Have to agree with colleague David Bianculli of TV Worth Watching that the 1969 moon landing was “the best TV show I ever saw in my life.”Neil Armstrong, who died today at 82, was the biggest star on or off the planet that summer. It was July 20, 1969, and–like every July–I was up at
Saluting Silk. I tried to dress classy like Looking for Lost Girl? Showcase’s favourite succubus can be found Saturday at Fan Expo in Toronto. Anna Silk (Bo), Kris Holden-Ried (Dyson), Ksenia Solo (Kenzie), Rick Howland (Trick), Zoie Palmer (Lauren) and KC Collins (Hale) will all be live and in person, appearing together on a panel in Hall G from 12 to 1 p.m. and signing autographs from
After a few weeks off, CHML’s Scott Thompson had plenty of questions. First he wanted to know all about my recent trip to Dieppe. I was in France for the memorial celebrations surrounding the 70th anniversary of the WWII invasion (see previous postings). David O’Keefe, the Montreal historian who spent 15 years digging into declassified,
From Tuesday’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: At the age of 50, Roger Clemens has signed on to play for a minor league team in Texas. You can tell he’s getting up there. Today he tested positive for Activia. Follow @BillBriouxTV
Phyllis Diller, who died Sunday at 95, always struck me as the female Bob Hope. Her delivery and timing were very much patterned off Hope’s confident, straight at you patter. Like Hope the master, how she said things was usually funnier than what she was saying. With Diller, you thought it was all about how
Windom in 1997 William Windom’s death last Thursday brings up another indelible memory from that last stop on the fame machine, the Hollywood Show. Back in 1997, the Emmy-winning actor, who died of heart failure at 88, was among many celebrities from TV’s “Golden Age” taking part in autograph meet-and-greets with fans. At the time
DIEPPE, France–This is the view from my window at Les Arcades de la Bourse at Port de Plaisance.Well, it was when Joseph Vernet painted it back in the late 1700s.There are fewer tall ships now, a lot more white cruisers and power boats. Still, not a lot else has changed, as you can see by
DIEPPE, France–Ten things I’ve learned from five days in Dieppe: A McDonald’s quarter pounder with cheese in France really is called a Royal with Cheese The French like to crack eggs over everything Three words: pain au chocolat You can apparently never have enough prawns Fraise is not something you coin Air conditioning is for