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Elephants In The Room
A comedic sketch group started in January 2009 currently showcasing the work of Harry Klassen, Nicholas Paddison and Chrispy Paddison.



History
Elephants In The Room is the offspring of a brief comedy group called theharryklassenshow, founded by Harry Klassen starring himself, Nicholas Paddison, Chris Mrkonjic and Matthew Machanda. Showcasing their work through youtube.com, funnyordie.com, and on stage in their highschool, Wexford Performing School for the Arts, the group decided to expand and shed itself from having the group named after the founder. After many weeks of thinking, Nicholas Paddison came up with the name Elephants In The Room, based off NBC's the Office quote, "elephant in the room", when describing an awkward situation. As they began to expand their comedy, Chris Mrkonjic and Matthew Machanda dropped their names from core group members, now leaving the troup with Harry Klassen and Nicholas Paddison. They began mass-producing comedic videos, including a short film written and director by Nicholas Paddison 'Return of Aquaman', and a 10 episode web-series also written and directed by Nicholas Paddison, 'The Jack Ryder Show'. Aside from videos, the Elephants appeared many times on the stage of Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts. In the summer of 2009 they joined up with a comedy troupe 'Jahoba's Fitness' and performed in the sketch-driven play, 'The Clouds', where they played a handfull of characters, starring as Sophicles and Socrates. After graduating highschool in 2009/2010, they wrote and produced a three-night show in the summer of 2010 called 'Five Guys Who Would Never Sleep With Each Others' Girlfriends', along with fouding member Chris Mrkonjic, long-time cameraman and actor Chrispy Paddison, and Umed Abdullah. After finishing the show, Chrispy Paddison was offically viewed as a permanent member of Elephants In The Room.

Elephants on the Internet
The Elephants In The Room began their career with the youtube channel, The HarryKlassenShow, back in 2008. Then, when they changed the name of the troupe to Elephants In The Room, they created a new youtube account under the name Elephants In The Room. Aside from posting on youtube, they update information on their facebook group, along with having connections with funnyordie.com. They also have a blog.