Jul 29, 2025
The Wonderful Grand Band (1980-83) was the most popular television show in Newfoundland in the early 1980s.
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The Wonderful Grand Band (1980-83) was the most popular television show in Newfoundland in the early 1980s.
Greg Malone
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
DOB: 19 October 1948
Ethnicity: White - Canadian
Occupation: Comedian, impersonator, screenwriter, writer, activist, director
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986)
Greg Malone says he wore brownface while playing Gandhi on CODCO
In the wake of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's brownface scandal, the Green Party candidate for Avalon is speaking out about his own past.
Greg Malone says he called the Green Party shortly after Trudeau's pictures surfaced to share that he painted his face brown and portrayed Mahatma Gandhi in a sketch while on CODCO, which ran on CBC Television in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
Malone also acted in a comedy special called Flower Hill: The Best Christmas Ever in which another actor, Kent Brown, appears in blackface as a character named Omar, something he objected to during the special's production.
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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986)
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The Root Seller on CBC Newfoundland
1980.
Newfoundland comedy is very specific.
CODCO frequently parodied the legendary CBC personality Barbara Frum, host of the Journal and mother of conservative commentator David Frum.
Barara Frum and the Journal were previously parodied by Andrea Martin on SCTV.