System Crash is a Canadian youth sketch comedy television series, which aired on YTV from March 14, 1999, to December 9, 2001.
The series centred on a group of students in a junior high school media club, telling the events of their fictional school, Lambton Junior High, in the past week.[Grant McIntyre, "From crass to Crash Kids' television writer/producer has done it all". The Globe and Mail, March 20, 1999.] Each episode usually had a theme, e.g. parents.
Recurring segments
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Fly on the Wall - Uses hidden cameras to show what happens when no one is looking (e.g. why girls go to the bathroom in pairs and what do they do once they're in there?)
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Burnbaum Helps - Burnbaum helping people. However, it always ends badly for the person that asks for help. It was replaced with Battleford Helps when Burnbaum left the show.
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Canadian Council for Concerned Kids - Zoe's informative 'public service announcement' styled segment, providing important messages to adults on the way they should treat and interact with their children.
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Garage Band - During the first season (1999), several of the episodes ended with a Garage Band segment. It featured members of the Canadian band Serial Joe playing humorous songs with the principal cast.
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Lambton News - Talks about current events. Hosted by Carla Waller in the first season and Emily Pereira afterwards.
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Sports Update - An update on sports at the school. Hosted by Wedgie Goldstein in the first season and Noogie Monoham (Zach Pettiford) afterwards.
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Lambton Legends - Looking back at various legendary athletes and other famous Lambton alumni.
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Lambton Home Shopping - Beau Peterson sells useless products and inventions to the students of Lambton via a Home Shopping Network styled-show.
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Movie Spoofs - Movies of all kinds were constantly spoofed - Examples include Gladiator, Cast Away, Star Wars, The Maltese Falcon, The Incredible Hulk, The Matrix, E.T., Jaws, etc.
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Kyle's Notes - Kyle Cooper giving unreliable lectures and his notes. This was used during the first season and ended when Ryan Field left the show.
Cast
Season 1
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Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum
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Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
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Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson
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Tony Del Rio as William 'Tek' Gibson
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Ryan Field as Kyle Copper
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Alithea Watters as Carla Waller
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Shamba Amani as Mr. Cooper
Season 2
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Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum
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Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
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Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson
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Tony Del Rio as William 'Tek' Gibson
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Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson
Season 3
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Nathaniel Siegler as Nathan Burnbaum
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Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
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Kendra FitzRandolph as Bridget Hendrickson
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Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson
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Rajiv Surendra as Chuck Singh
Season 4
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Haleigh Sheehan as Zoe McLaughlan-Fernandez
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Owen Rotharmel as Beau Peterson
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Connor Lynch as Bobby Battleford
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Esmeralda Smith-Romero as Samantha Briggs
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Nathan Stephenson as James Alexander
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