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In the news: Rent-a-Goalie interview

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From me at Blogcritics, based on the Blogtalkradio interview:

  • Rent-a-Goalie Is As Heart-Filled As It Is Fart-Filled
    “Rent-a-Goalie, which just finished production on a third season set to air in the fall, is an ensemble comedy centred around Cake, a recovered-from-every-imaginable-addiction hockey nut who runs his replacement goalie service out of Cafe Primo in Toronto’s Little Italy. Cake lives by The Code, his personal philosophy on life that keeps him out of trouble. Almost.” Read more.

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In the news: Robson Arms’ renovation

From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service:

  • One roof, different worlds
    “Smells like – old paint. The building in Robson Arms may be old, but starting today, the episodes are new. And CTV’s eccentric, slice-of-life anthology series about the wacky, sad and occasionally lonely residents of a low-rise apartment block in Vancouver’s West End will maintain its frisky joie de vivre, insist the show’s creators, Susin Nielsen and Gary Harvey.” Read more.
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In the news: Alisen Down of Robson Arms

From Yvonne Zacharias of the Vancouver Sun:

  • Actress finds comfort in Robson Arms character
    “Actress Alisen Down is going on to her third season playing Sault Ste. Marie, the accident-prone, angst-ridden Bridget Jones-type character of Robson Arms. The series’ third season debuts tonight. Down feels she is getting closer all the time to a character who she describes as ‘everyone’s most embarrassing moment.'” Read more.
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TV, eh? podcast: X-Weighted, Rent-a-Goalie, CaptioningSUCKS.com

The latest TV, eh? podcast is now available.

  • At the top of the show: X-Weighted contestant Gaia joined us to talk about her experience on the Slice network’s weight-loss reality show.
  • 15 minutes past the hour: Christopher Bolton, creator and star of Showcase’s Rent-a-Goalie, talked about the show and the season one DVD release in conversation with Denis McGrath.
  • 50 minutes past the hour: Accessibility advocate Joe Clark chatted about his recently launched website, CaptioningSUCKS.com, which takes aim at crappy closed captioning.

Listen in the player below, visit the show site, or  subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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