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| SOWNY » Peter Yarrow Of "Peter, Paul & Mary" Fame Dies At 86 » January 8, 2025 5:45 am |
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Carter's pardon of Yarrow remained controversial over the years. Lawsuits and other allegations followed Yarrow for many years afterwards . Washington Post had a lengthy article about its few years back.
| SOWNY » You May Not Believe How Little "Saturday Night" Pays Its Regulars » December 8, 2024 8:40 pm |
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From Ford's biography.
As fate would have it, one of the celebrity patients treated at the Betty Ford Center was Chevy Chase, the breakout star of Saturday Night Live famous for his sendups of Ford as president. Chase’s subsequent movie career was checkered, and by 1985 he was seriously addicted to painkillers prescribed for his back. Before sitting down to lunch at the center, Chase and the former president looked on as their wives, on all fours, tried to figure out the wiring of a videotape recorder. At one point Chase got up from his chair and suggested to Ford that they might lend a helping hand. “No, no, Chevy,” Ford said, gently pulling him back to his seat. “Don’t even think about it. I’ll probably get electrocuted and you’ll be picked up and arrested for murder.”
| SOWNY » You May Not Believe How Little "Saturday Night" Pays Its Regulars » December 8, 2024 8:35 pm |
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Chase looked quite frail with Bill Maher awhile back.
Former president Jerry Ford was always quite cordial with Chase though his impersonation didn't do him any good in 1976 presidential election. Even visited with him during his time at the Betty Ford Centre. Speaking of ironies
| SOWNY » Mike Stafford? » November 20, 2024 1:19 pm |
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Any idea what he is up to these days? About a year since his last appearance on "Toronto Mike".
| SOWNY » Casey Togtema Meets Earl Warren... » November 7, 2024 10:12 pm |
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"Trreeemendous"
| SOWNY » He's Out! Bob Costas Officially Retires From Baseball Play-By-Play » November 4, 2024 2:19 am |
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And the second one where she talks about her dad and Jackie Gleason, Mel Brooks and celebrity.
| SOWNY » He's Out! Bob Costas Officially Retires From Baseball Play-By-Play » November 4, 2024 2:16 am |
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Good to watch a couple of interviews with Terri Garr on"Later" with Costas. The first one about Elvis, Jack Nicholson and the Monkees.
| SOWNY » Golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez Dies. What Does That Have To Do With Radio? » August 11, 2024 6:59 pm |
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And a documentary on Chi Chi and Devo.
| SOWNY » The Bizarre Cdn. Radio Contest Feud That Could Never Happen Again » August 8, 2024 12:51 pm |
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A friend was on "Definition" on CFTO and won a six pack of Libby's Baked Bean. Might have been a CFTO cap or t-shirt to supplement the ",haul".
| SOWNY » Summer Of 1989...When Black Label Beer Was Cool Again » August 8, 2024 12:41 pm |
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A-ha! There's Carl!
"Cheers!"
| SOWNY » Summer Of 1989...When Black Label Beer Was Cool Again » August 8, 2024 12:37 pm |
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Speaking of Carlsberg, it would be interesting to see some ads with Carl Holman, the Danish spokesman for the beer for many years, Haven't seen any of those ads on YouTube.
| SOWNY » Jim Henderson CHAY radio Dies » August 3, 2024 10:57 am |
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Henderson was at CHAY in the mid 1980's.
CHAY staff 1987.
| SOWNY » Jim Henderson CHAY radio Dies » August 2, 2024 10:47 pm |
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| SOWNY » Why did the Canadian media coverup the Alice Munro story? » July 13, 2024 2:16 am |
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Did the media even know? Did the OPP release a statement about the arrest? One would think that in a historic local case that there might have been interest in seeing it there were other local victims?
| SOWNY » Does Anyone Remember These Two Late Broadcasting Veterans? » May 11, 2024 6:38 am |
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According to the Hamilton Spectator, Ms. Breiks was selling advertising in the 1950's. Don Gauthier was a long time reporter for the North Bay Nugget in the 1960's and 1970's. He had a couple of stints on CKTB in the early 80's. He even ran for mayor of St. Catharine's at one point.
| SOWNY » Singer Steve Lawrence Dies At 88 » March 7, 2024 7:15 pm |
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Mike Myers does his Steve Lawrence on SNL.
| SOWNY » Metroland seeks bankruptcy protection, lays off 605 » October 18, 2023 4:16 am |
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All the grim details here. 60 pages of creditors!
| SOWNY » Metroland seeks bankruptcy protection, lays off 605 » September 17, 2023 3:40 pm |
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Well worth a read from Toronto life last spring. All about the difficult times with the Star since the new owners took over. Supposed losing a $1,000,000 per week on their purchase at one point.
| SOWNY » Metroland seeks bankruptcy protection, lays off 605 » September 17, 2023 3:27 pm |
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The bankruptcy/restructuring proposal will be interesting when it becomes public. Imagine the printers may be owed a !ot of money along with banks. Imagine the rising interest rates did not help matters either.
| SOWNY » Britcoms on commercial TV » August 21, 2023 4:41 am |
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RadioActive wrote:And although I don't think it ever aired in North America, let's not forget what may have been the most influential Britcom of all time - "Till Death Us Do Part," which was the basis for "All In The Family" on this side of the pond, the show that changed TV here forever.
Didn't "Till Death Do Us Part" air on Ch. 47 in Toronto for a time.
| SOWNY » Freedom Mobile Is Here To Stay/ Plans To Undercut Bell and Rogers » July 25, 2023 12:25 am |
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Telus appears to be getting ready for the upcoming battle. Recently updated my Public Mobile plan when they offered 30 GB for $39/month. $2 off per month for automatic payment. You do have to pay 3 months in advance and bring your own phone but I find that no problem. Service is okay in the Ontario exurbs where I live. Also give you a $1 off each month for every year that you have been with them.
| SOWNY » Families Of Wayne & Shuster Are Angry At The CBC » June 5, 2023 5:36 pm |
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Podcast with the families here.
| SOWNY » AM 640 Repeats Today? » June 4, 2023 1:16 pm |
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Any idea what has been going with all the repeat programming this morning? Rerunning Oakley right now. Technical problems?
| SOWNY » Twitter Labels NPR As State Affiliated Media, NPR Says Goodbye » April 17, 2023 10:44 pm |
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Imagine Elon will be upset with Friday's description of him as "American" Imagine he still has his Canadian passpor, two Canadian ex-wife and his time at Queens and the family farm in Saskatchewan. Pass the popcorn. Grandfather even ran against !Mackenzie King in 194.
| SOWNY » The Trouble with Tracy » April 17, 2023 10:29 pm |
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| SOWNY » The Trouble with Tracy » April 17, 2023 10:21 pm |
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"Trouble With Tracy" had a brief run on WOR, the independent station in New Jersey, for a couple of months inn1971. Supposedly, if it went well, there were going to be another 60+ episodes produced to allow a full 39 week/ 5 day per week run. It didn't go over well in the NYC market, I gather.
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