I'm drawing a blank on that. But somehow it did make me think of the famous Heritage Minutes.
Not sure if they're on YouTube, but they are here - https://www.historica-dominion.ca/content/videos For those who haven't heard of them, they were constantly on Canadian tv for many years. Here's a quote from their site: "What are the Heritage Minutes? The acclaimed Heritage Minutes are one-minute movies that portray exciting and important stories from Canada’s past. These brief but inspiring history highlights are useful as teaching aids — the Heritage Minutes are screened in many classrooms across Canada. The Heritage Minutes have been a familiar part of Canada’s cultural landscape since 1991. So familiar, in fact, they have been imitated and parodied by comedians." What impresses me is that they not only mention the parodies, but actually have some of them on their site. The silliest thing about me not thinking of these right away is that I was in one of them. Years ago, I used to do extra work. This was special though. It was a union production, and though I wasn't a member, I still had to be paid union wages. It was a two-day shoot. The director was Al Waxman - yes, the King of Kensington himself. And Patrick Watson dropped by to watch. I realize that those names mean nothing to non-Canadians, and even to Canadians of a younger generation, but it was still cool. Here's the one I was in. You will not actually see me though. I am in a blur behind the actors with dialogue. And the PSA is for Marshall McLuhan, so it's actually someone that people outside of Canada have heard of. https://www.historica-dominion.ca/content/heritage-minutes/marshall-mcluhan?media_type=41&; Trevor On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > What was the series of Canadian PSAs called that had the opening music used > by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis as the "theme, eh?" of the Great White North > sketches on SCTV? "VIgnettes?" > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
