Thanks for the warning.

How did 'Sarah' record all those 1-800-GOT JUNK commercials while she was on her 'world tour' from the idiots at Spence?

The bad news is there was a shooting at Pearson airport this morning.  The worse news is Hank Gazinga (sp) has been on 640 with Frankish for what seems an eternity.  Nothing against the guy, but just repeating how lucky we are to have such heroic and wonderful women and men in blue really doesn't add anything to the story.

Binson Echorec wrote:

If I win, can I choose the cash equivalent of John Moore and Deb Hutton instead?

The alternative prize option is a Jiffy App 'Expert', to come to your home and Windex the dog nose marks off your windows.  A 6 dollar value!
 

RadioActive wrote:

Walter wrote:

Agreed about the latest Ikea spots.  Never liked them, but 'Scary Monster' has to be the worst thing I've heard since Fiona finally (hopefully) left.

There's good news and bad news on that front!

The good news: The new Spence spots started airing on Tuesday (endlessly, of course) and Fiona announced her work is "done" and she's leaving. 

The bad news: unfortunately, she threatens to keep in touch "by phone." 

With any luck, the room full of monkeys that 'write' the Spence drivel will just forget she ever existed.
 

RadioActive wrote:

I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but I keep hearing someone else talking in the background on Alex Pierson's AM640 show (filling in for Ben Mulroney.) It's intermittent and you can't quite make out what the other voice (a male) is saying, but why would this be happening?

I suppose she could be doing the show from home and it could be family noise. Or leakage from another studio if she's at Corus Quay. But it's very weird and very noticeable.

What could be causing it? 

It's just the sound of somebody trying to get a word in edgewise over the great interrupter.
 

From the same 'writers' that gave us the incredibly annoying spot with the woman whining and creaking like a broken deck, or whatever it is?  Never listened long enough to know who the ad was for.
Agreed about the latest Ikea spots.  Never liked them, but 'Scary Monster' has to be the worst thing I've heard since Fiona finally (hopefully) left.

RadioActive wrote:

The Speech From The Throne, the traditional start-up of every federal or provincial government in Canada, was read at Queen's Park on Tuesday. 

It is, as Scott Reid noted on a NT1010 segment in the morning, not only one of the dullest documents to write (which he did on several occasions) but an absolute snooze-fest to read out loud, one of the chores for whoever is occupying the role of Lt.-Governor. 

Back in 2007, that was the late, great David Onley, a broadcaster who worked at CFRB, CFTR and most memorably, as the City TV weatherman. I was lucky enough to work with David at several stations and a nicer man you could will never meet. He was simply beloved by everyone. 

One day, long after his political tenure ended, I visited with him at U. of T., where he was a lecturer. I asked him about the infamous Speech, where the government lays out its plans for its time in office. 

He gave me a look of boredom and told me hated reading the thing. It was usually dozens and dozens of pages long, as dull as counting sheep and as it droned on and on and on and on, even he worried he would fall asleep. I asked him how he got through it. 

And he told me one of my all time favourite lines, something he learned only too well in broadcasting. He said, "At one point, around the first hour, I seriously thought of putting down the document and saying "And we'll be right back with more after this word from our sponsor!"

I would have paid good money to see that, but of course it never happened. But he told me he was sorely tempted every time he had to read one of those things. 

He was a great guy and I'm sure I speak for all who knew him that he's very much missed. He passed away in 2023. Or maybe he's just in a long sleep from having to read the Speech. Either way, we will not see this kind of wonderful soul again. But every time there's a Speech From The Throne, I think of him throwing to commercial! If only (Or should that be if Onley?) 

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It must work.  Next time I have to go online to hire an 'expert' to clean some dog snot off my lower windows, that any stiff with some Windex and roll of paper towels could do in 2 minutes, I'll race to Jiffy-App, just like John Moore.

Sounds interesting for about one weekend, not every weekend.  Generally, I change stations whenever Charlebois, 'Science guy' Dan Riskin or 'Gas price guru' Dan McTeague comes on.  After a while, it all sounds the same, and gets boring.

Half a billion bucks for a guy who may or may not have 5 good years left?  Small wonder baseball is now unaffordable for most people.  Under Rogers, they've become the Leafs with cleats.

Kilmer should have won a best supporting Oscar for 'Tombstone'.  The most memorable performance in a classic and beloved western.  Then again, he also played the main bad guy in McGruber, which balanced things out some.

Isn't it spelled 'Morale', not that there haven't been examples of moral problems in the past?

Jody Thornton wrote:

Didn't Michael Coren switch sides of the political spectrum?

Over the years, he's switched sides on just about every social and political position possible.  The guy's a chameleon.  Anybody who ever heard him on 'Coren-uccopia' on CFRB back in the day knows that.
 

Dial Twister wrote:

Walter wrote:

Canadian voters have proven time and again that you really can't fix stupid.

So all those who don't agree with your radical viewpoint are stupid? Good to know. Count me in as stupid.

Duly counted.