CBC's Last Bannock Standing

CBC DOCUMENTARY/REALITY SHOW

Some time ago we started shooting a Documentary/Reality show with CBC TV. The premise of the show was to get into our process - Writing, rehearsing, etc. As well, they came and followed us at work and at play, we did interviews all along the way...HOKA-HEY! this sentence all rhymes... So all you good people out there will be able to get an inside look into the way we do things...as FASCINATING as that may be. We had a good time doing it and hope you all will get a better perspective of who we are and what we do...we still don't know WHY we do it, its just fun to watch the Chief's bellies jiggle when they laugh at us!

Another aspect to the entire show was to hold "Auditions"...this is where the "Reality" portion of the show comes into play. It was a blast and we had some great talent come out Below is a full report.

AUDITIONS...

The sun was shining on the auditions that took place on October 21st...
We set out to find the funniest comedians we could to join our ranks and make TV history during the Open Auditions casting call, and boy did we ever get some great talent out.

The day started a little late naturally but when it got going, it REALLY got going! TAPWE! Our hopefuls began by introducing themselves, then chose a character and a scenario out of two jugs. Not MY jugs wha-hwaa! The objective of this excercise was to test out their improv skills by acting the scenario out while in the character they chose.

I must say that it was difficult and we were hardpressed to find the funniest four of the group, and to make matters more difficult for us to choose, the audience loved them all.

Cameron, Ralph, Larry and Annie all managed to make to the next round where we had a bit of a surprise waiting for them...

INDIAN FEAR FACTOR...

Neckbones and green gelatin...
The fear was done to teach humility, because as all you good people know we in the BBB often find ourselves up on stage in front of hundreds doing things we often don't want to do! In this case, the ol feast buckets contained NECKBONES! Cooked to perfection and smothered in green mystery sauce, our hopefuls had ONE minute to down as many as. they could. We judged our hopefuls on their enthusiasm and number of neckbones eaten. This round would prove to be the hardest on our good friend Larry as he later revealed that he in fact was a Vegan! Unfortunately, the elimination round called for enthusiasm and quantity, and Larry got eliminated. But a big piece of bannock is raised to you Larry for eating the piece of semi-traditional food that you did. The other three were a little more tricky to tear away from the neckbones and kept eating even AFTER the clock stopped! So...we just had to give those neckbones a try and I must say it was like a taste explosion in my mouth! Kohkum just might have a new recipe!

THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION...

Neckbones and green gelatin...
With three hopefuls left we continued the elimination rounds by sending them off for five minutes to prepare a 2-minute skit, this would be their turn to show us their writing ability, UNDER PRESSURE! Each of the skits were very good and well performed, however this round would prove to be our good friend Ralphs elimination.

Left with two hopefuls, we already established their humour and then had three important questions we needed very specific answers to. This would be the deciding factor and in the end Cameron Courtoreille came out on top as the Last Bannock Standing.

...and now a moment to reflect...

It's not easy being a Bionic Bannock Boy...
The road to the finalist was tough and we were faced with tough decisions to make, but ultimately we feel more than confident in Camerons ability as a comedian, actor and writer.

It's not easy being a Bionic Bannock Boy, it takes hard work, dedication, insanity, and one helluva sense of humour! HAH!

NO REALLY! TAPWE!

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