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| Formation | April 28, 2007 (2007-04-28)[citation needed][contradictory] |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Sketch Comedy |
| Location | |
| Members | Ryan Steele, Amy Goodmurphy |
Notable members | Baby, Monster, Smoker Girl, Ladies of the Day, Moms over Miami |
| Website | beacons |
The Ryan and Amy Show is a Vancouver-basedCanadian sketch comedy duo composed of Ryan Steele and Amy Goodmurphy. They have toured Canada and the United States including doing Sketch Fest in Montreal and Vancouver as well asJust for Laughs.[1][2][3]The group produces sketch comedy shorts that are distributed via YouTube and on their website, but have appeared on other sites as well such asFunny or Die.[citation needed] Goodmurphy and Steele have starred together in on television shows, including:The Funny Pit (2012) withRoman Danylo;The Face of Furry Creek (2013–2014); and a 2011 episode of the seriesOut For Laughs. Steele appeared on the2014 season ofThe Amazing Race Canada, finishing in third place with co-worker Rob Goddard.[4] Goodmurphy has appeared onSuper Channel'sToo Much Information (2014–2015),[5] as well as the 2019 comedy film37-Teen. In 2016, the duo was nominated for aCanadian Comedy Award in the inaugural presentation of theBest Live Ensemble category.[6]In early 2018 the duo's short filmWhite Wine Boys Club won first prize at the Vancouver Just for Laughs Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize competing Internationally against other JFL Film Festival winners. The Ryan and Amy Show signed with Hadron Films[when?] to produce a 22-minute sketch comedy pilot, produced by Miles Forster & Chris Wilkinson.[citation needed]
Ryan Steele grew up in the city ofLangley, British Columbia, where he graduated fromH. D. Stafford Secondary School. He became interested in comedy at an early age, and started making comedy videos in his early-teens, with early successes 'Ferry Death' and 'Big Mac Attack'. After being diagnosed with testicular cancer at 19, he gave up the dream of being a comedian for a while. In his late 20s, he went to aTony Robbins' like workshop where he was told to start doing Sketch Comedy, so he started his own ensemble sketch show.[7]
Amy Goodmurphy grew up inNorth Vancouver, British Columbia, and is aSt. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School alumna.[8] She started comedy at the age of 23 after meeting Steele at the bar where he worked. He convinced her it would be worth her while to join his ensemble sketch show.[8] It wasn't, so she started studying acting at Vancouver Acting School, graduating in 2012.[8]
In May 2017 the duo had a viral hit with a parody song about the town ofKelowna,British Columbia racking up over 43,000 views for the video in its first two days. In the video, performing as Moms over Miami, they sang "My Sharona" bythe Knack, but with lyrics poking fun at the town.[9]
In 2019, Ryan and Amy released their eponymous film,The Ryan & Amy Show. That same year, they joined the 30,000 other celebrities on theCameo website,[10] selling short personalized messages requested by fans.[11]