Remember Columbia House?

Most of us over a certain age know this company. We all had memberships. Sometimes multiple memberships per house under different names. I treasured looking for my new tapes to come in. One day getting the mail the there was days worth of new music to listen to. You know who you are. You remember […]

Kim’s Convenience. From Stage to Screen.

Canadian comedy is enjoying an unprecedented global resurgence. This Hour Has 22 Minutes continues a long-standing tradition of combining politics and humour. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a decorated history of making that mix work. Wayne and Shuster and the earlier years of Codco were among the best examples of politics and humour. While not political in nature, CTV’s […]

Stories for People – Blue Rodeo

Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy have been referred to as the Lennon and McCartney of Canada. It would be more proper to refer to them as the Keelor and Cuddy of the universe.are When Blue Rodeo’s first album “Outskirts” was released in 1987, no one including the band themselves could predict the impact they would have. […]

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The Outtakes.

Image from Wikipedia Page The week that I write this saw Actor Will Smith and his Fresh Prince cast-mates reunite from the safety of their home screens. The clip I viewed included a moving tribute to the late James Avery, who made Uncle Phil a famous TV patriarch. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was the […]