My guest on this episode is an award-winning Canadian I’ve been hoping to interview since I started podcasting seven years ago – Jayne Eastwood. Back when the fabled Toronto production of Godspell burst on the scene in 1972, it made stars of its incredible cast – including Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Victor Garber,
Back in the ‘70s there was this hippie musical Godspell that ran for over a year in Toronto. The cast was mainly unknown at the time but wouldn’t stay that way for long. Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Victor Garber, Jayne Eastwood, Rudy Webb, and future Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer
I’ll give this to CBC, who yesterday announced that their 2026-2027 slate will include 50 original series from Canadian storytellers: this isn’t just the same old boring list of retreads. There are no spinoffs or re-brands. The slim lineups of new shows emerging from the recent US upfronts earlier this month were just more 9-1-1
Biographical documentaries were big in 2025 with profiles of everyone from Jerry Springer, Sly Stone, Charlie Sheen, Martin Scorsese, Led Zeppelin, Dick Van Dyke and Eddie Murphy also in the mix. The following ten films, with links to longer reviews, are the ones I liked best. Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max; Crave). What if the
Have you ever made a bucket list of places around the world you’d like to visit? Eugene Levy did for Season Three of The Reluctant Traveler, streaming now on AppleTV+. This season finds him flying to Mexico, India, Vienna, Ireland, Vancouver, Louisianna, Korea and even London. His tour guide in The UK was none other than
I sinned when I was a high school student in Toronto. I did not see Godspell, the musical. For my penance I’ve regretted it ever since. Who misses out on seeing Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Victor Garber, Jayne Eastwood and later Dave Thomas getting baptised into showbiz? Not to mention hear
This 200th episode of brioux.tv: the podcast features a SCTV original who remains one of my favourite people to interview — Dave Thomas. On this, our third podcast conversation, Thomas talks about his recent trip to Kyiv, a city where drone strikes and missile attacks from Russia have created a living hell for Ukrainians at war. Thomas
Hey lady and hey fella: have you seen Jayne Eastwood’s hilarious digital short series Hey Lady! yet on CBC Gem? I love the series, which consists of eight five- or six-minute episodes. You can stream all eight in the time it takes to watch one hour-long TV drama — minus the commercials and plus all