La Fin du monde est à 7 heures
| La Fin du monde est à 7 heures | |
|---|---|
| Starring |
Marc Labrèche Jean-René Dufort Patrick Masbourian Isabelle Maréchal Paul Houde Bruno Blanchet |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | TQS |
| Original release | September 1, 1997 – April 28, 2000 |
La Fin du monde est à 7 heures ("The end of the world is at 7 o'clock") was a Quebec television comedy series, which aired on TQS from 1997 to 2000. The show was originally broadcast daily at 7 p.m., but was later moved to the 6 p.m. slot and ended its run in the 10 p.m. slot, with no name change. Although literally a reference to the program's original time slot, the title was also a pun; in spoken Quebec French, the pronunciation of à sept heures is virtually indistinguishable from à cette heure ("at this time" or "right now").
Hosted by Marc Labrèche, the program was a satirical take on news and current affairs. Similar in style to the English Canadian series This Hour Has 22 Minutes, the show mixed a mock newscast with satirical sketch comedy segments.
In addition to Labrèche, other personalities associated with the show include Jean-René Dufort, Manuel Foglia, Patrick Masbourian, Isabelle Maréchal, Paul Houde and Bruno Blanchet.
In the show's first episode, pollster Jean-Marc Léger of Léger Marketing polled 300 residents of Montreal to test the popularity of mayor Pierre Bourque, finding that Bourque would lose an election against media mogul Pierre Karl Péladeau or hockey player Jacques Lemaire, but would win against psychic JoJo Savard.
In a 1998 episode, Dufort successfully convinced former Montreal mayor Jean Doré to shave off his trademark moustache in exchange for a $1,000 donation to the Diabetic Children's Foundation. On the day of the 1998 provincial election, the show staged a prank in which a woman named Gertrude voted six different times at six different polling stations, leading to an investigation by the province's chief electoral officer; the program's election night special aired under the title La fin du monde est le 30 novembre.
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