Dan Redican is a Canadian comedy writer and performer and puppeteer, best known for his work with the comedy troupe, The Frantics.

Redican left puppetry to focus on comedy when the Frantics formed in 1979 but he returned briefly in the late 80s to appear as a featured actor and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company on NBC's The Jim Henson Hour.

In 1979, Paul and Rick joined up with Dan Redican and Peter Wildman to form the comedy group The Frantics.

Dan Redican ( known as Dan Barlow on the show ) is currently touring with the comedy group The Frantics around Canada.

Like its predecessor Running with Scissors with Mr. Interesting in 1999, it starred Dan Redican reprising the title role from The Frantics ' Frantic Times radio series.

In the late seventies Redican performed as a folk singer with his band Poopy Dan and his lunch featuring Pat Logier, Rob Minderman and Doug Hux, though ' Poopy Dan ' was short lived.

Redican has worked as an actor, appearing on an episode of Seeing Things in the 1980s and in various small roles before landing the role of George, the next door neighbour on CBC's Mosquito Lake.

After this, Redican focussed on solo performances in London Ontario at Smale's Pace ( later renamed the Change of Pace ) Redican entered the world of television puppetry on CHCH's Adventures of Snelgrove Snail in the role of Conrad Crepidula.

Redican performed a number of times in Toronto as a comic monologist in small shows at the Rivoli as well as in " The Cheese Stands Alone " and " My Private Hell On Ten Dollars a Day " at the Factory Theatre.

Consisting of only 13 episodes, the series was a showcase for The Frantics, a comedy troupe consisting of Paul Chato, Rick Green, Dan Redican and Peter Wildman.

Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow ( played by Dan Redican ).

His monology drew the attention of Lorne Michael's and led to Redican becoming a producer and story editor for The Kids in the Hall.

In the nineties Redican puppeteered the character Hegdish on YTV's " Groundling Marsh " and Maurice the Maggot on YTV's Freaky Stories.

Redican appeared on Maniac Mansion, Twilight Zone, Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairie.

In 1988, Redican appeared on the hit children's TV show The Elephant Show as the Royal Ontario Museum's night watchman.

In the same episode Dan Redican from The Frantics, and more recently Puppets Who Kill, makes an appearance as a worker in the Regina International Airport.

It starred Dan Redican reprising the title role from The Frantics ' Frantic Times radio series.

Besides Redican and Mochrie, the cast also included Kathy Greenwood and Kathleen Laskey.

It was written by Redican and Jenny Hacker.

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