The Amazing Gayl Pile
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The Amazing Gayl Pile is a Canadian web series created by Morgan Waters and Brooks Gray, which follows one man's misguided quest to conquer the world of home shopping, and become king of the TV pitchman game.[1] First created in 2014, the show stars Morgan Waters, Brooks Gray, Inessa Frantowski, Andy King, Leo Scherman, Daniel Stolfi and Natasha Bromfield.[2] The series has received numerous awards and has screened at festivals around the world; in 2017, it won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Directing and Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction.[3] Also in 2017, the series broke the record for most nominations at the Indie Series Awards in Los Angeles.[4]
The series premiered in 2014 on Sarah Silverman's online network Jash,[5] and was also available for a time on NBC's now-defunct digital channel Seeso. The Amazing Gayl Pile is now on CBC's digital channel, CBC Gem and was produced with the participation of the Independent Production Fund.
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort is the fifth and final season of the series. It can be watched on
Awards and festivals
2014
- Raindance Webfest Nominee - Best International Series[6]
- Raindance Webfest Nominee - Best Lead Actor[6]
2015
- HollyWeb Festival Winner - Best Comedy[7]
- Seattle Web Fest Winner - Best Production Design[8]
- Indie Series Awards Winner - Best Directing - Comedy[9]
- Indie Series Awards Nominee - Best Web Series - Comedy[9]
- Toronto Web Fest Nominee - Best writing, Best Comedy[10]
- IAWTV Awards Nominee - Best Directing - Comedy[11]
- IAWTV Awards Nominee - Best Writing[12]
- Canadian Screen Awards Nominee - Best Original Program/Series[13]
- Canadian Screen Awards Nominee - Best Performance (Morgan Waters)[14]
2017
- 16 Indie Series Award nominations[15]
- Canadian Screen Awards - Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction, Best Direction in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media[3]
- International Emmy Awards Nominee - Best Short Form [16]
2019
- Canadian Screen Awards Nominee - Best Lead Performance (Morgan Waters)
- Canadian Screen Awards Nominee - Best Supporting Performance (Inessa Frantowski)
References
- ^ "The Amazing Gayl Pile - CBC Media Centre". Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ "NBC's Seeso Brings Back Oddball Comedy 'The Amazing Gayl Pile' (Exclusive Clip) - Tubefilter". Tubefilter. 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ a b Pinto, Jordan (January 17, 2017). "CSAs '17: Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek lead TV noms". Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ "'The Bay,' 'The Amazing Gayl Pile' Lead Nominees At 8th Indie Series Awards - Tubefilter". Tubefilter. 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ "JASH picks up The Amazing Gayl Pile". www.thecomedynetwork.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ a b "Amazing Gayl Pile, The - Raindance Film Festival". Raindance Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "My schedule for HollyWeb Festival 2015". hollywebfestival2015.sched.org. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Seattle Web Fest 2015 Awards Winners". Seattle Web Fest. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ a b "Indie Series Awards: 6th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominees". Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "The Amazing Gayl Pile - TO WebFest | Toronto, Canada". TO WebFest | Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "2015 IAWTV Award Winners". International Academy of Web Television. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "2015 IAWTV Award Winners". International Academy of Web Television. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "2015 Nominees and Winners - Academy". www.academy.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "2015 Nominees and Winners - Academy". www.academy.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Nominations Announced For 8th Annual Indie Series Awards". Indie Series Awards. February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "2017 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES SPAN 18 COUNTRIES ACROSS 11 CATEGORIES – International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved 2020-06-24.