At a dinner gathering at our friends’ place last night we got talking about television. One of the gang is anticipating a work/life/commute change and she’s excited about actually watching TV shows as they happen. Of course, that’s no longer necessary in these days of PVRs and “on demand” television channels. But it brought me back to the days of ‘appointment tv’. …
Dr. Laura has been dishing out judgemental advice on radio airwaves for 30 years and she’s about to hang up her headphones after this latest fracas over something she said. …
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Years ago when someone would ask me my ultimate career goal I’d say, “to replace Mary Hart on Entertainment Tonight!” Well Mary Hart is finally leaving the show and fortunately for me, my goal of succeeding her was happily abandoned long ago – so I’m not disappointed that I wouldn’t be considered for the job in a million years! …
Lawsuits for gigantic amounts of money crop up every once in a while and usually over something pretty stupid. …
820 Cham in Hamilton has abandoned its feeble stab at the talk radio format and has returned to its roots – country music. Yesterday I tuned in to find out how it was going and heard one of my favourite singers of all time. Ronnie Dunn of Brooks and Dunn, singing My Maria. …
I’ve noticed a trend developing in my little life. …
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So ol’ Lloyd Robertson, the man who has had a grandfatherly smile for as long as I can remember is finally going to retire after leaving a 35 year butt-print in the CTV anchor chair. Well, he wasn’t the main anchor that whole time but I really wanted to write “35 year butt-print”. Naturally, people are asking me about his replacement, Lisa LaFlamme. I say “Hurrah!” but not because she’s a woman, because she’s a Lisa. …
Former host of The Insider, Pat O’Brien, is writing his autobiography. The nasally-voiced, bookish talking head made headlines a few years ago for creepily propositioning a young female colleague (caught on tape, on her answering machine) and later for a workplace email in which he claimed Insider co-host Lara Spencer made viewers “want to vomit”.  So the man’s no saint.  He has sobered up and is trying to fly right. …
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If I ever see dolphin on a menu, it’s not necessarily a reason to be startled that a fellow mammal is being pan-seared and served on a bed of rice. …
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I have to admit I didn’t even know Dr. Demento was still on the air! …
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The country’s largest outdoor car show happens right in our back yard. …
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Comedian Sarah Silverman’s first book was a letdown. …
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