No, that’s not Wilford Brimley on the right in the tie. That is me, in 2018, back when I was invited by executive producer Peter Mitchell to lark about Murdoch Mysteries for a few lines as an early 20th century ticketmaster. The fake stomach was, well, all me at the time. The Lanny McDonald moustache
The streaming service britbox celebrated nine years of service this week with the launch of On The Box: The BritBox Podcast. To help sink your teeth into it, they even sent cookies in the shape of the heads of their hosts, Edith Bowman (BBC Radio 1, Soundtracking) and US comedian Michelle Collins (The View). Hey,
What’s up, doc? Well, for one thing, they are now showing classic Bugs Bunny cartoons on Turner Classic Movies. I first saw these seven-minute miracles back in the 1960s on The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour. By the time I was in high school, I used to take the subway downtown in Toronto to check out
It takes more than 22 Minutes to amass 700 episodes of a Canadian TV series — or any North American series for that matter. Saturday Night Live, after 50 years, is inching towards 1000 episodes. (It’s at 991.) The Ed Sullivan Show, from 1948 – ’71, was a really big variety shew for 1,068 Sundays.
On a special mid-week episode of brioux.tv: the podcast, meet Tara Bosch. Like Monday’s podcast guest Jay Klein, she is walking back into the Dragon’s Den a Canadian success story. Both came up with better ways to take sugar out of everyday snacks. Bosch, from Surrey, BC, had a sweet tooth but yearned for a healthier alternative.
Some of us just chew gum. While he was chewing it over, however, Jay Klein thought: how can I make gum better? Klein is the founder and CEO of PÜR, a brand committed to making snacks better-for-you and still taste great and fun to chew. Born in Florida, he moved to Toronto to study at
Who is that on the flight deck of the Starship Athena? Why it is none other than Raoul Bhaneja who has boldly gone on to wow audiences across Canada on stages as well as in feature films and television.The Manchester born, Ottawa-raised actor-musician plays Chancellor Kelrec, head of the Star Fleet’s War College, in Paramount +’s Star
The former Baronesses are back as Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill launch into Season Two of Small Achievable Goals (Tuesday nights on CBC; also streaming on demand on CBCGem). The writer-producers play Kris and Julie, two women at different stages of peri-menopause and menopause, who talk about it on their peri-meno-podcast. Hot topics include hot flashes, HRT’s,