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john blanchard
 john blanchard director and producer 1978 -- present
john blanchard

john blanchard is a canadian television director and producer .
he is best known for his directorial work on the sketch comedy series `` sctv '' , `` the kids in the hall '' , `` codco '' , `` madtv '' and the talk show `` the martin short show '' for which he won a daytime emmy award for outstanding directing in a talk show .
he also directed episodes of the sitcoms `` grounded for life '' , `` wanda at large '' , `` cavemen '' , and `` unhitched '' , as well as a number of television films one of his notable films being `` the last polka '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- starring john candy and eugene levy .
he also directed the direct-to-video `` shriek if you know what i did last friday the thirteenth '' .
