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Tag Archives: television
How a Jingle had to Adapt to Change
Cellino and Barnes I knew that these two lawyers were not getting along for years, but I never grasped how far it had gone wrong until last year. Until then, the Buffalo TV channels were still running their joint advertisements. … Continue reading
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Tagged 888-8888, advertising, Buffalo, death, divorce, jingles, lawyers, television
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Family Trees: Where We’re From; How We’re Growing
Who Do You Think You Are? I’m not sure how long this program ran, because there are earlier versions. But it was a pleasure to watch because the double whammy of a celebrity guest and any historical period was enticing: … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, ancestry, descendants, family, genealogy, past, past sins, television
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Canadian, and Proud of It!
Drama, Canadian Style (from The Book of Unusual Knowledge) Most people know that William Shatner, Michael J. Fox and Mike Myers are Canadian. In fact, Canada has long been a great source of actors and entertainers, as this list shows. … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, actresses, Canadian, celebrity, films, Hollywood, stardom, television
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Finally, an Insight into the Term “Kemosabe”
The Lone Ranger and Tonto I was reading a story of a young First Nations boy who went out on a vision quest (a time-honoured rite of passage into adulthood). He had been told that he would meet seven totem … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigfoot, humour, insults, native americans, native canadians, television
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A Canadian Prince of Players Died Today
Christopher Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) It took a long time before his quality performances were recognized by an industry who prefers youth over experience, beauty over substance. But in the end Christopher Plummer was seen as … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Award, actors, astrology, Broadway, Canadian, Hollywood, Oscar, television
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When an Author Names a Character to Make a Point
Les Misérables: Cosette It’s a very wee example of the irony that comes from the naming of characters in a story. Victor Hugo has an advantage over the rest of us: he was there during the Paris uprising. So, whether … Continue reading
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Tagged characters, France, movies, novelist, Paris, plays, television, writing
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Astrology: What a Difference a Day Makes
Desi Arnaz Jr. (January 19, 1953) You might think that your birth day should be personal, but this individual had a fictionalized version of it air on his actual birthday. Little Ricky came that same day… At the time, this … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, Hollywood, mother, spirituality, stardom, television
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The True Story Behind One of Television’s Greatest Frauds
Quiz (2020) It strikes me as ironic that the date that the original TV show taping was exactly two days before Nine-Eleven. (And I was still in Canada, not getting back to the UK until the following Friday.) Makes me … Continue reading
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Tagged 9-11, astrology, fraud, game show, hidden truth, reality TV, television, United Kingdom
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And Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Worse…
Les Misérables (2019) Sometimes, timing is everything. When the musical of the same name was finally filmed in 2012, we all thought, ‘How wonderful!’ And the songs were memorable, too. Now, the CBC have started to show the BBC miniseries, … Continue reading
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Tagged France, misery, past sins, redemption, series, television
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Another New American TV Show “Borrowed” from the UK
Call Me Kat (2021) The opening sequence has Kat (played by Mayim Bialik) talking directly to the camera (audience). Hmm. That looks familiar, I thought. Here’s a taster: Then I spied in the opening titles that this show is based … Continue reading
