Here’s the latest CKCO flashback. This time, David Imrie, who’s been a reporter there longer than I’ve been alive, looks at how much the news team’s technology has evolved over the years.
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CKCO Remembers The Good Old Days Of Local TV
Here’s the second part of CKCO’s series on its history. It’s a fun one, looking at some of the shows produced by the station over the years, back when local programming was an actual thing that existed rather than the tired marketing cry of massive corporations that don’t feel like they make enough money that …
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Happy 60th Birthday, CKCO TV
We’re supposed to call it CTV Kitchener now, but it’ll always be CKCO to me. But whatever your name of choice, this year marks its 60th anniversary. All this week, they’re doing flashback segments on the news looking at the history of the station. I love that sort of thing especially when It’s something I …
Rob Ford Does His Part To Ensure That Being Rob Ford Doesn’t Spread To Future Generations
So, how did you celebrate Canada’s big gold medal hockey win on Sunday? Did you drink a few beers? Clap? Yell? Cheer? Scream? Accidentally mash your man parts into a fire hydrant? Rob Ford runs groin-first into fire hydrant while celebrating Canada’s gold medal in hockey For the second straight time, Rob Ford’s celebration of …
Goodbye, Harold Ramis
I was sad to hear that Harold Ramis died yesterday. Everyone is remembering him for all of the classic movies he was a part of as they should, but to me he’ll always be Moe Green from the early years of SCTV since I used to watch reruns of that show all the time. Those …
Oh MiO My Oh Eeewwww
Now that I’ve written about the Enzyte hotel, I figured I’d write about another commercial, or couple of them, that I’ve meant to write about for months. Out of the blue, these commercials appeared for this Mio stuff. From the audio, I had no friggin idea what this stuff was, but it didn’t sound good. …
Now I Want A Beavertail!
We need to fix something. Steve’s never had a beavertail! … At which point tons of people think I’m actually talking about eating a beaver’s tail. No no no. There are these fried pastry things that look like a beaver’s tail. Since I grew up near Ottawa, our family would go to Ottawa a lot, …
The Enzyte Hotel?
Steve mentioned Trivago the other day, which reminded me that I wanted to write something about Trivago, have been meaning to for a while. When I first heard a Trivago commercial, I wasn’t paying attention. I heard its whistling song, and then a reference to finding a hotel. My first thought was complete shock. In …
Greetings, Sports Fans! You’re All Going To Die!
I haven’t watched a second of NBC’s Olympic coverage, because who does that if he doesn’t have to? Seriously, it’s pretty well always useless and horrible, not even worth the energy it would take to press the remote buttons to get there. But since I am nothing if not a fair man, I will readily …
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Not In My Back Yard
As I was writing last night’s post about the completely ridiculous opposition to a new women’s shelter in Cambridge, my mind kept drifting back to this old George Carlin bit. He pretty much nails it, as usual.