It's reunion time, big time.

The Kids in the Hall are getting along so well on their reunion tour that the beloved comedy troupe is plotting to turn their funny business into a movie. Dave Foley, who moved on from the Canadian group that exploded in the '80s to a thriving TV and movie career, reports that he and his fellow Kids broke up after their show that lasted from 1989-1995, "Largely because we were sick of each other."

They got back together, he says, "in 2000 to see if we could stand each other and had a pretty good time. And now we have this tour, which features about 90 percent new material — a lot of which could be used in a movie. It's the first time we've written material together in 15 years — and it's proven to us we still have the energy and passion to turn out some good stuff. That's great for us, because we have a very low tolerance for being bored."

The former "NewsRadio" co-star reports that the Kids movie would feature each member of the troupe — Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson and himself — in multiple roles and that they've been brainstorming the story as they've proceeded on the 35-city tour.

He did find time to serve as a talent scout on the portion of NBC's May 22-premiering new season of "Last Comic Standing" that shot in Toronto. He hasn't been asked to take part in the season finale that will take place in Las Vegas, but says he might just be on hand anyway, "because there are some extremely talented people in the competition I know from Toronto who just might win."

BENDER IN THE GRASS: "Weeds" regular Elizabeth Perkins says she and several other members of the cast of the hit Showtime series are breathing a sigh of relief to be back shooting the series after last season's cliffhanger ending. "It was so funny, when we read the finale we all sort of stopped and looked at each other and said, 'Does this mean I'm not coming back?'" recalls the actress of the season finale that had Nancy Botwin — the show's pot-dealing suburban mom played by Mary-Louise Parker — getting burned out of house and home. "But we're scheduled to do 13 episodes, we're heading into episode three, and a large portion of the cast is still on our show."

The plot complication now is that Nancy is relocating her family, possibly to a beach town near the San Diego/Mexico border. "Nancy's on the run, and where she'll end up nobody knows.

So they're figuring out ways to keep us involved with Nancy," says Perkins. "But we're being kept very much in the dark. It really keeps it interesting. It's like doing a one-act play, and every Friday you don't know what your one-act play is going to be." The actress — who's garnered two Golden Globe and Emmy nods for Supporting Actress for her role as Nancy's antagonistic partner in crime Celia Hodes — says the only thing she does know is that when the show returns June 16, her character "is in deep trouble. Celia is in hot water because everybody's pointing the finger at her because her house was where the pot was."

HELLO AGAIN: Gerald McRaney and Delta Burke expect to spend the week in Florida for a Sportsmen Against Cancer event. McRaney tells us that his wife, who put herself under hospital psychiatric care for depression and compulsive hoarding in February, is now "doing fine, doing great."

McRaney appears as Angie Harmon's father in two out of three of the new episodes of "Women's Murder Club" being aired this spring, beginning tomorrow night (4/29). "Please write that Angie Harmon is the sweetest lady in the world to work with," he asks. "I was telling Delta last night, it is so neat to hang around the set with an actress who talks about real things — her family, bringing out pictures of them and stuff."

McRaney will be busy this fall bringing Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate" onto Broadway. The play had an off-Broadway run last year and drew stellar crowds including Robert Duvall, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

SKY GUY: Chilean hunk Cristian de la Fuente seems to be maintaining a practical attitude with regard to his ongoing participation in "Dancing With the Stars." "All you can do is your best," says de la Fuente, who's paired with Cheryl Burke on the show, now down to six contestants. Considering that the multitalented de la Fuente is a member of the Chilean Air Force's high aerobatics team, Halcones (he's a first lieutenant in Chile's Air Force Reserve), dancing on TV just can't be that scary. "But on the aerobatics team, you have time to train," he points out. "On 'Dancing With the Stars' you're always rushing to learn."

Regardless of Cristian's "Dancing" future, he'll be a prime time presence on TV in coming months — playing a minor league baseball player in the USA Network's June 8-premiering series, "In Plain Sight." His character is the main squeeze of Mary McCormack's U.S. Marshal character, who works in the government's witness protection program.

With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster.

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