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A Show From Two Cities
''A Show from Two Cities'' () was a Canadian variety television miniseries which aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1964. Premise Four hour-long episodes of this variety entertainment series were produced from Toronto and Montreal for simulcast on both CBC English and French networks. The debut, "Deux villes se rencontrent", aired 17 November 1963 featuring Bill Cole, Shirley Harmer, Lise Lasalle and Pierre Thériault. The concept was that performers of one city would base their material on their views of the other city. Guests included Jean Cavall, Rene Claude, Claire Gagnier, Don Gillies, Barbara Hamilton, Monique Leyrac, Doug Romaine, the Gino Silvi Octet and Richard Verreau. Lucio Agostini led the music while Alan Lund was choreographer. Roger Fournier and Don Hudson produced this episode. The second episode aired 25 December 1963. Guests included singers and comedians such as Elaine Bédard, Henri Bergeron, Earl Cameron, Corinne Conley, Miville Couture, Fred Davis, Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952, with its main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers, and live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment, and children's programming; in most cases, it feeds the same programming at the exact local times nationwide, except to the Newfoundland Time Zone, where programs air 30 minutes "late". On October 9, 2006, at 6:00 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry D
Lawrence Jones (born January 25, 1984) is an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Larry D. Professional wrestling career Impact Wrestling (2019–2022) On October 19, 2019, Larry D lost to Acey Romero in the main event of Impact Wrestling's All Glory special. On February 22, 2020, at Sacrifice, Romero teamed up with Larry D to defeat oVe ( Dave Crist and Madman Fulton). Larry D solidified his partnership with Romero on the March 31 episode of ''Impact!'', forming a tag team called "XXXL". On the April 14 episode of ''Impact!'', they made their debut in a four-way tag team match against The Rascalz ( Dez and Wentz), Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster the Legend) and TJP and Fallah Bahh, the latter winning after TJP pinned Thornstowe. The following week on Night 1 of Rebellion, they fought in a three-way tag team match against The Rascalz and TJP and Fallah Bahh, the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Canadian Television Series Endings
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Canadian Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television Original Programming
CBC may refer to: Media * Cadena Baja California or Grupo Cadena, a radio and television broadcaster in Mexico * Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's radio and television public broadcaster ** CBC Television ** CBC Radio One ** CBC Music ** CBC News ** CBC.ca ** CBC Arts ** Canadian Broadcasting Centre ** CBC Sports * Capital Broadcasting Center, an Egyptian television broadcasting channel * Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned broadcasting corporation of Barbados ** CBC-TV8, the oldest broadcast station in Barbados * CBC Benna, an Algerian television channel * CBC Film Sales Corporation, an American film studio later renamed as Columbia Pictures * Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, a radio station and a TV station in Nagoya, Japan *'' Comments by Celebs'', an Instagram account and podcast highlighting celebrities' use of social media * Capitol Broadcasting Company * CBC (Azerbaijani TV channel), an Azerbaijani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's University At Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston, commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public university, public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than of land throughout Ontario and owns Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. Queen's is organized into eight faculties and schools. The Church of Scotland established Queen's College in October 1841 via a royal charter from Queen Victoria. The first classes, intended to prepare students for the ministry, were held 7 March 1842, with 15 students and two professors. In 1869, Queen's was the first Canadian university west of the The Maritimes, Maritime provinces to admit women. In 1883, a women's college for medical education affiliated with Queen's University was established after male staff and students reacted with hostility to the admission of women to the university's medical classes. In 1912, Queen's ended its affiliation with the Presbyterian Church, and adopted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne And Shuster
