Dan Redican

Dan Redican (born 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and performer and puppeteer, best known for his work with the comedy troupe the Frantics. As a founding member of the troupe he has worked since 1979 on numerous stage shows, the Frantic Times radio show, Four on the Floor TV show (which aired in England and the US under the name The Frantics). They also have written and performed many albums which are still available on the website Frantics.com. Redican started his career as a puppeteer, performing with various partners at birthday parties and church functions, before joining Tom Vandenburg to perform two family shows at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on Dupont Street: "The Old Fisherman" and "A Day At Rotten Cheese Gulch". 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 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 ()