Wayne and Shuster were born in the same neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and met in grade school.[2]:20 In 1931, while students at Harbord Collegiate Institute, they performed their first skit together for their Boy Scout troop,[3]:142 and, as part of the school drama club, continued to entertain fellow students. They both studied at the University of Toronto, where they wrote and performed as "Shuster and Wayne".[4]