Things, and TV shows

[Bogen]

What's up with some of this shit? I assumed that stuff like BBQ chicken potato chips and the Ellen Degenerate show were inflicted on us innocent canadians because they were popular with our less cultured brethren to the south. I mean really, who loves that idiot raymond? Somebody must watch this shit somewhere, hell both these shows have won awards. Is it you? It ain't me!!

[Cobra_Commander]

If I were Canadian I'd build a log cabin and then kill myself.

[Bogen]

If you were born a canadian, we wouldn't let you live long enough.

[Cobra_Commander]

why so harsh? is your igloo melting?

[Jim]

Kill your TV

[Bogen]

Yeah, and I finally had to eat my last and most favoritist dog for dinner last night, cuz all the seals migrated further north.

[Bogen]

Kill your TV

 

it may come to that!!

Seriously, who is watching Ellen, and Raymond, and these reality crap shows? Why does this stuff persist? Am I missing something?

[iain]

for what it's worth, "Ellen" is routinely on in the health club where I go run sometimes. It makes me ill.

[JayB]

Whither thou Mckinzie Brothers? Stange Brew has to be Canada's most valuable cultural export ever. Hands Down.

 

But getting back to the subject - this is some strange talk for someone from a country that has unilaterally inflicted Celine Dion and Bryant Adams on the world...

[Ireneo_Funes]

Bryant Adams

 

Before Dru or one of the other Canuckians beats me to it, I have to point out it's Bryan Adams.

 

You forgot Ms. Morrisette.

[Cobra_Commander]

JayB: everything they do.....they do it for you.

[murraysovereign]

Whither thou Mckinzie Brothers? Stange Brew has to be Canada's most valuable cultural export ever. Hands Down.

 

But getting back to the subject - this is some strange talk for someone from a country that has unilaterally inflicted Celine Dion and Bryant Adams on the world...

 

I would just like to point out that while Celine may have originated in this country, she'd be working at a Tim Horton's in Chicoutimi if it weren't for all her adoring AMERICAN fans throwing fist-fulls of money at her every time she opens her mouth. I mean, sure, we let her get out in the first place, and that's clearly our bad, but if you honestly want her to go home, then for God's sake STOP FEEDING HER!! She desperately needs to feel adored by someone, anyone, and in the US she's found vast throngs of the pathetic, fawning idolators that sustain her. As far as I can tell, she's there because you people want her there, and you're welcome to her.

 

Let's face it - you Americans can't get enough of that dreck (or "dreque", in Celine's case). Not only do you keep all the Celine Dion's and Kenny G's and Yianni's of the world on artificial life support in order to satisfy your pathological craving for schlock, but you're actively scouring the country hoping to find more. This "American Idol" thing you're all addicted to is the pop music equivalent of drilling for oil in ANWR. Instead of constantly trying to increase your supply, maybe you should start weaning yourselves from that crap before it kills you.

 

And I, for one, can remember when Bryan Adams played Rock & Roll - Gawd, how old does that make me?

[bunglehead]

Watching American Idol is kind of like watching a train wreck. That show is scary.

 

.....I'd watch "Canadian Idol"

That'd be awesome!!

[Cobra_Commander]

The CBC is a great white noise generator for trying to get some sleep.

[murraysovereign]

Watching American Idol is kind of like watching a train wreck. That show is scary.

 

.....I'd watch "Canadian Idol"

That'd be awesome!!

 

I tried watching "Canadian Idol" but didn't get past the opening introductions. I seem to have a violent allergic reaction to Ben Mulroney - every time his face shows up on the screen I have to lunge for the remote to change channels. I'm sure Ben is a nice enough guy, but that face... depending on the angle I see either his father, or his mother, or even (shudder) both at once. So no Canadian Idol for me, which is just as well since I'm only half-way through my Special Bruno Gerussi Memorial Edition CD-ROM Box Set of the Beachcombers, and I want to finish it all by summer.

[Bogen]

Go Murray!

 

As far as canadian idol...

 

But maybe we can agree that even across borders, all these shows suck. Maybe we can't lay the blame uniformly on americans, cuz you climbin' types seem alright, but somebody has to pay!!!

[JayB]

Whither thou Mckinzie Brothers? Stange Brew has to be Canada's most valuable cultural export ever. Hands Down.

 

But getting back to the subject - this is some strange talk for someone from a country that has unilaterally inflicted Celine Dion and Bryant Adams on the world...

 

I would just like to point out that while Celine may have originated in this country, she'd be working at a Tim Horton's in Chicoutimi if it weren't for all her adoring AMERICAN fans throwing fist-fulls of money at her every time she opens her mouth. I mean, sure, we let her get out in the first place, and that's clearly our bad, but if you honestly want her to go home, then for God's sake STOP FEEDING HER!! She desperately needs to feel adored by someone, anyone, and in the US she's found vast throngs of the pathetic, fawning idolators that sustain her. As far as I can tell, she's there because you people want her there, and you're welcome to her.

 

Let's face it - you Americans can't get enough of that dreck (or "dreque", in Celine's case). Not only do you keep all the Celine Dion's and Kenny G's and Yianni's of the world on artificial life support in order to satisfy your pathological craving for schlock, but you're actively scouring the country hoping to find more. This "American Idol" thing you're all addicted to is the pop music equivalent of drilling for oil in ANWR. Instead of constantly trying to increase your supply, maybe you should start weaning yourselves from that crap before it kills you.

 

And I, for one, can remember when Bryan Adams played Rock & Roll - Gawd, how old does that make me?

 

You are not gettting off of the hook that easily Murray. The citizens of Canada need to realize that they cannot inflict this kind of aesthetic crimes on the rest of humanity indefinitely and expect to be insulated in your little northern citadel when the rest of the world gets fed up and decides to retaliate. The first step in preventing the US from engaging in its own "unprovoked" attacks on your sensibilities is to look deep inside your Canadian souls and yourselves "why do they innundate us?" Maybe then, and only then, will you begin to understand the changes you be capable of constructing an entertainment policy that makes your entertainers and programs less despised abroad, and keeps you safe in your barcoloungers..

[bunglehead]

Bruno Gerussi Memorial Edition CD-ROM Box Set of the Beachcombers

 

Holy fucking shit, I thought nobody but me knew about that show. I grew up in detroit, and we used to get a CBC channel out of Windsor. I used watch that show all the time when I was a kid.

 

Oh and I didn't even know there was a Canadian Idol. That's just wrong. Are the Barenaked Ladies ever guest judges? Or the Crash Test Dummies? Or Terry Jacks?

[Bogen]

Canadian Idol hosts and judges. Ben Mulroney is the son of the Prime Minister that completely killed the conservative party up here, he drives me nuts too.

[Cobra_Commander]

is power in canada still based on waterwheels driven by maple syrup

[Bogen]

Recent winner, Kalan Porter

[Bogen]

is power in canada still based on waterwheels driven by maple syrup

 

Naw, we got LOTS of water up here!!

[bunglehead]

Recent winner, Kalan Porter

 

Is that a guy or a girl? WEIRD.

[tomtom]

Two works:

 

The Red Green Show

[Bogen]

And Shania is worth suffering through a few celines or alanises...