By the early 70's my dad had added one of those flytrap style outdoor UHF antennas which gave us crystal clear reception on ch 17, 19 and 29. Ch 79? Nothing but snow. I don't know where their original transmitter was located but Oakville is only 25 miles west of the city. I would have thought a fuzzy but still viewable picture would have been available. As a result I never got to see one baby blue movie.

One of the Baby Blue movies that CITY showed repeatedly was "Your Pleasure is My Business."
It was with Dutch prostitute, Xaviera Hollander, the "Happy Hooker."
She settled for a while in Toronto and this really horrible low budget movie was made with her in it.
However there was one notable thing about the movie -- the soundtrack -- which was written and performed by -- get this -- a fledgling Tom Cochrane!
I actually got a free copy of the vinyl record when I was at UBC.
I still have it.
Years ago I interviewed Cochrane and my intention was to bring my copy of the record to work.
But I forgot.
Anyway I told him in the interview that I would have asked him to sign the album, to which he replied he wished I had remembered to bring it in -- because he would have asked me to burn it.
To be fair, his songs were not all that bad, and actually the best thing about the movie.
 

CityTV got all of the attention and press when they were showing the Baby Blue movies but other stations also dabbled in the same thing.  CFMT already mentioned above by Paul Jeffries.

Global TV in their early years were not afraid to show soft core porn later in the evening, with no editing for language or nudity.  CHCH in Hamilton would feature much betterTV movies, even world premieres like The Godfather again often with no editing for language or nudity.

Even Wingham's CKNX got into the game in the 80's with rather seedy B and C grade movies late night.  Mostly incomprehensible European art movies, and naughty British comedies that featured lots of titties and bum and  Benny Hill style of humour. 

Last edited by paterson1 (May 3, 2024 11:17 pm)

Muffaraw Joe wrote:

Wasn't Xaviera Hollander on air with a TV Show back in the early days of CITY-TV

"Beauty and the Beast" co-hosted with Bob Guccione of Penthouse infamy. Perhaps the greatest and most mysterious of the early Channel 79 productions.

Re. Baby Blues, many of the 2" original Baby Blue tapes were returned to the MZTV Museum in Liberty Village a few years ago. 

I am young. Too young to be aware of what a Baby Blue movie is. 
The people who do have fond memories of actually watching those movies, (as in, not sneaking them in as a teenager, but indeed being old enough to watch them)
perhaps even on a black and white TV must be well into their 60's or 70's by now.

I would have been a baby.
 

Saul wrote:

Fond memories of sneaking them in as a teenager don't count?

In 1972 I wasn't even born yet.