Remember When You And Your Buddies Could Quote A Movie? Those Were Good Times

What? Huh? Why your favorite shows and films sound worse than ever I’m not one who watches a ton of modern movies or TV shows, but even I have most definitely noticed this. And it’s not just because the television in our house is old as the hills. It doesn’t matter where I am or …

I’m Gonna Fall For The Chuckles Scam

Generally when you see an ad for a 900 or 976 number, it’s easy to figure out what the pitch is. A lot of them are sex lines of course, but through the years there have also been plenty that offer news, stock tips, gambling advice or even recorded messages from wrestlers or cartoon characters. …

I Love Seth Meyers’ Trump Impression

Perhaps there are people who do a technically better one, but Seth Meyers does my favourite Donald Trump impression. Admittedly I haven’t seen every Trump impersonator there is, but nobody I’ve seen does quite as good a job of capturing just how weird and out to lunch the guy can be. As an example, I …

Don’t Suffer In Silence

New favourite ad jingle, right here. I howled, and not because I took his advice and decided not to suffer in silence. How many takes do you suppose it took to get this just the way they wanted it? “Can you put some more annunciation on Hemorrhoid Treatment Center and then try to hit them …

Video Of CKCO In 1986

I was hoping there would be more announcements for shows that the station was broadcasting at the time (especially the locally produced ones), but this 15 minutes worth of commercials and clips from Ontario Report A.K.A. the 11:30 news from CKCO circa 1986 is still kind of a neat watch for nostalgia’s sake. One of …