Scott Thompson Biography

Fast Facts

• Advocated to help free the comedian Zarganar from prison in Myanmar
• A cancer survivor himself, he supports the Lymphoma Foundation of Canada
• After leaving college, he met Mark McKinney as a member of the comedy troupe "The Love Cats․"
• Quote: "(On getting cancer) "What? I won the lymphoma? I had no idea I was even nominated․ There are so many other people that are more deserving․""
• Quote: "There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole - or a chemo ward․"
• Best known for his parody sketches of Queen Elizabeth II
• During his time on "The Kids in the Hall," he played over 100 waiters
• Threw out the ceremonial first pitch on the Toronto Blue Jays' "Pride Day" in 2005
• Was a witness to the 1975 Centennial Secondary School massacre
• Attended York University, but was asked to leave for beign "disruptive" in his third year
• Once set a Canadian flag on fire as a joke on "Tom Green's House Tonight․"