Bob Robertson
Political Satirist
Bob Robertson is one of Canada’s premier entertainers, having performed hundreds of times from coast to coast across Canada. Bob is also the co-founder, along with Linda Cullen, of the CBC Radio comedy series Double Exposure, and one of the most popular programs in CBC Radio's history.Bob is also a celebrated columnist, having penned political satire for both The Globe and Mail and The Ottawa Citizen. A bestselling author, Bob's recent book, The Mayan Horror, is a humourous look at the hysteria surrounding the projected end of the world by the Mayan Calendar.
Bob Robertson is one of Canada’s premier entertainers with a resume of hundreds of performances from coast to coast in Canada.
As well as entertaining at corporate and community events, Bob is also the co-founder, along with Linda Cullen, of the CBC Radio comedy series Double Exposure, a program which was one of the most popular in CBC history. It ran for ten and a half years with an average weekly audience of over 300 thousand listeners. During that time, Double Exposure was nominated three times for the Actra Radio awards, winning for Best Comedy Program. From 1990 to 1997, as part of Double Exposure, Bob toured Canada, playing in major theatres in every province and territory, including the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, The Jubilee Auditoriums in Calgary and Edmonton, the Royal Alex Theatre in Toronto, and The Orpheum in Vancouver, among many others.
Bob also wrote, produced and performed an annual New Year’s Eve television special as part of the Double Exposure franchise on the national CBC TV network called A Swift Kick in The Year End. It ran for three years with exceptional ratings of over two million viewers.
In 1997, Double Exposure became a weekly comedy program on the CTV network. As well as writing and performing, Bob was one of the executive producers of the series. Double Exposure ran on CTV for three years until the spring of 2000. During that time it was nominated for six Gemini Awards including the Chrysler Canada “People’s Choice Award” for the six highest-rated Canadian television programs. Double Exposure also won the U.S International Film and Video Festival’s Gold Camera Award as well as the Saskatoon Film and Video Festival’s Golden Sheaf Award.
As a writer, Bob co-wrote a bestselling Canadian comedy book in 1995, wrote over 40 political satire columns for The Globe and Mail, and wrote a weekly political satire column for The Ottawa Citizen for over two years. Bob’s most recent book is a humourous book about the hysteria surrounding the end of the Mayan Calendar on December 21st, 2012, called The Mayan Horror (Anvil Books).
Bob also continues to entertain Canadians across Canada on radio, television and in conferences. In 2004, Bob, as part of Double Exposure was inducted into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame. The Double Exposure star is in the sidewalk on Granville Street, Vancouver’s Entertainment Row.
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