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Our Hero |
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Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (October 2007) |
| Our Hero | |
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| Genre | Comedy/Teen drama |
| Created by | John May Suzanne Bolch |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBC |
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| IMDb profile | |
Our Hero is a critically acclaimed television show on the CBC from 2000 to 2002. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons, and was syndicated in the U.S. and U.K..
The title character was teenager Kale Stiglic (Cara Pifko) who created a zine about her life in suburban Toronto, with her friends Ross (Justin Peroff), Mary-Elizabeth (Jeanie Calleja), and Dalal (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.
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Season 1
Season 2
Kale Stiglic (Cara Pifko)
Mary Elizabeth Penrose (Jeanie Calleja)
Ross Korolus (Justin Peroff)
Ethan Stiglic (Michael George)
Dalal Vidya (Vik Sahay)
Malachi (Christopher Ralph)
Rollins (Jesse Nilsson)
Joey Stiglic (Robert Bockstael)
Mila Stiglic (Mimi Kuzyk)
Bill Fisher (Daniel Enright)
Gordon (Tory Cassis)
Shana (Erin Hickock)
Our Hero was created by the writing team of John May and Suzanne Bolch who also had writing credits on all but two episodes. John May also directed a number of episodes. Along with Karen Lee Hall these three form Heroic Film Company, a Toronto production company that is mainly focused on creating youth oriented television programming.
Our Hero was filmed in the CBC Broadcast Centre at Front St. and John St. in Toronto, Ontario. In some scenes you can recognize the architecture of the building; for example, in The Pusher Issue two characters compete in a contest to see who can stay inside a car for longest. The car is located in the lobby area of the building.
Some still and Super 8 photography for the zine sequences was shot with a very small crew along the cities streets.
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)
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
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