TV's Jon Dore is based on the life of a man named Jon Dore portrayed on television in The Jon Dore Television Show. To say that Jon's depiction of himself is "impressive" would be an understatement. Even Jon Dore himself agrees.

"I could not portray myself the way TV's Jon Dore portrays me," said Dore. "The Jon Dore Television Show is the most important event in the history of television. It will change the way we all think about strippers and running obstacle courses in tight shorts."

In The Jon Dore Television Show, Dore's flat-out, crazy take on life is told through an array of real-life interviews, off-the-wall tangents and wild antics. In each episode, Dore fearlessly throws himself in the line-of-fire as he sets out to correct his faults and make all his "wrongs" right again.

"Nobody but Jon Dore could have pulled off this kind of life-changing television program," said Brent Haynes, the big programming boss at The Comedy Network. "The other great thing about this show is that TV's Jon Dore is much easier to get along with than the actual Jon Dore."

John Brunton, Co-Creator and Executive Producer, Insight Productions adds: "Now that we've started production on The Jon Dore Television Show, it's evident that he's nuts and I'm really scared."

In the premiere episode, "Fertility," Jon sets out to discover whether he is fertile or not. When Jon was seven-years-old, he had surgery to correct an undescended testicle. His Aunt Kathy informs him that he may not be able to have children because of that early complication. To find out once and for all, Jon makes a visit to the urologist, argues with his balls and eventually proves to everyone that he can be a kick-ass role model for children.

In other episodes, Jon takes his shrinks' advice and sets out to get happy, tries anything to get off the smokes (including hypnotism) and sets out to get fit after being given the opportunity to audition for a soft-core porn movie.

Doing things the normal way is not Jon Dore's style. Case in point: the free-wheeling, Ottawa-born comedian was already a nationally-recognized face when he won the award for Best Newcomer at the 2006 Canadian Comedy Awards. Before his climb up the comedy ladder, Jon honed his creativity and quick improv skills in a three year stint co-hosting Rogers Television's Daytime show. That led to a feature role on the hottest Canadian program in the country, Canadian Idol, where he was the wacky correspondent to straight man host Ben Mulroney. In 2003, eager to translate his on-camera success to the stage, Jon took part in the Homegrown Comedy Competition at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. It was a case of newbie-to-comedy-star in record time. This past summer he returned to the festival to host the competition for a second straight year. He also hosted the Fresh Faces Of Comedy Show at the inaugural Just For Laughs Toronto, an event which drew crowds of up to 20,000 to Hogtown's Dundas Square.

The Jon Dore Television Show is based on an idea by Jon Dore and John Brunton (Canadian Idol). Brunton and Barbara Bowlby (Canadian Idol) are the executive producers. Lindsay Cox (Hatching, Matching and Dispatching) is Supervising Producer. Ed Macdonald (This Hour Has 22 Minutes) is Creative Producer and Heather Muir is Co-Producer (Sean Cullen Show). The directors are Matt Hawkins (Moviehead) and Mark Mainguy (Pizza Shop). Ed Robinson is President and General Manager, The Comedy Network. Brent Haynes is Director of Programming, The Comedy Network. Michelle Daly is Manager, Development and Original Programming, The Comedy Network. Sarah Fowlie is Manager, Original Programming, The Comedy Network.

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