John Blanchard
2021John Blanchard is a Canadian television director and producer.
He is best known for his directorial work on the sketch comedy series SCTV, The Kids in the Hall, CODCO, MADtv and the talk show The Martin Short Show for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show.
He also directed episodes of the sitcoms Grounded for Life, Wanda at Large, Cavemen, Unhitched, as well as a number of television films one of his notable films being The Last Polka (1985) starring John Candy and Eugene Levy. He also directed the direct-to-video Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth.
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Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
John Blanchard
Martin Short, John Candy
A made for Showtime network comedy special with numerous skits and music starring Martin Short and featuring a number of his fellow SCTV cast members. The special has skits with characters such as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Jerry Lewis, and many more.
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
Scrooge
John Blanchard
Drew Borland, Nicole Evans
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife.
Scrooge
Screwball Academy
John Blanchard
Colleen Camp, Kenneth Welsh
Foxy filmmaker Liberty Jean and her movie company arrive at Wagatno Beach to film a torrid movie called "Say Cheese", going against the wishes of the puritanical Church of the Divine Light, leading all hell to break loose. The church's phony leader Bishop Wally plans to lead a holy war of the highly religious against the trashy film. That's when a bumbling gang of thugs are hired to sabotage the production whenever they can. How will the film crew get out of this one?
Screwball Academy
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
John Blanchard
Tiffani Thiessen, Tom Arnold
In this horror parody, a masked serial killer menaces the town of Bulimia Falls with various sharp objects. Attention-seeking television personality Hagitha Utslay is soon on the scene, reporting on the ever-growing body count. Former mall security guard Doughy shows up to protect the teenage population, but he's clearly not much help, allowing the murderer to pick off even more hapless kids as numerous scary movies are referenced.
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
Loretta Lynn: In Concert
John Blanchard
Loretta Lynn, Bruce Frazier
In 2004, Loretta Lynn underwent a critical reappraisal after producing an album with hip young guitar slinger Jack White (from The White Stripes). In the same year, this concert from the 1970s was re-released, offering a glimpse of Lynn's talents as a young up-and-coming country singer. Sixteen tracks are performed, including heartbreaking epics such as "I Fall to Pieces," "Let Your Love Flow," "Coal Miner's Daughter" and many others.
Loretta Lynn: In Concert
