... Alas I was inflight the 12th and missed the broadcast, but it still thrills me that the BCN was given another kick at the BCC. AN ANACHRONISTIC BUT...
Maurice Pooby
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Jan 4, 2002 8:28 pm
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Maurice: Were you not able to get the MP3 I did from the Great Eastern site? Gerry posted it about a day after the broadcast. Here's the URL: ...
Tim Dixon
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Jan 4, 2002 11:43 pm
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... Tim: My 486 PC doesn't do MP3; on the cyberhighway I'm the hitchhiker who never gets a ride . . . Thanks for your kind but now unneccessary offer to make...
Maurice Pooby
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Jan 5, 2002 6:13 am
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Comrades! to the ramparts -- again. keep sending your emails to the cbc input address calling for a return of the GE to BCC airwaves. And your good friends...
Mark Ferguson
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Jan 8, 2002 1:34 pm
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Mark, Have done and will do again. Thanks for the heads-up! Don ... -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores,...
Hi Mark and fellow Great Eastern aficionados, I have heard your call and will write to the Columbian Broadcorping Castration to have them reinstate the BCN's...
I used most recently: cbcinput@... (and got a very pat PR reply a day or so later (in midst of strike no less)). Emphasis on Toronto. Heh. Every...
Mark Ferguson
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Jan 8, 2002 5:53 pm
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I would like to compliment the CBC for its handling of the on-air programming during the recent strike. Even though local programming in Edmonton was...
Tim Dixon
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Jan 8, 2002 6:12 pm
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... Yes, it reminds me of the time I was in ancient Winnipeg, and the police came out and bashed our heads. It reminds me of the time the Montreal Police went...
Keith Daniel
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Jan 11, 2002 9:30 pm
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Well, I saw Rare Birds last night, and it is a great treat. This is, of course, the new movie based on Ed Riche's novel of the same name. Ed wrote the script,...
re RB: I second those emotions. A funny film. Vote early and vote often. Mark....
Mark Ferguson
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Jan 29, 2002 3:02 pm
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An addendum to my note about Rare Birds: the film opens Feb. 1 here in St. John's, but Feb. 15th in Toronto and Vancouver. Wide Canadian release is not until...
Okay, so I'm not absolutely certain the film is absolutely showing where you are right now, but if not, it will show soon! Get out and see it on the opening...
Mack Furlong
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Mar 1, 2002 4:09 pm
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... Monsigneur Ed Riche and some others were on CBC 1, drat, I missed the chat. Looking forward, hope it comes to backward Montreal. Best wishes, and thanks....
Keith Daniel
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Mar 1, 2002 4:48 pm
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Thanks, Mack! Great to see a trailer. Any idea when the film's going to be released across Canada? I'd love to see it when it hits Edmonton. ...
Tim Dixon
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Mar 1, 2002 5:03 pm
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I only caught bits and pieces of the CBC piece yesterday, but I think I heard one of the boys saying that it opens in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver first,...
... I believe it opened in Toronto yesterday, or perhaps today. Vancouver, Victoria ... Ottawa? ... also. As with most Canadian films, you'll have to suss it...
Mack Furlong
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Mar 1, 2002 7:44 pm
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... ...and no trace of it here. Any info on Montreal showings most greatfully appreciated. The last flim I saw in a movie theatre was 'Top Gun', gives you an...
Keith Daniel
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Mar 1, 2002 8:16 pm
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... after you wipe the tears of laughter from your eyes. ... the chat. ... Hey all, I have seen it. It was out here in Halifax a couple weeks ago. One thing I...
... It shoulda been Colm Meany, or better yet, Ardel O'Hanlon. Just joshing. kwd......
Keith Daniel
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Mar 1, 2002 8:57 pm
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Thanks. I am an old St. John's boy living in Ontario, and I read the book. Loved it so I know I will like the movie. Anything about home is good! Cheers,...
ggarlandgr@...
Mar 1, 2002 11:20 pm
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/020302/6/kftj.html I understand on good authority that Paul Moth has not been named in the divorce proceedings. "It's all over...
Mack Furlong
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Mar 5, 2002 3:46 pm
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Jimmy Crow! I've phoned all the film houses here in Montreal, and there are no bites concerning 'Rare Birds'. One alternative theatre guy did mention that he'd...
Keith Daniel
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Mar 6, 2002 2:35 am
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Y'know, Paul was the first person I thought of after hearing the Shirley newsitem. Poor fellow. ... http://www.gisjoe.com/gisjoe The universe may be as grand...
distributor is lion's gate. don't think they're going for Mtl unless it smashes through all attendance records elsewhwere. Ottawa is in the cards. And...
Mark Ferguson
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Mar 6, 2002 2:01 pm
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... I believe they're dubbing it now in Paris. ... Lion's Gate is the distributor, I think. You can find their website with a simple web search. More later...
Mack Furlong
fastnbulbous@...
Mar 6, 2002 4:27 pm
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... Doing well in Vancouver at the mo', also in Victoria. Gangbusters at one screen in TO, regular at another, and nothing at a third. Should be in Edmonton...
Mack Furlong
fastnbulbous@...
Mar 8, 2002 2:10 am
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... Good to hear... I caught it at the Varsity here in Toronto recently, and it was a pretty full house. It's a fine yarn, with definite shades of the Great...