The men who would be Terry Gilliam.
If you haven't heard, today kicks off "Sketchtember" on IFC.com, and inspired by Nick Schager's look at the best and worst films derived from sketch comedy, I was reminded of Kelly Makin. Who is Kelly Makin, you ask? Well, besides giving "The Hurt Locker"'s Jeremy Renner one of his first breaks, Makin enjoys the status of being the de facto sixth member of The Kids in the Hall as the director of 30 episodes of their original series and their eventual 1996 feature "Brain Candy." And naturally when the Kids recently announced that they will return to Canadian TV for an eight-part murder mystery series called "Death Comes to Town," Makin was asked to once again call the shots behind the scenes. Yet Makin never had to slip on a dress in front of the camera as those crazy Kids are so fond of, and has joined a fraternity of...
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