I'll try to keep the patriotism to a minimum. (Besides, patriotism is a characteristic unbecoming of Canadians, anyway. Except when the Americans are around.)
Anyhoo, the current issue of the Canadian TV Guide has a feature on Enterprise, which apparently includes an interview with Herman Zimmerman about the production design done for the series.
I cheer! I rejoice! I might be responsible for bringing some new Enterprise tech details to light!
Now, I don't subscribe to TV Guide, so I say to myself, no worries, I'll run down the local supermarket and pick up a copy. Nothing. Indeed, I checked out half the corner-store type establishments in my town today and didn't turn up a single copy of TVGuide, either the current issue or an older one or anything. Now, up until a year ago I can clearly remember seeing them in supermarkets at the checkouts and such, but now I'm thinking that the Canadian version has now gone subscription-only.
So I'm appealing to my fellow maple-bloods to see if anybody here knows how to get their sticky little hands on this puppy and check her out for new 'n interesting bits. I and everybody else, especially the ones unlucky enough to live in a blasted country where Canadian TV Guide isn't available, would be rather pleased to see it appear online.
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
Looks like we might need to ask the Yanks for help on this one...
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
What, we'll get them to drive across the border and find the magazine here then drive home and report it?
We may only have legalized scanners 18 months ago up here (still waiting for the CRTC to give the go-ahead to digital cameras), but I'm pretty sure that enough people up here have one that we should be capable of getting it online ourselves.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Scanners and Digital Cameras are illegal? Please tell me you're joking...
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Sadly it is. We've always had really draconian laws about protecting copywrite up here. VCRs took forever to get cleared for public use, and the government surcharge on blank tapes is still so high that I buy all mine when I shop in the US. At least it kept Canadians from buying VCRs until the whole Betamax/VHS thing was cleared up.
Napster was never really able to establish itself up here, either, as all ISPs were forced to block it. Of course, overseas proxy servers were there for those who knew how to use them.
Scanners are a similar story, although for the life of me I have no idea why digital cameras are still being cracked down-on. I mean, you can take a still pic of something and then scan it in and achieve the desired effect. Governments are funny like that...
Posted by James Fox (Member # 552) on :
You must be kidding.
Otherwise why, If digital cameras are banned, am I able to walk over to my local Rona hardware store (here in Sherbrooke, Qu�bec), where there is an entire section *filled* with model upon model of digital camera, complete with all the acessories?
Why, If scanners only became legal in the last 18 months, was I able to buy one *3 years* ago at a local computer store (for a good price)? And why would the photocopiers that one can find all over the place be allowed, when scanners are banned?
Why, if Canadian ISP's were supposed to block Napster, was I able to use it frequently from my Vid�otron account? I've never used a proxy in my life.
Quite a lot in your statement simply does not compute.
Posted by The Vorlon (Member # 52) on :
I concur. I don't know what T_T is on about, but Napster, Digital Cameras and Scanners are quite abundant and legal on south-western Ontario....
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Tom, are you accidently talking about the parallel universe version of Canada again?
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
For feck's sakes, couldn't you guys have held off on the comments until after somebody else had bumbled in and made an Americanesque comment?
I guess I'm just not cut out of the same cloth as Rick Mercer.
Back to the topic at hand, TVGuide? Anyone?
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
So, wait, I'm confused...
Are they illegal or not?
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
Apparently Tom was making a poor attempt at fabricating a nation that people in others would poke fun at, until he revealed that such a nation did not exist. I'm not sure why.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Whatever about Frank's puzzlement, I'm just disgusted that my countrymen failed to pick up on the connection between the cover on the TVGuide in question and the content of this thread.
Posted by Stingray (Member # 621) on :
The_Tom,
The Kids in the Hall, you are not.
[ August 12, 2001: Message edited by: Stingray ]
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
Er, um, yeah. Right. Lost me there...
Anyhoo, I'll see if I can get down to the Co-Op sometime and get the TV Guide.
Posted by Stingray (Member # 621) on :
Christopher,
Please - PLEASE - PLEASE tell me you have at least heard of the Kids in the Hall.
Posted by Wes1701E (Member # 212) on :
Canadians are a little 'slow'...
Posted by Wes1701E (Member # 212) on :
but that doesn't mean they can't be special!
[ August 12, 2001: Message edited by: Wes1701E ]
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
You don't base your knowledge of Canadians on Norm Macdonald and I won't base my knowledge of Americans on George W. Bush. Fair? Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
What? There's another TV Guide interview about Star Trek: Enterprise?
And what is this group called Kids In The Hall?
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Well, Michael, seeing as they never appeared (to my knowledge) on Queer as Folk I'm not remotely surprised you haven't come across them.
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
Well, the show was picked up for another season. So you never know...
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Kids In The Hall = Canadian Saturday Night Live, except not live, and there are only males in the cast (so they have to play all the female parts). Produced by Lorne Michaels (producer of SNL as well). I believe it only lasted about 3 years or so. Mostof the cast has appeared regularly on other shows, including SNL. Shown regularly in reruns on Comedy Central. NOT to be confused with Canada's Second City Television, which was a launching pad for many famous SNL stars.
BTW, why does Canadian TV Guide have the old logo? You guys really are out of it...
Posted by Stingray (Member # 621) on :
Yup, 359. And I don't base my views on Norm Macdonald so much as I do Dave Foley, one of my favorite comedians. NewsRadio, and the "That's All There Is" (Apollo 12) episode of From the Earth to the Moon - all very funny stuff.
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
I know who Kids in the Hall are. Jeez. What kind of person do you take me for? Posted by Wes1701E (Member # 212) on :
Hey man Norm Macdonald rules. I was actually refering to your comments earlier trying to set people up to dis canada... we all know we dont need you to set it up for us.
Posted by Stingray (Member # 621) on :
HAH! Damn, wish I'd thought of that comment, Wes. It was so obvious. You know, I just thought of something, they should have a laughing smiley. I've no idea what it would look like though...
(maybe the eyes looking skyward with a mouth like in the astonished face that opens and closes with teeth like in the grin?)
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
Looks like we're out of luck. This TV Guide was last week's TV Guide. Either that or the Maritimes get a different TV Guide than the rest of Canada... Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
I've seen "Kids in the Hall." Mostly funny.
One of those guys was/is on "NewsRadio" with Andy #### and (the late, great) Phil Hartman, wasn't he?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
That would explain why Stingray said:
"And I don't base my views on Norm Macdonald so much as I do Dave Foley, one of my favorite comedians. NewsRadio, and the 'That's All There Is' (Apollo 12) episode of From the Earth to the Moon - all very funny stuff."
