Hey, knuckleheads: the Stooges are in for a big year LIVERPOOL, N.Y.–Cinefest is probably the only place you’ll hear an audience break into spontaneous applause at the mere mention of the names Wheeler & Woolsey.That happened earlier this week when the generally forgotten comedy team from the ’20s and ’30s were glimpsed among a series
A couple of screwballs: Danny Pudi and Chevy Chase of Community What’s an analogy? According to Britta on Community–which returned Thursday after a four month hiatus, “it’s like a thought with another thought’s hat on.”Wacky, right, maybe even–screwball? There is enough of a twisted thread of logic to that definition to make you get it,
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to know why there are no pictures of me riding a horse while I was out in Calgary. I explain that’s because I wasn’t riding a horse. I was on the set of the Horses of McBride, an upcoming CTV Christmas movie starring Aidan Quinn and Kari Matchett. They
Canadians love shows about nerds who buy comic books Last week in Canadian television saw its share of reruns and mid-season misfires. The Big Bang Theory was Canada’s most-watched show, with usual suspects Survivor, The Amazing Race and Hockey Night in Canada also crashing the Top-5. Canada’s Got Talent stayed strong at City, with Leaf
Fashion Star “mentors” Jessica Simpson, John Varvatos and Nicole Richie Asking me to review Fashion Star is a bit like asking Rob Ford to recommend a vegan restaurant. The Toronto Star asked anyway and so my review of the new NBC/CTV designer talent search series can be found here. My review in a nutshell: if
Bob’s Burgers makes me laugh. The animated comedy returned Sunday night to Fox’s “Animation Domination” line-up with a funny episode somewhat inspired by The Goonies. If you`ve PVR’d it, watch right to the very end; Cindi Lauper even sings a song over the final credits.The series has a lot of the same visual and verbal
It`s true–Julianne Moore does an even better Sarah Palin than does Tina Fey.Judge for yourself Saturday night at 9 p.m. when HBO and HBO Canada premiere Game Change. The TV-movie is adapted from the best selling book that looked at the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign. Writer Danny Strong focused on the Republican ticket, primarily
Aidan Quinn and Mackenzie Porter take in the Moose Mountain scenery CALGARY–You know if there is a Beatles angle I’ll find it.Which is what I ended up doing about an hour outside of Calgary Thursday covering location shooting for Horses of McBride, a CTV movie currently in production for next Christmas.The holiday horsey tale stars