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Just For Fun

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday afternoons, after school, from December 1975 to March 1976. Aired Wednesday afternoons from September to December, 1976.This was game show for grade 7 students produced by Hedley Read. The format was a combination of Q & A and simple games such as twirling […]

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In Good Company

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired three evenings a week, from September to December 1975. Aired Monday nights from January to May 1976.Hana Gartner was the host of this magazine program that featured comedy, commentary and a hidden camera segment produced by John Kastner.Rod Coneybeare, Ben Wicks, Ruthie Lunenfeld and […]

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Homemade Jam

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights for three episodes, from June 24 to July 22, 1975.This short-run program featured Bob Ruzicka in a music program produced in Edmonton by Lee Livingston. Written by John Corcelli – August, 2005

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Hard Times

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights during the summer of 1975.Ed Reid, co-host of Take 30, was the host of this series about the Great Depression in Canada. The programs were produced and directed by David Rabinovitch and were originally broadcast on Take 30 during the 1974/75 season. The format […]

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Film Fun

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday afternoons from December 4 1974 to January 15, 1975.This program was very much a throw back to the 50s: a kids’ show about elementary movie making. Produced in Ottawa, the host was Brian Smyth who introduced 14 year old filmmaker Bryan Stoller, his […]

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Down Home Country

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights during the summer of 1975.This one hour country music program replaced the Tommy Hunter Show for one summer in 1975. It featured Tom Gallant, a singer and songwriter who was from New Brunswick. The show’s format wasn’t restricted to one idiom, however;Blues, Folk and […]

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Corporation

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from February 16 to April 6, 1975. Steinberg’s was a leading grocery store chain in Canada for many years, and was especially strong in Quebec. Corporation featured six half hour documentaries about the company, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Arthur Hammond wrote, […]

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Coming Up Rosie

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television A comedy/children’s program that aired several times a week in the after-school time slots. The program debuted September 15, 1975 at 4:30 pm and finished its run in 1978. Although the weekly adventures of a documentary filmmaker working out of a basement office seem mundane, […]

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Bob Switzer Show

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired during lunch hour in summer of 1975 and 1976.Produced in Vancouver, this program replaced Luncheon Date during the summer months. Bob Switzer hosted the program and it was produced by Doug Gillingham. The show was renamed Switzer Unlimited in 1976. Written by John Corcelli […]

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Are You Putting Me On?

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings during the summer of 1975. Repeated in the spring of 1977.This half-hour summer series included the best of the hidden camera sequences from All About Toronto and Such Is Life. The show was produced by Bob Gibbons. Written by John Corcelli – […]