Proof that Canadians are attempting to control America through comedy. In 1976, there was a small group of comedians who had worked together for a season on a previous series, The David Steinberg Show -- a sort of It's Gary Shandling's Show a good decade before Garry Shandling did it. They got together and produced a sketch comedy show around the premise that the sketches were episodes of local shows (or commercials for local businesses) being produced and aired by the television station for the mythical city of Melonville.