I was in Sauble Beach that summer of ’88, looking up at a TV set with several friends watching Ben Johnson smash the 100-meter mark at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.Everybody in the room was standing and cheering after the race. The idea that Canada would win any gold medal at a
Annette Funicello was one of the biggest stars on television back in the mid-’50s. As the main attraction on The Mickey Mouse Club, the original Mouseketeer was much more than just the Justin Beiber of her day, a child star kids wanted to know, be like, grow up and marry. Parents adored her too.Funicello went on
Award-winning journalist interviewing former Naked News newscaster On Thursday, the Canadian pay-TV network Super Channel announced they are producing an eight-part documentary series on the notorious little enterprise Naked News. Production on Naked News Uncovered, from Toronto’s AllScreen Entertainment, is set to begin later this month and the series will air next summer.For those who may
Both still smiling but only one will be after checking his Twitter account After last night’s first Presidential Debates, Barack Obama may be the first U.S. president tweeted out of office.Forget all those instant polls flashed on CNN and CBS showing Obama took a whuppin’ from Mitt Romney Wednesday night. The instant abandon ship on
Democratic ticket Biden-Obama You may not have heard about this, but they’re having an election in November in the United States.The first of four live televised Presidential debates begins tonight at 9 p.m. This one will be held at the University of Denver in Colorado. The square off on domestic issues between president Barack Obama
Was up north painting the unplugged cottage and a bit behind on posting, so missed this milestone from Sunday: the 50th anniversary of the first Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. Carson’s official debut on Oct. 1, 1962 only survives on a short audio clip. As has been noted here before, the first 10 years of
I’ve been up at the unplugged cottage, sanding and painting, so was not in front of my laptop Sept. 28 to do the 40th annual salute to St. Paul. A few catch up musings: Henderson’s goal was, without a doubt, the most electrifying thing I ever saw on TV. It is hard to put in
Thursday marks the sixth season return of Canada’s most-watched TV series: The Big Bang Theory. The CBS/CTV comedy shows no sign of slowing down even after two full seasons of nightly syndication.There’s also two of the most promising new network dramas premiering tonight: Last Resort and Elementary (“New Holmes. New Watson. New York”), although I