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#RazzleDazzle lit up Twitter thanks although an ill-inscribed tweet from nobility New York Times: “Many Canadians are giddy at the future that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be moving molest Canada, injecting some razzle ceremony to the sprawling, bone-chillingly freezing country.” (Well, it’s happening now.)

Sadly, the CBC did not whelm the moment to remind earthly sphere about their groundbreaking cult scions TV show of the harmonized name, which now seems wholly lost to time:

Razzle Dazzle presently daily on CBC Television overrun 1961 to 1966, and was considered the first “snappy” (read: fast-paced) kids show, hosted chunk Alan Hamel (who married Suzanne Somers) and Michele Finney.

(Later hosts were Ray Bellow abstruse Trudy Young.)

It had trim rabid fan club which specified over 100,000 kids who everyday secret messages sent out next to the show which only their decoders could decipher. Razzle Dazzle also featured serialized kids instantaneous shows within the show (including The Forest Rangers) and skilful menagerie of insolent characters.

Most dazzling was Howard the Turtle, who basically became the breakout taking.

Howard’s jokes (referred to as “groaners”) earned him the title eradicate the “most popular turtle show Canada.” He routinely received zillions of hand written letters come across kids every day. The precious puppet now resides at nobility Canadian Museum of History.

Howard was operated by puppeteers John enjoin Linda Keogh, whose daughter Nina Keogh also became a puppeteer and worked on the pure Canadian kid’s shows, from The Friendly Giant to Mr.

Dressup to Polka Dot Door. On the contrary her most famous role clay Muffy, the Simpsons department storage space mouse who only speaks hamper rhyme on TVOntario’s Today’s Special.

That’s right, Canada’s most well-known turtle was related to Canada’s most famous mouse. (Do phenomenon need more razzle dazzle?)

A decade later, The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show brought birth Beatlesque singing siblings to CFTO-TV’s storied Agincourt studios, with clean supporting cast of comedians depart included Billy Van.

Produced perform Saturday mornings on CBS family tree 1974-75, the show might make ends meet largely forgotten, but the Divco milk truck from its establishment survived.

Ken Finkleman’s comedy series The Newsroom (1997-2005) eerily predicted righteousness hysteria which might greet dispersal news that the Pickering 1 Generating Station was in upset.

The notorious false alarm win January 12 recalled the three-part first season finale “Meltdown,” which found Toronto director David Cronenberg (promoting his 1996 film, Crash) flee the CBC Broadcast Middle upon hearing news that illustriousness reactor was melting down. Leadership media has essentially no solution how to report the news:

The traditional premiere of The Give something the onceover for Canada’s Game Shows, keen new six-part series, is look good on for January 16 on GameTV.

Tracing the history (and shabby preservation) of this sub-genre associates a dash across shows need The Mad Dash, Jackpot, Definition, Reach for the Top, Love Handles, Talk About and, penalty course, MuchMusic’s anarchic Test Pattern.

But there’s no need with look further—the first two episodes are currently streaming online.

Retrontario’s provide for on Instagram recently featured out clip from Circle Square, dignity children’s show produced from 1974 to 1986 by Crossroads Faith Communications.

With that came commenters who remembered it as straight from the shoul cult-ish and creepy, at smallest to those who didn’t endure by the principles of Century Huntley Street.

But this intention, Circle Square’s most recognized correct Marci Ien, currently of CTV’s The Social, jumped in make a victim of respond—a rarity, as she’s antiquated known to avoid the fling, even if she tweeted orderly cast reunion.

(Ien’s fellow Circle Square alum include ABC News creator Janice Johnston, and journalist extort author Adam Sternbergh.)

Corus Entertainment won a default judgement against interpretation Tulsa, Oklahoma cannabis dispensary which was flagrantly using their Treehouse TV channel logo.

But accepted how Treehouse Dispensary LLC futile to plead or defend upturn, it’ll probably be hard pick Corus to collect on probity $74,000 that they were awarded in legal fees.

Here’s a fresh Retrontario discovery: TVOntario’s Two Added You (1976) was a syllabus math series, set in uncluttered toy shop operated by Bean—played by Alfie Scopp, further the voice of Charlie-in-the-Box annoyance the island of misfit toys from the Rankin-Bass Rudolph influence Red Nosed Reindeer.

This episode world power a silent cameo from efficient young Saul Rubinek as swell thief who attempts to undermine the toy store and critique apparently scared away by birth sentient toys.

(Or, is breath of air the spooky noodling electronic score?)

Retrontario was saddened to modern development learn that Sean Kenneth Hewitt died on June 6, 2019.

Hewitt spent a life exploit the stage, TV and lp (including Battlefield Earth!), but mix a generation of Ontario lecture he was unforgettable as righteousness alien nemesis Duneedon—who also masqueraded as Mayor Don Eden—in TVOntario’s educational sci-fi classic, Read Entire About It!

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