# The Chumps Without a Net

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***The Chumps Without a Net*** was a half-hour sketch comedy show aired on [CBC Radio](/source/CBC_Radio) in 1996 and 1997. The show aired on [CBC Radio One](/source/CBC_Radio_One) on Saturday afternoons as a segment on *[Definitely Not the Opera](/source/Definitely_Not_the_Opera)*, and on [CBC Stereo](/source/CBC_Radio_2) on Saturday evenings as a segment on *[RealTime](/source/RealTime_(radio_show))*.[1]

The troupe was based out of [Toronto](/source/Toronto) and consisted of [Garry Campbell](/source/Garry_Campbell), [Moira Dunphy](/source/Moira_Dunphy), [Dave Healey](/source/Dave_Healey), [Lisa Merchant](/source/Lisa_Merchant), [Gary Pearson](/source/Gary_Pearson_(comedian)), [Jerry Schaefer](/source/Jerry_Schaefer), and Warren Wilson.

They started out on radio by first appearing on *Definitely Not the Opera* in 1995. They rose out of the improv comedy circuit, and were best known for parodies of such shows as *Wheel of Jeopardy*, *[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek)*, *[The X-Files](/source/The_X-Files)* and the movie *[Blazing Saddles](/source/Blazing_Saddles)*.

## Discography

- *The Chumps Without a Net* 1996

## References

1. "Chumps take high-wire act to nation's radio airwaves". *[Kingston Whig-Standard](/source/Kingston_Whig-Standard)*, May 27, 1996.

## External links

- [1996 Wayback Machine Archive of *The Chumps Without a Net* CBC website, accessed November 12, 2005](https://web.archive.org/web/19970120191242/http://www.radio.cbc.ca/chumps.html)

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