memories of the ’80s – :20 Minute Workout

The exercise craze of the early 1980s was all about aerobics. Doing the combination of calisthenics, stretches and dance to pop music was the de rigeur way to keep in shape during this decade.
For those who wanted to workout out at home, there was the :20 Minute Workout, a half hour television show that showed [...]

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memories of the ’70s – Sooner or Later

At the end of the 1970s, young girls found a new heartthrob in Rex Smith. Although he made his Broadway debut in Grease in 1978, and had been a regular feature in 16 and Tiger Beat Magazine when he starred in television film Sooner or Later in 1979, Smith became a household world for teens [...]

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memories of the ’70s – The Muppet Show

 A variety show whose main characters were all puppets and watched by just as many adults as kids? The Muppet Show may have had a kid-friendly bent, but the jokes were really meant for adults.
Debuting in 1976, Muppet creator Jim Henson, whose first successful show was Sesame Street, got the opportunity to create a half [...]

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memories of the ’70s – Little House on the Prairie

Who knew 1970s would become obsessed with the halcyon days of the pioneer? Every Tuesday night we watched the midwestern 1800s come to life on Little House on the Prairie.
Loosely based on the series of novels by American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie starred Michael Landon as Pa, the head of the Ingalls [...]

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memories of the ’70s – Bionic Woman

Every girl dreams she can do anything, achieve her goals and not let anyone stand in her way. She wants to kick butt. I think I learned some early lessons from Jaime Sommers – the Bionic Woman.
Hot on the heels of the success of the Six Million Dollar Man, Oscar Goldman and crew capitalized on the [...]

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memories of the ’70s – M*A*S*H

Hawkeye, Trapper, Hot Lips, Radar – nicknames and primary characters of the tv series M*A*S*H. Based on the book M*A*S*H: A Novel about Three American Doctors by Richard Hooker and the satirical film M*A*S*H directed by Robert Altman, this dark comedy depicted the stories and hijinks of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, set in the time period [...]

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memories of the ’70s – Telly Savalas

Who loves you baby?
 
Fascinated by television from day one, I routinely watched tv with my parents, exploring their new world in North America. We regularly watched tv together, flipping back and forth in our two channel universe. No cable  available in small-town BC meant I relied on CTV and CBC to fuel my addiction.
 
Lucky for [...]

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Look out Canada, you’re about to get stylish

Colin & Justin are in town and taking design prisoners. The hosts of HGTV’s popular How Not To Decorate are a dynamic duo who have plotted their world domination of design one country at a time.
 
“We conquered Scotland, then England, Wales and Ireland. Then we moved on to France and Spain. Now we’re in [...]

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Do you want your MTV?

From the brand that forever changed the lexicon of music and music programming, MTV Canada’s launch has landed the station right where it wants to be: in front of the pack. “Since we were starting from scratch, we looked at the market with fresh eyes and wanted to create something that didn’t need to slowly [...]

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