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Chris Selley: Another pathetic CBC attempt at humour
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (566+ words) Ripping off Borat, 20 years later, is dismally on-brand "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" is a 20-year-old movie about an idiot reporter from Kazakhstan government state media on tour in the United States. Some…...
Let er rip: Leslie Nielsens grave puts the dead in deadpan
3+ week, 3+ day ago (533+ words) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. " In this tourist town, only one grave site gets five stars on Google. It belongs to Leslie Nielsen, and 16 years after his death it has become an affectionate shrine to the deadpan funnyman. The Saskatchewan-born actor, who…...
How Bizarre: Canadian sitcom blazed a blue trail
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (396+ words) Thank ABC for passing on this CTV classic Name and describe the 1980s Canadian sketch comedy show with early career appearances by a few future stars and one terrible daredevil. If you said Bizarre, you are correct. CTV produced it after…...
Oscar-winning British playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (849+ words) To non-theatre-goers, he is best remembered for his work in cinema, including the "Indiana Jones" and "Star Wars" franchises and an Oscar for his "Shakespeare in Love" screenplay When it comes to the world of comic invention and linguistic pyrotechnics,…...
Gerry Dee to release first Netflix standup special
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (470+ words) Host of Family Feud Canada and creator of Mr. D filmed it during the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal It's not a bad gig for a former teacher. Gerry Dee is about to release his first standup special on…...
The Five: What's ahead in pop culture this week
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (110+ words) The Smashing Machine, Abbot Elementary and more 1. FILM: The Smashing Machine (Oct. 3) 2. TV: Abbott Elementary (Oct. 1, ABC/Disney+) 3. MUSIC: Here for It All (Sept. 26) 4. BOOK: What We Can Know (Sept. 23) 5. REMEMBRANCE: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Sept. 30) Testing the…...
George Stroumboulopoulos on what makes Canadian movies and TV shows special
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (286+ words) What are the Canadian shows and movies that defined you? The ones that shaped your perspective on not only yourself, but the world? Broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos is travelling across the country, camera in tow, to ask Canadians just that. The…...
John Candy finally gets the tribute Ryan Reynolds thinks he deserved
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (514+ words) Long before he hatched the idea of making a documentary celebrating the life and legacy of Canadian comedy legend John Candy, Ryan Reynolds had one thought: Why hadn't anyone already made one? Candy, who died of heart failure at the…...
Happy Gilmore 2: Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen and Christopher Mc Donald tee up in sequel
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (711+ words) The decision to make Happy Gilmore 2 was rooted in the creative possibilities that nearly three decades offered. Sandler explained the non-negotiable element was simply having "a lot of stories to think about what could happen, what went on with these…...
Tom Green trades shock comedy for life on the farm
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (451+ words) THIS WAS TOM GREEN THEN. This is Tom Green now. For many who remember the late 1990s and early 2000s, the comedian is synonymous with The Tom Green Show " a manic master class in shock comedy that influenced such series as Jackass…...