Everything about Uncategorized, eh?

Uncategorized

Link: Don Ferguson and RCAF: More New Year’s Eve Craziness

From Jim Bawden:

Don Ferguson and RCAF: More New Year’s Eve Craziness
So here I am in my study waiting for Don Ferguson one of the founding fathers of CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce to ring through to promote his latest New Year’s Eve CBC-TV special.

It premieres Thursday December 31 at 8 p.m. on CBC-TV. Got that?
And I’m trying to remember where it was we first met.

I think it must have been in Hamilton where Ferguson, partner Roger Abbott, Luba Goy, Dave Broadfoot and John Morgan were readying to perform two shows at Hamilton Place. Continue reading. 

Facebooktwitterredditlinkedinmail
Uncategorized

Link: The Oral History of 1990s YTV

1 Comment

From Will Sloan of Torontoist:

The Oral History of 1990s YTV
There were some channels that had after-school programming, and of course you could see Fred Penner and Elmo on TVO and PBS, but there was only one channel that delivered youth-targeted content at all hours of the day. And if you wanted to see something on it, you had to watch it when it aired, or else there would be no guarantee you’d ever see that episode of Puttnam’s Prairie Emporium ever again.

If you were a kid growing up in Canada in the ’90s, you watched YTV. Continue reading.

Facebooktwitterredditlinkedinmail
Uncategorized

Link: Stan Jacobson: TV producer changed Johnny Cash’s life

From Fred Langan of The Globe and Mail:

Stan Jacobson: TV producer changed Johnny Cash’s life
Stan Jacobson produced dozens of Canadian and American television shows over five decades, including several seasons of The Wayne and Shuster Show. He also produced live spectacles, such as the opening ceremony of the 1988 Calgary Olympics and the opening of the SkyDome, in Toronto, in June, 1989. But it was a CBC television special on Johnny Cash, which Mr. Jacobson produced, wrote and directed, that changed both men’s lives. Continue reading.

Facebooktwitterredditlinkedinmail
Uncategorized

Link: As It Happens found Jonathan Torrens’ long-lost Linden MacIntyre skit on 22 Minutes

From CBC:

As It Happens found Jonathan Torrens’ long-lost Linden MacIntyre skit on 22 Minutes
Last week on As It Happens, we interviewed actor Jonathan Torrens, known for his roles in TV shows like Trailer Park Boys and Mr. D. Host Carol Off was asking him about his plan to offer free flights to Nova Scotia film workers hurt by cuts to the province’s film industry. But, before the interview officially began, Carol Off and Torrens were doing the usual banter while we tested for sound levels and other stuff. That’s when she had one burning question for Torrens. It was about her husband, Linden MacIntyre. Here’s how it went … Read more.

Facebooktwitterredditlinkedinmail