Tyler and Jordie Schwartz started their business of selling retro toys and gifts in 2007 as the Canadian Leg Lamp Company. The idea came after shooting their fan film “Road Trip for Ralphie,” an homage to the kid from the 1983 classic, “A Christmas Story.” Next they introduced Moose Mugs from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
Imagine being locked into a TV schedule where the only time you could see your favourite cartoons on TV was on Saturday mornings. These TV ‘toons were also packed with commercials for sugary cereals, none were vetted by educators and child care specialists and many had jokes that sailed right over your head. It was
If you grew up watching Saturday Morning cartoons on television in the ’60s and ’70s — or wish you did — have I got a show for you. I have a hard time rememberng what I had for lunch yesterday but I can still sing the theme songs from The Bugs Bunny-Rod Runner Hour, The
Halloween is one week away — scary close to the date of the US presidential election. Still undecided? About a Halloween costume that is? Come on out to The Westdale theatre in Hamilton Saturday afternoon for inspiration. The folks at this elegant, circa 1935 neighbourhood cinema have asked me to program an afternoon of 16mm