A founding member of the Toronto based comedy troupe The Frantics, Rick wrote and performed on stage, record albums, radio, and television. Frantic Times, their CBC radio series ran for five seasons and was nominated for 7 ACTRA Awards. In 1987, Rick won two ACTRA awards, "Best Performer, Entertainment Feature" and "Best Writer, Entertainment Feature" for The Frantics Look At History, a 13 part series on CBC.

The Frantics TV series Four on the Floor aired on ShowTime Network (USA), CBC (Canada) and Channel 4 (Britain) during 1985, and made a household name out of Mr. Canoehead.

In 1988 Rick embarked on a busy solo career, writing and performing stage productions and radio series, while writing and story editing for a number of Canadian comedy series.

Starting in 1989, he wrote 139 episodes of Prisoners of Gravity, and hosted as Commander Rick. This quirky literary series garnered Aurora Awards, a New York Festival Award, and several Gemini Award nominations during its five season run on TVOntario.

While writing and hosting Prisoners of Gravity, Rick joined Steve Smith to create The Red Green Show. Rick then co-wrote the show for eight seasons, directed four seasons, and performed in 173 episodes as the hapless klutz "Bill." The Red Green Show is still seen on CBC and PBS and remains one of the longest running prime time series in North America. In addition to the television series, Rick co-wrote and illustrated several Red Green books.

While working on The Red Green Show, Rick developed his newest venture, an innovative Canadian comedy series called History Bites, for History Television. Each episode focuses on a different historical event, and then imagines "What if television had been there to cover the story?" This fast-paced series channel surfs through the ancient past, spoofing current TV shows to send up the modern media, while exploring the darkest and weirdest moments of human history. As creator, writer, director and performer, Rick proves that his energy has no bounds. Now starting a fifth season, this clever series is a hit on the air, and in classrooms!

Over the years, Rick has performed in New York and Los Angeles, written and directed both corporate videos and television commercials, and also written for many stand up comedians. Drawing on his producing, writing and directing skills, he created several video presentations that are part of the Founders' Hall Museum in P.E.I. He has written dozens of humourous articles for magazines and newspapers and taught classes in writing, and physical comedy. Along the way Rick has lectured on many topics from teaching history through humour to science and science fiction. After being nominated for over a dozen Gemini Awards he vows to be properly grateful if he ever wins one.

Currently, Rick is developing a number of new series that will combine his love of comedy with his knack for teaching.

Ron Pardo grew up in Pardoville (yes, named after his ancestors), a small farming community near Chatham, Ontario. From Grades 1 to 5 he attended the same one-room schoolhouse as had his father and grandfather. He went to high school in nearby Blenheim, working on the family farm and playing drums in local bands along the way.

Then it was on to study Radio and Television at Ryerson in Toronto. After two years of working on-air and as a copywriter at the Chatham radio station, he decided to go to teacher's college in London. That precipitated a move to Cambridge, Ontario with his wife and newborn son where he taught elementary school for the next 12 years. In 1985, they were blessed with their second child, a daughter.

Ron discovered around the age of 10 that he had the ability to mimic various cartoon characters. As his voice matured, he found he could imitate celebrities as well. This skill served him well during his stint at the radio station and in the classroom. He would often make lessons entertaining by teaching as Homer Simpson or Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In 1993, Ron took this skill seriously. He listed all the voices he could imitate and had a demo tape made. He wrote and recorded several local commercials, and then decided to take the next step: amateur night at Yuk Yuk's.

In September of 1994, he won Yuk Yuk's Search For Canada's Funniest New Comic Award, and he's never looked back. For the next seven years, he performed his one-man show for club and corporate audiences across Canada. His repertoire of impressions grew to over 100. It was at one of these shows in 1997, that he came to the attention of Rick Green. Ron was selected to perform his many characters for the pilot episode of a new show called History Bites, and he's been with the cast ever since.

Ron also voices radio and television commercials as well as various characters in several cartoon series, including Bob and Margaret, Ripping Friends, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse, Moville Mysteries, Medabots, Berenstain Bears, and Ned's Newt.

Ron makes his feature film debut as Chuck the newscaster, in Malcolm Lee's new comedy, Undercover Brother, due out in the spring of 2002.

Janet was born and raised in a small suburb just north of Chicago, the youngest of five and the only girl. She moved to Canada in 1988 to get her M.F.A. at York University's Graduate Programme in Theatre.

