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I write books. You consider reading them. The History of Canadian Comedy from Doubleday Canada in 2026.
The surprisingly great sound of Mickey Rooney Jr. and his rock band:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmlV...
The surprisingly great sound of Mickey Rooney Jr. and his rock band:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmlV...
google.com
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But is it CanCon?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIGB...
I have hundreds of hours of un-transcribed conversations with my elderly neighbor who worked with Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and the Smurfs.
I'll get back to posting more some day. In the meantime, here's one you may have missed:
kliph.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
The second thing Shaffer said to me was, "Steve Martin gave me your book."
21.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 31 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1The first thing Shaffer said to me was, "Oh, yeah - you're the kid from Canada, right?"
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came across some old photos from the night Gilbert Gottfried introduced me to Paul Shaffer at a gallery showing for illustrator Drew Friedman.
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The two best songs ever written about clay were released five years apart.
1960:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAnI...
1965:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CEQ...
I refer to Andy Kim as the Canadian Archies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIJW...
vintage clickbait
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Turn On, Griff In, Drop Out
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How come nobody talks about how much the French love GARY Lewis?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvq0...
It's the quality of the hole that counts.
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Garage Rock Trivia.
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Tab Loids.
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Hollywood Rain.
11.16.25.
Jackie Mason versus Don Adams
- a side by side audio comparison:
playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/a...
Great cover for the comedy record in which Don Adams does all of Jackie Mason's material.
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Vancouver, British Columbia. 1968.
Gary Owens of Laugh-In fame narrated this promotional ad for Vancouver rock band The Collectors:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbBy...
"Yes, this is Don Adams with a moustache speaking."
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Vancouver, British Columbia. 1967.
The Northwest Company:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXvy...
Vancouver, British Columbia. 1968.
Gary Owens of Laugh-In fame narrated this promotional ad for Vancouver rock band The Collectors:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbBy...
L'Île-Perrot, Quebec. 1970.
Americans know it as a sample. Canadians know it as a hit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2E...
Vancouver, British Columbia. 1968.
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers featuring Tommy Chong:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZX...
Toronto, Ontario, 1965.
The Secrets:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=njBu...
This will be an ongoing thread where I post the best Canadian Rock n' Roll of the 1960s.
It's a genre that Americans know little about and to which most Canadians pay no attention.
Vancouver, British Columbia. 1967.
The Painted Ship:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=raRE...
Hanna Barbera Records was easily one of the coolest record labels of all time.
Their A&R man was teenager Danny Hutton.
In the years before he formed Three Dog Night, Hutton recruited some of the best and most unusual psychedelic garage bands for the label:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH6B...
