Shane MacDougall
Shane MacDougall is a Canadian stand-up comedian, former columnist, television writer, and documentarian. Best known for his 1999 challenge to Queen Elizabeth II to a kickboxing match or math test for the monarchy of Canada, the challenge resulted in him receiving death threats but also brought much media attention to the burgeoning Canadian republican movement.
He is also known for The Dark Show, which in the late 1990s was Canada's longest running independent comedy show. Held at Toronto's famous Rivoli club, The Dark Show featured some of Canada's top comedians doing material on topics from school shootings to date rape, and also generated protests from some citizens.
For two years Shane was a comedy reporter and humorist for eye Weekly in Toronto, then in 2000 moved to New York City where he worked as a writer for various MTV shows.
In 2005, MacDougall completed filming on a documentary entitled "Wiener Takes All", which followed the competitive dachshund racing circuit. The documentary screened such venues as the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, the 27th Atlantic Film Festival, BendFilm, the Laguna Beach Film Society/Museum of Art, and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
References and Reviews
- Variety Review of Wiener Takes All
- SFist coverage of the US Premiere Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Frank Decaro (Sirius Radio) interview with director Shane MacDougall[dead link]
- Chronicle Herald front page coverage (Canada) Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Cinematical report on BendFilm Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
- CBC Radio Interview