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Corner Gas set sale benefits Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan

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From a media release:

CORNER GAS pumps out hundreds of props, set decorations and costumes for sale

  • CORNER GAS fans have the opportunity to buy a piece of television history

Fill ‘r’ up! CORNER GAS props, costumes and set pieces are for sale. Prairie Pants Productions, the production company behind the iconic Canadian television series will be holding a set sale March 25 through 27, 2011, from noon to 7 pm. Over 1,000 lots of props, costumes and set pieces from all six seasons of the series will be on sale at the Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios. The studios are located in a 2,300-acre lakeside park at 1831 College Avenue, Regina, minutes from the Saskatchewan International Airport. Part of the proceeds from the sale will benefit the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan. This once-in-a-lifetime sale celebrates one of the most beloved shows in Canadian television history. For more information, go to cornergas.com.

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The Unbearable Anxiety of Being Ken Finkleman

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From John Semley of Toronto Life:

  • The art of self-defence: the unbearable anxiety of being Ken Finkleman
    Good Dog’s reality-show-within-the-show eventually recedes (the network passes on George’s idea), but only after its premise has taken root. Instead of watching a show about a guy making a show about a guy living with a woman half his age, we’re now watching a show about a guy living with a woman half his age. That matryoshka doll meta-ness is a hallmark of Finkleman’s work—it instantly recalls The Newsroom, which for three seasons between 1996 and 2005 mapped out the machinations of an evening news show modelled after and shot at the CBC. Read more.

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Endgame, InSecurity

Shannon Jardine guests on InSecurity and Endgame

From Matthew Liebenberg of the Nipawan Journal:

  • Shannon Jardine to appear in two new television roles
    First up will be her role as the Crazy Nurse in an episode of the new CBC action comedy ‘InSecurity’ that will be airing on Tuesday, March 22 at 8:30. “I play a pretty psychotic nurse,” she said. “I tend to play a lot of different characters but I don’t think I’ve played anyone crazy before.” Read more.
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