Monthly Archives: December 2009

Affordable Housing

5 DAYS LEFT TO GET IN YOUR BID! George’s “A Flop House” – $81.00 – SOLD at $127.50 Erin’s “Time Traveller Gingerbread” – $88.00 – SOLD at $122.50 Zaib’s “A Little Mosque” – $20.50 – SOLD at $100.00

an opinion about CBC Radio 2

YouTube – volume varies – 5:56

The Hour poisons everything

“unlike any program on television” “one of the most respected journalists in Canada” … according to the CBC An obvious and simple format, with a host who can’t even write a proper sentence. Credibility has left the building.

a beating heart

Being Erica, Season 3 Erica Strange takes her career in publishing to the next level, becoming director of Digital Media at a public broadcaster. Intrigue ensues. After an ultimately disappointing affair with a charming TV host, she discovers that her true soul-mate is an anonymous blogger …

Dan Rather?

Which TV executive would you prefer decided if your show stayed on the air or not?

Ghost of $treet ¢ents Past

“That shit is truly fit for the Pit!” – Ghost of $treet ¢ents Past in Yes, the CBC paid for and posted this piece of crap

Max Ferguson reissues biography

Max Ferguson reissues And Now… Here’s Max in time for Christmas. Has anyone read this? What did you think? (CBC Radio clips here, to refresh your memory)

Air Farce launch surprise attack!

The once campy and innocent Royal Canadian Air Farce initiated a friendly fire attack campaign on its colleagues of the CBC. Under the guise of a pre-tape for their New Years Eve chucklefest the event quickly became a throwdown with its tight-wad overlords of English TV. Targets included the always cuddly VP Richard Stursberg, the mortally wounded CBC News HUB, […]

Fake Ouimet drubbing is reblogged with extreme prejudice

What began as a routine exercise in listing the idiots in the publishing industry who have failed to recognize his greatness went horribly wrong when bloggers got ahold of it and beat him mercilessly. I supposed you should expect them to get a little short-fused and snippy when your project is titled “The Cranky Copyright […]

Tony Chapman

“(George) is authentic; his consideration is for the story, not his camera angle or a demonstration of his intellect or performance abilities. We need to do whatever we can to keep him. [He’s] our Bill Maher or Jon Stewart.” ~ brand guru Tony Chapman, founder of Toronto-based Capital C

Yes, the CBC paid for and posted this piece of crap

Confessions of a Santa: (clip 4) “Mrs. Claus, not only my wife but she’s also a witch. Yeah, I didn’t believe it until I saw her give birth to a fucking reindeer. Scared the shit out of me.” (that’s the entire clip) The CBC calls it a HOLIDAY VIDEO, part of the cheery web page […]

Erica’s Photo Booth

Being Erica closes up shop for another season Tuesday night. Will it be back next year? Who knows. But the show sure went the extra mile for their fans, keeping up a “blog”, which recently showed the mesmerizing Erica totally smashed and yet still standing, explaining her “sure-fire coping recipe for immediate stress relief” (high-larious). […]

Hands On

Julie Bristow, Executive Director, Factual Entertainment at CBC Television congratulates George on his Gemini win. Julie’s been with the CBC a long time, so if we were going to learn about broadcasting and public affairs from anyone, she’d be our first choice.

Not a fan

“Just a question : When did telling people ad nauseum that you like ‘The Clash’ and dressing and acting like a gay biker ever amount to coolness?” – Not a fan, ‘The Strombo Show’ SUCKS