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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/20/2010 8:35:51 PM

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I dig Dragon's Den but now I see there is Shark's Tank, the American version of the show.

Any Americans I know enjoy the Canadian version better. Wondering though, DD did come first right???

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/20/2010 9:09:42 PM

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What I have learned about Canadians I have learned from those I have met via the internet. I also know people who know Canadians, who have went to Canada, etc...

Here is what I know of Canadians... they are extremely civil and polite people....

I do not think one can get to know a lot about a people from their cultural exports... in other words I would not think that other people knew a lot about Americans from their movies and TV... just me, etc

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/20/2010 9:27:09 PM

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Oh I actually think that our media is somewhat a reflection of ourselves. But I do not think that it gives a complete picture.

My post was actually to see if our media products are exported anywhere. Seems it must be mostly our music.

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/20/2010 11:13:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: LadyAngelika
My post was actually to see if our media products are exported anywhere. Seems it must be mostly our music.

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 12:19:09 AM

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...you all left out The Trailer Park Boys.

i remembered them, so therefore i'm the only real Canadian. pffffttttttt.

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 12:52:35 AM

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ORIGINAL: LadyAngelika

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I don't know any Canadian TV or films. My uncle is Canadian and he's been a professor of sociology my whole life over at UC Fresno, so, that is all I know about Canada, other than I wanted to defect during the last admin.

Much of our talent went to Hollywood to make TV and films but many have their start in Canadian shows. Some of our talent that moved down south is:

Will Arnett
Dan Aykroyd
John Candy
Jim Carrey
Kim Cattrall
Michael Cera
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Dave Foley
Michael J. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Victor Garber
Phil Hartman
Jill Hennessy
Eugene Levy
Howie Mandel
Rick Moranis
Carrie-Anne Moss
Mike Myers
Sandra Oh
Ellen Page
Anna Paquin
Matthew Perry
Christopher Plummer
Jason Priestley
Keanu Reeves
Ryan Reynolds
Seth Rogen
Will Sasso
William Shatner
Martin Short
Donald Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Fay Wray

Ok I realise I put Keanu Reeves there and he really doesn't qualify as talent but you get my drift ;-)

Beyond Canada's Next Top Model which I have never watched ms bunny, are the following Canadian shows that might have been seen outside of Canada:

- Kids in the Hall
- Billable Hours
- The Newsroom
- Corner Gas
- Little Mosque on the Prairie
- Trailer Park Boys
- Kenny vs Spenny
- Puppets Who Kill
- Clone High
- G-Spot
- Queer As Folk
- Andromeda
- Flashpoint
- Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
- Durham County
- The Hour
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Nikita
- Lexx
- Once A Thief
- Da Vinci's Inquest or Da Vinci's City Hall
- Street Legal
- Traders
- Due South
- The Outer Limits
- Degrassi Junior High or Degrassi The Next Generation
- Bob & Doug
- SCTV
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Beachcombers
- The Littlest Hobo
- King of Kensington
- Fraggle Rock

That was a nice trip down memory lane.

- LA

Well, I LOVE Keanu Reeves! I think he is TOTALLY HOT! I also like Kiefer Sutherland and Brendan Frasier! Mm-mm good!
I totally loved Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea, The Outer Limits, SCTV, and I liked Kids in the Hall. There's another one that isn't mentioned, but I can't remember the name of it. It was hilarious, though. Red and Green Show, or was it Green and Red Show? Anyway, something like that! Loved that show! I like to laugh!

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 1:58:13 AM

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This is not meant as a comprehensive list.
Please excuse any duplications and misspellings/typos

So many singer/sonwriters and musicians:

Sarah McLachlan
Bruce Coburn
Joni Mitchell
k.d. lang
Jane Siberry
Ann Mortifee
Stan Rogers
Garnett Rogers
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Martha Wainwright
The Cowboy Junkies
Daniel Lanois
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Nelly Furtado
Paul Anka
Michael Buble
Diana Krall
Loreena McKennett
Oscar Peterson
Edit to add:
Gordon Lightfoot

And for books:

Charles de Lint
Margaret Atwood
Farley Mowat
Alice Munro
Spider Robinson (born in NYC)

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 8:01:52 AM

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quote:

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FR

...you all left out The Trailer Park Boys.

i remembered them, so therefore i'm the only real Canadian. pffffttttttt.

Bubbles rules!

