Here is why Jonathan Torrens is the perfect Canada Day Weekend podcast guest:
As a producer, he is behind two new Canadian TV comedies: Pretty Blind, starring Jennie Bovard as a legally blind but supremely independent library worker (premiering July 8 on AMI); and 0-60 Driving Academy, steering headlong into a second season on Bell Fibe.
Then there are his IMDb credits. The PEI native has worked on the following CanCon favourites: Trailer Park Boys (as rapper J-Roc), Mr. d; Letterkenny and Shoresy; This Hour Has 22 Minutes; Wipeout Canada; Call Me Fitz; Moonshine; Degrassi: The Next Generation and The Royal Canadian Air Farce.
Before all that, he got his start at CBC as a teenager as host of Street Cents, which led to his own shows, Jonovision, and Jonathan Cross’s Canada.
Had he been born sooner he would also have been on The Beachcombers and The Littlest Hobo. Join us for the ultimate deep dive into CanCon TV.
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