One of the kicks of welcoming Eric Bauza as a guest on brioux.tv: the podcast in 2022 was being able to talk to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester and Tweety and many other classic Warner Bros. cartoon stars all in the same person. That he was born and
We all know Jimmy Kimmel stands up for the First Amendment. Now there is also joy in Mellonville for he has done what not even Martin Scorsese could do — complete a documentary about SCTV. Kimmel is the executive producer of SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of. The 90-minute documentary premieres Friday, October
The Tale of Norm Macdonald, streaming now on Netflix, is two hours of clips you’ve watched and laughed out loud at a dozen times or more on social media. We see all the Hall of Fame moments: the final Letterman appearance; the time Macdonald ridiculed Carrot Top and Courtney Thorne-Smith on Conan O’Brien; the relentless,
My guest on this episode is an award-winning Canadian I’ve been hoping to interview since I started podcasting seven years ago – Jayne Eastwood. Back when the fabled Toronto production of Godspell burst on the scene in 1972, it made stars of its incredible cast – including Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Victor Garber,
Screen legend Eva Marie Saint passed away October 6 at 102 years of age. The Oscar and Emmy winner was an enduring star, celebrated at TCM Classic Film Festivals and at many other Hollywood occasions. Her death also provided an opportunity for me to test something I’ve been requesting for years as a member of
For the third week in a row we track how things are unfolding in Canada, ratings-wise and also content-wise, on Saturday nights. The third episode of Season 52 on Saturday Night Live, simulcast with NBC at 11:29 p.m. on CTV, continues on pace with how the series drew in previous years on Global. Host Shane
It was 65 years ago this fall that The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on CBS. The half hour sitcom was not an instant hit, struggling in the ratings hammocked between Marshal Dillon and Bachelor Father and was canceled at the end of its first season. Executive producer Sheldon Leonard refused to give up on the
One of the kicks of welcoming Eric Bauza as a guest on brioux.tv: the podcast in 2022 was being able to talk to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester and Tweety and many other classic Warner Bros. cartoon stars all in the same person. That he was born and
Screen legend Eva Marie Saint passed away October 6 at 102 years of age. The Oscar and Emmy winner was an enduring star, celebrated at TCM Classic Film Festivals and at many other Hollywood occasions. Her death also provided an opportunity for me to test something I’ve been requesting for years as a member of
Sad to hear of the untimely death of the Toronto’s Sun’s iron man of editorial art, Andy Donato. The man spent a lifetime drawing cartoons. I met Andy many years before I worked as the Sun’s television columnist from 1999 to 2007. Back when I was a student at the University of Toronto I used
The last person I thought I’d run into at a festival of early “talkie” films in upstate New York was George Chuvalo. This was an annual event which ran for 35 years in Syracuse, N.Y., and showcased films – sometimes with live music accompaniment – projected on 16mm film. The guy who founded the festival,
Gloria Steinem was always more of a feminist icon than a TV personality. Still, her appearance at a memorable Television Critics Association press tour gathering in July of 2011 packed a Beverly Hilton ballroom. The social movement advocate, who passed away Sept. 2 at 92, was at TCA to promote Gloria: In Her Own Words,
Dolly Parton was such a welcome part of all of our lifetimes, no matter how old or young you are, that the announcement of her passing Tuesday at 80 feels like a death in the family. I will never forget meeting her in person at a well-known Los Angeles restaurant. Yamashiro Hollywood, located in the
