Our Hero
Our Hero is a Canadian teen comedy-drama television series. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons on CBC from October 5, 2000 to January 20, 2002 and was syndicated in the United States and United Kingdom.
| Our Hero | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Drama Teen |
| Created by | John May Suzanne Bolch |
| Starring | Cara Pifko Jeanie Calleja Justin Peroff Michael George Vik Sahay Christopher Ralph Jesse Nilsson Robert Bockstael Mimi Kuzyk Daniel Enright Tory Cassis Erin Hickock |
| Composer | Carlos Lopes |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Steven DeNure |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Heroic Film Company Decode Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBC |
| Original release | October 5, 2000 – January 20, 2002 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Premise
The series resolves around 17-year old Kale Stiglic (Cara Pifko) who creates a zine about her life in suburban Toronto with her friends Ross Korolus (Justin Peroff), Mary-Elizabeth Penrose (Jeanie Calleja), and Dalal Vidya (Vik Sahay). Each episode was named after an "issue" of her zine. Plot segments were interspersed with quirky animated sequences narrated by Kale, with the animation reflecting the illustrations used in that issue's zine.
Cast
- Cara Pifko as Kale Stiglic
- Jeanie Calleja as Mary Elizabeth Penrose
- Justin Peroff as Ross Korolus
- Michael George as Ethan Stiglic
- Vik Sahay as Dalal Vidya
- Christopher Ralph as Malachi
- Jesse Nilsson as Rollins
- Robert Bockstael as Joey Stiglic
- Mimi Kuzyk as Mila Stiglic
- Daniel Enright as Bill Fisher
- Tory Cassis as Gordon
- Erin Hickock as Shana
Episodes
Season 1 (2000–01)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Imperfect Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 5, 2000 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Passion Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 12, 2000 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Gutsy Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 19, 2000 |
| 4 | 4 | "If the Shoe Fits Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 26, 2000 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Shallow Issue" | TBA | TBA | November 16, 2000 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Revenge Issue" | TBA | TBA | November 23, 2000 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Trashy Issue" | Gilbert Shilton | Emily Andras and John May & Suzanne Bolch | November 30, 2000 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Yin Yang Issue" | TBA | TBA | December 7, 2000 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Stupid Issue" | TBA | TBA | January 4, 2001 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Pusher Issue" | TBA | TBA | January 11, 2001 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Unresolved Issue" | TBA | TBA | January 18, 2001 |
| 12 | 12 | "The If You Love and You Know It Issue" | TBA | TBA | January 25, 2001 |
| 13 | 13 | "The Last Laugh Issue" | TBA | TBA | February 8, 2001 |
Season 2 (2001–02)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "The Comeback Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 5, 2001 |
| 15 | 2 | "The Trapped Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 12, 2001 |
| 16 | 3 | "The Porn Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 19, 2001 |
| 17 | 4 | "The Crabby Issue" | TBA | TBA | October 26, 2001 |
| 18 | 5 | "The Psycho Issue" | Merlin Dervisevic | John May & Suzanne Bolch | November 2, 2001 |
- "The Trapped Issue"
- "The Winnie Crundel Issue"
- "The No Regrets Issue"
- "The Birthday Issue"
- "The There's Probably A Word For This In Japanese Issue"
- "The Karma Issue"
- "The Secrets Issue"
- "The D.I.Y. Issue"
- "The Brown Issue"
Production
Our Hero was created by John May and Suzanne Bolch who also had writing credits on all but two episodes. May also directed a number of episodes. Along with Karen Lee Hall the three formed Heroic Film Company, a Toronto production company that is mainly focused on creating youth oriented television programming.
The series was filmed in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre at Front St and John St in Toronto, Ontario. To save time and money, there were always two episodes shot at once.
Some still and Super 8 photography for the zine sequences was shot with a very small crew along the city's streets.
Awards
Wins
- 2003 – Writer's Guild of Canada Award for Writing ("The Karma Issue")
- 2002 – Writer's Guild of Canada Award for Writing ("The Unresolved Issue")
- 2001 – Writer's Guild of Canada Award for Writing ("The Shallow Issue")
Nominations
- 2002 – Canadian Comedy Award – Pretty Funny Female Performance for Jeanie Calleja
- 2002 – Canadian Comedy Award – Pretty Funny Male Performance for Vik Sahay
- 2002 – Canadian Comedy Award – Pretty Funny Writing for TV Series for Suzanne Bolch & John May
- 2002 – Gemini Awards – Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
- 2002 – Gemini Awards – Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program and Series
- 2001 – Gemini Awards – Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series