My favourite Cable Access material we have found thus far is the Trillium/Scarborough Cable 10 Star Trek call-in show "Ten Forward" from the late 80s/early 90s.


 

Thanks for the plug!

Some folks here might enjoy the original Elmer the Safety Elephant statue & school flag we have in the display. Elmer was a huge presence on the Uncle Bobby Show shot at CFTO in Agincourt, we couldn't leave him out!
https://www.blogto.com/arts/2023/05/toronto-exhibit-brings-kids-tv-shows/

I recall reading that evening, The All-Night Show on CFMT (aka MTV) with Chuck the Security Guard was randomly calling pay-phones in NYC to speak with people about the shooting. Anyone know if this was true?

Retrontario is Livestreaming vintage Citytv content all-day!
https://youtu.be/b_q_nV7jY6s

I always thought it remarkable that in the 70s and early 80s, both Global TV and Citytv signed off with a song by Tommy Ambrose:

"Point of View"



"People City"


 

I hope he hung on to it as CTV has gone on record that no episodes of Trouble with Tracy survive. The 2" master tapes were all junked

R.I.P.
Bill even turned up in an episode of the kid series TODAY'S SPECIAL on TVOntario explaining the ins and outs of CFRB.


 

The Prisoner also aired on TVOntario back in the day. In order for it to qualify as educational, they had Warner Troyer do pre and post-episode analysis (later, they did the same with Dr. Who using Jim Dator and Judith Merrill).

TVO also produced this great interview with Patrick McGoohan, puffing away with Warner in a Toronto studio full of Prisoner fans. Top stuff!


 

Here's a nice vintage clip of Doug Riley playing with Tommy Ambrose. 

Don't forget Ivan Reitman, who got his start directing GREED on Citytv (with Dan Aykroyd as the announcer) and always thanks Moses for giving him an early break!

mace wrote:

Glen Warren wrote:

don't forget "The Trouble with Tracy"

 No full episodes are available on line and CTV claims to have the series in their archives

After much investigation I was told by a CTV archivist that they no longer have copies of this series, it was long ago consigned to the scrap heap.
YTV did rerun the series in 1988/89 so there is a chance someone recorded episodes off TV. I hope they did as that is all that is left! My father appeared as an extra in a few shows and I would love to find them.

What was it? Gone now

RadioActive wrote:

True, but you do it for a specific reason - the amazing site you run, which has tons of otherwise long lost vintage old programming. Which reminds me, I have some old All Night Show stuff on VHS somewhere, given to me by Chas Lowther after a radio interview I did with him at the height of the show's popularity. If I ever manage to find it, I'll let you know. 

If you've never visited the site, you should. But be warned - you could be there for hours!

Retrontario.com

Well, thank you kindly RA! I would *love* to help preserve any tapes you or other members might have from the golden era of Toronto/Ontario/Canadian TV... I can digitize 3/4", BetaSP, Betamax, and of course good ol' VHS... please get in touch and let's get it back in circulation!

Cheers
 

Retaw wrote:

Did City ever have a lineup of children's shows? I don't remember any, which meant it would've been the largest broadcaster in Toronto to skip out on that. While they were in various states of decay, both Global and CTV kept their stuff going until the early 2000s.

No line-up per se, but early morning screenings of Rocket Robin Hood, animated Abbott and Costello, and Hilarious House of Frightenstein surely count.

There was also a pilot made for a series called CityKids but Moses nixed it as he felt City was an adult station and there was no point in coveting the younger demo which was better served by other local stations. That said, I would love to hear more about the stuff Gene Taylor hosted in the mid-70s, like SEA WORLD and MONSTERS WE KNOW AND LOVE (I think they showed afternoon monster movies and he hosted in character as various mad scientists and vampires)