“TORONTO GOAL SCORED BY NUMBER 27, DARRYL SITTLER…TIME, FIVE-O-FOUR. UNASSISTED… TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE MARLIES PLAY HOST TO THE PETERBOROUGH PETES…” Paul Morris’s straight forward goal announcing still rings in my ears to this day even though he ceased to be the Toronto Maple Leafs’ public address announcer at the end of the last century. He
It was a blowout, with the Philadelphia Eagles up over the Kansas City Chiefs 34 – 0 early in the third quarter. The Half Time show with Kendrick Lamar? Pretty much meh. The commercials? Not that great this year. Add it all up and is it any surprise that the Super Bowl audience in Canada
Saturday Night Live is celebrating the big 5-0. Who better to put it in perspective than the Canadian writer who was there at the start. On this special presentation from brioux.tv: the podcast and LateNighter, Rosie Shuster tells how it all began. She was born with a funny bone as the daughter of Frank Shuster (half of
Think you know Jack about Wagner? As all Hearties know, Wagner plays sheriff-turned-judge Bill Avery on When Calls the Heart. The former soap star has played the character for a dozen seasons on the Langley, BC-based Hallmark and Super Channel Heart & Home series. As viewers will doscover on the Saturday, Feb. 8 episode, Avery will
Yes, that’s me in the shadows on tonight’s episode of Son of a Critch. I was in St. John’s interviewing the cast last August during production of Season 4 of the CBC sitcom. When I was asked if I’d like to also sneak into a scene as an extra or “background performer,” it didn’t take
Speaking of Talking to Americans: if ever we needed some frank talk from Rick Mercer, we need it now. Not that he addresses the news of the past weekend. I caught up with the CBC Hall of Famer last summer in St. John’s on the set of Son of a Critch. The native son plays Mark
Season Two of Mo, now streaming on Netflix, finds our hero in a tight spot. If you recall where season one left off (and why should you? Season One premiered way back in 2022), Mohammed “Mo” Najjar (Mo Amer) was stuffed into the back of a truck full of uprooted fruit trees having illegally crossed
[Editor’s note: I think the last reality show I watched and really enjoyed was Barbeque Showdown on Netflix. Generally, however, I’m watching scripted fare, especially comedies. So when contributing reviewer Maurice Tougas suggested his son Scott had a fun take on the Prime Video series Beast Games, I used my best Price is Right announcer