Five guys from Canada born to rule and change the rules of sketch comedy. Their names forever spoken on the tongues of the many who followed. And their mission? To get huge laughs without using cheap tactics to get them. Mission completed.

The Kids in the Hall have eternally changed television with their outrageous, shocking, and rather scandalous brand of comedy which seemed to thrive on pushing boundaries, frightening networks, and dropping jaws. But that wasn't what they were going for. "I think if we do something just to shock then I would think that would be wrong," Kevin McDonald commented in an interview. "We don't ever do that. It's always funny first, it's always a funny idea, then later people explain to us that it was shocking and then we go, Oh really, that was shocking? We didn't know that it was shocking, we just thought that it was funny."

Some of the shows most famous and memorable characters include Buddy Cole (who I like to think is more Scott Thompsons alter-ego than character), Mr.Tyzik (Mark McKinneys unforgettable "Headcrusher"), Gavin (one of the most annoying kids you could ever want breathing down your neck cleverly played by Bruce McCulloch), Mr. Heavyfoot (a normal guy with a oversized foot hilariously portrayed by Dave Foley) and Mr. Tisane (the tea addicted character of Kevin McDonald).

The Kids in the Hall spent five insanely wonderful and successful years on the air gracing our TV screens and making out lives a hell of a lot funnier. In 1994, the boys decided to "quit while they were ahead" and move on to other things.

Bruce moved from in front of the camera to behind it when he decided to direct Dog Park in 1995 and Superstar in 1999. He also put out two very funny comedy albums. Shame Based Man and Drunk Baby Project.

Scott took his vibrantly gay KITH character, Buddy Cole out on the road and soon after wrote a biography based on him called Buddy Babylon. He also did the Larry Sanders Show but left because of creative differences.

Dave did the successful American sitcom NewsRadio in 1995 along with the hit Pixar computer animation release, A Bugs Life. And just recently, perhaps Daves biggest accomplishment yet, he was blessed with a baby girl. He is also currently working on a new movie entitled White Coats

Mark had a very short stint on SNL. In 1998, he played a preacher in a Night at the Roxberry starring Saturday Night Live favorites Chris Kattan and Will Farrell.

Kevin became the king of guest appearances being spotted on everything from That 70s Show to the comedy sci-fi movie Galaxy Quest. Kevin also adapted the Joseph Conrad novel Lord Jim and re-wrote it into a screenplay he calls Officer Bob.

The Kids now are not at all kids anymore. They are all in their early forties with families, tragedies, and heartbreak a part of their life now. But even after one box office flob, a near break up, five different career paths, two tours and fourteen years later...yep, they STILL rule sketch comedy.