics rate works on a scale of one to five N's instead of stars.<ref name=6N/>
==Television series== The group's television series is produced by Bruce McCulloch and Susan Cavan,<ref name=spec/> and was developed after McCulloch saw the troupe perform at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival in 2018.<ref>Eric Volmers, "Seriously funny; Tallboyz II Men silly, surreal and socially relevant". ''Kingston Whig-Standard'', September 14, 2019.</ref>
In March 2022, the series began airing in the U.S on Fuse.<ref name="upront2022">{{cite web |url=https://fusepress.tv/2022/03/31/amidst-unprecedented-growth-latino-owned-fuse-media-enters-upfront-with-new-launches-brand-opportunities-and-vibrant-entertainment-to-empower-diverse-young-voices/|title=AMIDST UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH, LATINO-OWNED FUSE MEDIA ENTERS UPFRONT WITH NEW LAUNCHES, BRAND OPPORTUNITIES AND VIBRANT ENTERTAINMENT TO EMPOWER DIVERSE YOUNG VOICES|access-date=2022-09-19}}</ref>
Tallboyz is the winner of four Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs) including Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series.
===Season 1=== {{Episode table |background=#645348 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=22 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = What's it Gonna Be, Boys? |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|17}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Clap Your Hands, Everybody |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|24}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Mind the Mints |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|1}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Suck it Up and Go to Mars |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|8}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Wow, Are These Insoles? |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|15}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Under Caricature Clouds |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|22}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Hoop Hoop Hooray! |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|29}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Fare is Fair |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|5}} |LineColor = 645348 }} }}
===Season 2=== {{Episode table |background=#B30027 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=22 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = You're the Dads Now! |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|2|16}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Refreshingly Not Racist |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|2|23}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Poetry in Falsetto |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|3|2}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Why is He Blowing Me Kisses? |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|3|9}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Leave the Duckies and Go |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|3|16}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = All the Focus is on the Diamonds |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|3|23}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = I Rank Velvet #1 |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|3|30}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Who's Guarding the Angel? |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|4|6}} |LineColor = 645348 }} }}
===Season 3=== {{Episode table |background=#86A10B |overall=5 |season=5 |title=22 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Don't Swear in Front of the Song |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|1|25}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = I Don't Trust the Cloud |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|1}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = It's Hard Being Precocious |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|22}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Jesus Was a Homeless Baby Too |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|3|1}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = You Always Pick Scissors |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|3|8}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Can You Keep Your Wishing Down? |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|3|15}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = I've Got This Foot Thing |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|3|22}} |LineColor = 645348 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Papa You Are My Dad |DirectedBy = Unknown |WrittenBy = Unknown |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|3|29}} |LineColor = 645348 }} }}
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Category:2010s Canadian sketch comedy television series Category:2019 Canadian television series debuts Category:CBC Television original programming Category:2020s Canadian sketch comedy television series Category:2022 Canadian television series endings Category:English-language Canadian television shows
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