Wayne and Shuster were a Canadian comedy duo formed by Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. They were active professionally from the early 1940s until the late 1980s, first as a live act, then on radio, then as part of ''The Army Show'' that entertained troops in Europe during World War II, and then on both Canadian and American television. Wayne (born Louis Weingarten; May 28, 1918 – July 18, 1990) and Shuster (September 5, 1916 – January 13, 2002) were well known in Canada, and were Ed Sullivan's most frequently recurring guests, appearing a record 67 times on his show. Despite repeated suggestions that they should move to the United States to further their careers, the duo chose to stay in Canada. Beginnings Wayne and Shuster were born in the same neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and met in grade school. In 1931, while students at Harbord Collegiate Institute, they performed their first skit together for their Boy Scout troop, and, as part of the school drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Murphy
Sylvia Murphy (September 24, 1931 – February 24, 2021) was a Canadian singer who was popular on radio and television programs on the CBC from 1949 to 1964. Biography She was the oldest child of Celia (née Zoddickson) and John Murphy. Her mother was from a Belarusian Jewish family and her father was of Irish Catholic descent, but both were natives of Liverpool, England. They met in Montreal after both emigrated there separately. Murphy got her start in nightclubs, and then was the featured singer on the radio programs ''Coca-Cola Refreshment Time'' and ''Club O'Connor'' with Billy O'Connor. She moved to television with a break on '' Cross-Canada Hit Parade'' and later became the singer for Jack Kane's Orchestra on the ''Jack Kane Show'', ''Music Makers'' and ''Music '60''. She was also a regular performer on the ''Wayne and Shuster Hour''. She was married to Charles Templeton. Her children include comic-book artist Ty Templeton; internet entrepreneur Brad Templeton; TV host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kligman
Paul Kligman (21 January 1923 – 29 August 1985) was a Canadian actor. Biography Born in Romania, he emigrated to Canada where he spent his youth in Winnipeg and studied at the University of Manitoba. He moved to Toronto in 1950 and established his career there. In addition to appearing in CBC Television's 1952 '' Sunshine Sketches'', he was a featured performer with Wayne and Shuster since the comedy duo's early television broadcasts. He is most famous for his voice acting in various animated television series, especially in the 1960s ''The Marvel Super Heroes'' (1966) and ''Spider-Man'' (1967), both from Marvel Comics as the first voices of J. Jonah Jameson, General Ross, Red Skull, Krang, Mole Man and Power Man (Erik Josten). He voiced numerous gruff characters, including Donner and Coach Comet, in the 1964 Rankin-Bass adaptation of ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''. Kligman died aged 62 at Toronto's North York General Hospital following heart failure. Filmograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Guimond
Olivier Guimond ( fils; May 21, 1914 – November 29, 1971) was a Canadian actor and humorist. He is the father of voice actor Richard Darbois. Biography Early life Olivier Guimond came from a family of burlesque artists. At the beginning of his career, he was called "Ti-Zoune junior" since the stage name of Olivier Guimond (père) was "Ti-Zoune". His mother, Effie McDonald, baptized him Oliver as she is English speaking. Later, Radio-Canada decided to call him Olivier. At the age of 7, Olivier Guimond was placed by his parents at the Collège Mont-Saint-Louis in Montreal, where he stayed until he was 16. In 1932, he convinced his father to let him perform on stage. At the age of 18, he made his debut at the Théâtre Impérial de Québec. Dreaming of becoming the star of his burlesque show, he left his parents' troupe. His father did not take kindly to this affront. In 1934, Jean Grimaldi noticed him and hired him to be part of his troupe with which he performed until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Conley
Corinne Alexandra Conley (born May 23, 1929) is an American retired actress who spent the majority of her career in Canada, notable for having won the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists' Best Actress Award. Conley is known for her voiceover work in various films and television productions and is better recognized for voicing Rudolph's mother and presumably Dolly Sue in ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' (1964). Conley's acting career spanned seventy years, receiving several nominations for her work. She has also made prominent and notable appearances in ''Tales of the Wizard of Oz'' as Dorothy Gale (1961), ''Days of Our Lives'' as Phyllis Anderson (1973-1982), the ''Goosebumps'' episode "Monster Blood" as Aunt Katherine (1996), '' Quads!'' as Sister Butch (2001-2002), '' A Christmas Horror Story'' as Aunt Edda (2015), and voicing multiple characters in the '' Watch Dogs: Legion'' video game (2020). Acting career For two years, she played the ingenue lead in '' The Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
