1980 in Canadian Television - 1980 Canadian Television Series Debuts, 1980 Canadian Television Series Endings, Bizarre, Just Like Mom, Eureka! (Paperback)

Chapters: 1980 Canadian Television Series Debuts, 1980 Canadian Television Series Endings, Bizarre, Just Like Mom, Eureka , King of Kensington, Wonderful Grand Band, Canadian Express, Zig Zag, Cities, North America: Growth of a Continent, the All-Night Show, the Alan Thicke Show, the Body Works. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bizarre was a weekly Canadian TV sketch comedy series, airing from 1980 to 1985. The show was hosted by John Byner, and produced by CTV at the CFTO Glen-Warren Studios in suburban Toronto. The series contained slapstick sketches, monologues, TV parodies, and performances by guest stand-up comics. Byner's interactions with members of the studio audience, or with show producer Bob Einstein (who often came in to halt a sketch midway through), provided an early example of removing the fourth wall. Much of the humour on the show was considered risque during the original run of the series. The series utilized a rotating ensemble of supporting actors who backed Byner up in his sketches. Besides Einstein this group included Billy Van, Billy Barty, and Wayne and Shuster alumnus Tom Harvey. Two versions of the show were produced: episodes that aired on the Showtime cable network in the United States contained nudity and coarse language. The versions that aired on CTV (and later in syndication) had the nudity removed and the language bleeped by a horn-honking sound. Although the "adult" version is most closely associated with Showtime, it did go out on a few independent TV stations during the 1980s, playing as late-night fare, although the "clean" version is the one that was more commonly found in syndication. The "adult" version was also shown regionally on ITV in the United Kingdom, usually airing after 11 PM and with some of the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=187732