This is an excerpt from Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho Marx, edited by Robert S. Bader. During the 1940s Groucho would often write about topics related to World War II while remaining, for the most p…

By Richard K. BarryThe Partridge FamilyWhen I decided to have some fun with this feature, I told myself I wouldn’t impose my own opinions about what was good music and what was “less good.” For all sorts of reasons, different artists and songs mean thi…

Wow, did this show ever sneak up on me, I don’t know how I’m just finding about it now, but yes, Undercover Boss Canada is happening and it starts next week! Actually, upon reflection, I guess they couldn’t really announce the show, because that would essentially ruin the surprise premise of the series, so I [...]

I’ve been on a bit of a documentary kick lately, and recently discovered Living in the Past. One of the first reality TV shows, it was a 12-episode BBC series which documented the experience of 15 young Britons living for a year as Iron Age men and women. They built their own houses, grew their [...]

Good news for those in work in the Alberta film industry! AMC has officially renewed Hell on Wheels, which is filmed on the outskirts of Calgary, for a second season. The show wrapped up it’s first season this past weekend with about 3.8 millions viewers, making it AMC’s second highest rated series behind The Walking [...]

With so many great, funny, scary, sexy and sinister fictional scientists on TV and in the movies, it’s hard to pick the best. But we did it anyway. Here is our list of favorites. We like our list, but we know you’ll let us know who we forgot and where we went wrong!

Sony announced two new Google TV products slated for Canada, but the company may find a strange climate when the app-and-web-enabled devices launch.

It was Hollywood’s big night and all eyes were on Ricky Gervais to see who he’d insult…to hear all of his zingers….and frankly? YAWN.  He was dullsville!Who should host next year?  Seth Rogen.  He stole the show with one line.  I…

The Kitchener Post is having some website issues, which is preventing them from uploading content from their most recent issue, but I am in it. I wrote a column which quoted Terry Prachett’s “Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice”….

I knew I would cry.  I knew it, because for the past 9 (yes 9) seasons that is all I ever do when I watch Extreme Home Makeover, Ty and Michael, [...]

The best part about living with kids is that the smallest moment to an adult, can be a Big Deal to a child. It’s so much fun seeing how excited my children get about things that I would normally not jump up and down about. Take this upcoming weekend, for example, the city I live [...]

After successfully launching FX Canada, another American channel is making it’s way to Canada.  ABC Family is a popular station in the States, that in recent years has launched numerous popular series like ”The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Melissa & Joey,” “Make It or Break It” and now the station is coming to Canada, [...]

The list of reasons not to buy a 3DTV is about to get shorter — will it be enough to convince you to buy one?

I’m not generally a fan of network TV. Mostly because I have a kryptonite strength hate on for the reality television that tends to fill the air these days. However on this occasion, I raise a glass to Global for bankrolling, as well as promoting the h…

It i’s officially in Winter in Canada now and while the weather might be frightful, the year-end television ratings are anything but! As 2011 comes to a close, BBM Canada, which keeps track of TV ratings, is providing a snapshot of what Canadians were up to over the past 12 months.  It shouldn’t be a [...]

Before you complain about the cost of media, here’s a look at how much we were paying before the pre-digital revolution.

With only two weeks left of 2011, the Canadian television industry must be really looking forward to this year being over. In the past 12 months, they’ve seen the cancellation of so many Canadian productions and now they can add one more to the list.  TV writer Bill Brioux has confirmed that Global’s Combat Hospital [...]

Language (pre-history) Written Language (circa 3200 BC) The Printing Press (circa 1440 ) (Johannes Gutenberg) Telephone (1861/1875) Radio Broadcasting (circa 1910) Television Broadcasting (1928/1936) The Internet (1969) (ARPANET) Smart Phones (1992) (R…

Jef and Simon met in a school environment much like that of Greendale. That’s just one of the many reasons they love Community. They’ll be chatting about season three every week, and you should join them, because you’re streets ahead. Jef: Season’s greetings! Simon: Happy Holidays! I was kind of hoping they’d top last year. [...]

I was at the Leafs-Bruins game last week at the Air Canada Centre. In the second period, when it was still close, a Leaf was tripped in the Bruin zone but it wasn’t called, continuing what the crowd saw as a pattern. The Leafs sagged, as if in protest …