She traveled all over Canada for two and a half-years with the Second City National Touring Company, followed by a short break during which she played Jan in The Brady Bunch Live at the Bathurst Street Theatre. She then went on to the Second City Main Stage in Toronto, where she stayed for three years and put up five original sketch revues. She has been nominated for two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for her work there.

On television, Janet played effervescent co-host Yvonne Locke in WTN's popular series Go Girl! She can currently be seen playing a variety of roles on the hit series History Bites, a performance which earned her a 2002 Canadian Comedy Award. She was a guest star on this season of The Royal Canadian Air Farce and has a featured role in the upcoming TV special, Dave Broadfoot's First Farewell Tour.

Janet has been in numerous commercials for television and radio, and in such films as The Last Don, The Five Senses and Stardom.

Around Toronto, she has appeared in various original musicals, including Rock That Rainbow, and Short Leave (at the Rivoli), and Honest Ed: The Bargain Musical (at the Poor Alex). In 1998, her friends Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison and Don McKellar wrote a musical in celebration of her marriage to writer/performer Bob Martin, entitled The Drowsy Chaperone. First performed at the Rivoli, it went on to become a hit of the 1998 Toronto Fringe Festival, enjoyed successful remounts at Theatre Passe Muraille and The Winter Garden, and is now in serious talks with producers who wish to bring the show to New York.

Janet is also a 2002 Canadian Comedy Award-winning improvisor, having appeared in two seasons of the live improvised soap opera, Sin City, and currently, as part of the casts of The Alumni Café and Population 282 at the Tim Sims Playhouse.

Shortly after enrolling in pre-med to become a doctor, Bob realized he wanted to be an actor and switched faculties. Four years later he had a bona-fide Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Alberta in Edmonton and a road map with directions to becoming a Canadian showbiz legend. After losing the map and spending several years on the road working the regional theatre scene in Alberta and Saskatchewan, he co-wrote and performed in the Canadian Theatre classic, Paper Wheat. Shortly after he became involved with the Second City in Edmonton Alberta eventually moving to Toronto to begin a long association with the Second City.

While at the Second City he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1987 for Outstanding New Revue or Musical. After the Second City Bob worked as a successful commercial voice over performer, creative director and writer in corporate communications and pursued other projects; including a long running weekly radio spot on CBC's Dayshift called the Neighbours, a pilot for CBC/CBS called 110 Lombard Street and a pilot for MCA/Imagine/The Second City called My Talk Show. In addition he also wrote, produced and performed a radio pilot called Bob Normal and the Forces of Chaos, which later played on Toronto radio's "The Fan".

In 1994 Bob joined the cast of The New Red Green Show playing the character Dalton Humphrey. A year late Bob also began contributing as a writer and in 1999 was nominated for a Gemini in the Best Writing: Comedy or Variety Program or Series for The Red Green Show and went on to receive nominations in 2000 for writing as Best Performance - Comedy Program or Series Best and again in 2001 for Best Writing: Comedy or Variety Program or Series and Ensemble Performance - Comedy Program or Series for The Red Green Show.

Bob joined the cast of History Bites during its first season in 1997 and received a cast nomination for the 2000 Gemini in the Best Performance or Host - Variety Program or Series category. In addition to working on History Bites and Red Green, Bob also completed two movies in 2001: Duct Tape Forever a Red Green movie and Men with Brooms, both due for release in the spring of 2002.

She went on to write a one-woman show, Dumplings and Death. It had successful runs at The Toronto Fringe Festival, Tallulah's Cabaret and at The New York International Fringe Festival. Her second play, Hot August Night, premiered to sell out audiences. Other theatre credits include Karen Hines' Dora nominated show, hello...hello, at the Factory Theatre Studio Café and The Regina Monologues at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre. Teresa was also a member of the 2000-2001 Tarragon Theatre Playwright's Unit during which time she wrote her first full-length play, Made You Look.

Teresa performs her unique brand of character comedy throughout Canada. She was chosen to perform in L.A. and New York as part of the Marshall's Women in Comedy Festival. Teresa was the only Toronto participant in the festival, which also included comedians such as Janeane Garofalo and Phyllis Diller.

Her television credits include co-host of The Comedy Network launch, a lead role in The Nine O'clock Show for the CBC, the recurring character of Sue Brown on WTN's Go Girl as well as Sonic Temple and Liocracy. She just finished taping a pilot for CTV starring Jann Arden and has finished shooting her fourth season of the Gemini nominated History Channel/PBS series, History Bites.

Teresa wrote and stars in a TV special, As I Was Saying, for the Comedy Network and is currently developing a series based on one of her characters.