F&D receive the 1997 Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award
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Well, it's old news now of course, but it was very exciting
to be included in a great field of comic talent that year (Glenn Christie,
Jean Paul, Paul Tedeschini, and Kristeen von Hagen were the other nominees),
let alone receive the award!
It was amazing and kind of odd getting a phone call informing
us that we were even nominated for the sophomore edition of the newly-created
Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. Tim Sims (1961-1995) the brilliant,
highly-respected Toronto-based comedian who died far too early, set
an extremely high watermark of writing and performance excellence, and
suddenly you couldn't help but feel a bit of pressure being mentioned
in the same breath as him.
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The fund, and the show around presenting it annually, has
grown steadily in scope since we received it. In 1998, we were invited
to be on the jury to help select the 1998 recipient. Our nominee was
the insanely brilliant Gavin Crawford, who, after being named the 1998
recipient of the Award, has since gone on to much well-deserved success
in Canada and the U.S. with his sharp writing and edgy, fully-realized
character work. Among other things, he's had "The Gavin Crawford
Show" air on The Comedy Network (Canada). Good stuff can
happen to good people!
Around November of every year there is a "Cream of Comedy"
televised presentation of the Award, which airs on The Comedy Network.
In 2000, the first 5 recipients were invited to do short video segments
of how the Award changed their lives. It was fun seeing what everyone
came up with.
For more information
on the TSEFA, past nominees and recipients, etc, check out their web
site.
Here's what our award looks like.
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