I'm not sure who you are FRing to, but I absolutely did not forget the Trailer Park Boys! See here. And Bubbles is... well he's an original alright! ;-)

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 8:05:08 AM

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DarlingSavage - see this happens every time we play this game. People outside of Canada say that they know no media exports of ours until we start naming a few. I like the response that is "Oh, they're Canadian? Wow! They're pretty good" ;-)

- LA

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 8:09:21 AM

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Thanks for adding the list of mainstream Canadian Musical Artists. I knew some names but don't really do mainstream music so I knew my list would be incomplete.

quote:

Edit to add:
Gordon Lightfoot

Important, especially after that day a few weeks ago the news reported he was dead! Poor Gordon.

I'll also add one of my all time favorites, Leonard Cohen.

- LA

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 8:09:37 AM

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Forever Knight!
FLashpoint is pretty good
Just for laughs gags
Just for laughs comedy stuff
Catherine O'hara
OH and the series KINK was one of the "cutting edge" series out there at the time about BDSM.

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 8:19:43 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: LadyAngelika

Thanks for adding the list of mainstream Canadian Musical Artists. I knew some names but don't really do mainstream music so I knew my list would be incomplete.

quote:

Edit to add:
Gordon Lightfoot

Important, especially after that day a few weeks ago the news reported he was dead! Poor Gordon.

I'll also add one of my all time favorites, Leonard Cohen.

- LA

I tried to include some that are a bit off the beaten path... of that list, my favorite is perhaps Stan Rogers... such a big voice, such a tragic end at a young age.

I did not include one of my mother's favorites: Anne Murray.

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 8:50:13 AM

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KittinSol and Aileen were talking about Kids in the Hall Characters over on the American TV Thread (guess they didn't see my link to this one).

Chicken Lady- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeknVqdDAGA
Head Crusher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EBlPy0byK8

Oh and of course Buddy (in this one, he gets a new male slave) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YERxBXk4Xc (This one is for Wolf2Bear ;-)

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 10:42:35 AM

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Leona Boyd...classical guitarist
Shania Twain
Celine Dion
Gowan
Alexander Graham Bell
Don Cherry
Kim Mitchell
Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
Headpins
Dave Thomas
Ian Thomas
Gordon Lightfoot
Anne Murray (who still lives in Canada)
Murray McLaughlin
Sarah McLaughlin (sp?)
Eva Avila
Amanda Marshall
The Spoons
Bryan Adams
Glass Tiger
Chiliwack
Lee Arron
Mary Pickford
Yvinne De Carlo
Air Farce
ENG
X Factor
Frugal Gourmet
Rainbow Country
Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny of James Bond fame)
Dr Norman Bethune
Dionne quintuplets
Wayne Gretzky
Pamela Anderson
Dan Akroyd
Brent Butt (Corner Gas)
Neve campbell
Jin Carrey
Kim Catrell
Tommy Chong
Rae dawn Chong
Hume Cronyn
Colleen Dewhurst
Roy Dupuis
Shirley Douglas
Megan Follows
Michael J Fox
Brendan Fraser
Matt Frewer
Lorne Greene
Paul Gross
Monty Hall
Michael Ironside

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 10:43:36 AM

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ORIGINAL: LadyAngelika

KittinSol and Aileen were talking about Kids in the Hall Characters over on the American TV Thread (guess they didn't see my link to this one).

Chicken Lady- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeknVqdDAGA
Head Crusher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EBlPy0byK8

Oh and of course Buddy (in this one, he gets a new male slave) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YERxBXk4Xc (This one is for Wolf2Bear ;-)

- LA

You giving me Scott Thompson???? woohoo way kewl!

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 10:45:31 AM

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such a trollop Bear:) huggs

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 10:52:04 AM

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You giving me Scott Thompson???? woohoo way kewl!

Nope. I was thinking of sending you to him ;-)

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 10:52:48 AM

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ORIGINAL: LadyAngelika

quote:

ORIGINAL: Wolf2Bear

You giving me Scott Thompson???? woohoo way kewl!

Nope. I was thinking of sending you to him ;-)

- LA

Hot damn...works for me!

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 11:03:02 AM

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As It Happens is always informative and refreshing,

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RE: Canadian TV, Film, Music and other cultural exports? - 3/21/2010 12:00:19 PM

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I realise this amounts to little more than an echo...but as a classic rock sort of guy I have always appreciated our neighbors to the north...thier contribution to that particular genre can not be overstated....Canada Rocks!

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