At 04:37 PM 22/02/2007, you wrote:
>And the creator, Graham Yost (son of Elwy and writer
of SPEED) can
>talk all he wants about Chandler, but he grew up in
Toronto, where he
>probably watched SEEING THINGS as a kid, a great
quirky Canadian
>comedy about a nebbish of a reporter (played with
great timing by
>Louis del Grande) who had visions he couldn't
control.
I remember laughing at del Grande's quips at the time. I
wonder why this show isn't re-run on specialty channels etc.
like so many others? I also wonder, despite the number of
Canuck subscribers, discussions abruptly stop in this forum
when ideas or people are traced back to Canadian sources. Am
I being too nationally sensitive do you think, or would it
help if we recalled that del Grande was a transplant from
someplace to the south? I seem to remember part of the show
PR being about how the humour was atypically but delightfully
unreserved for Canadian television production.
On another, but soon to be related topic, do you remember
Brad Smith whose first and only short story appeared in ICED,
the same Canuck Noir anthology as your own first story was
in? I've discovered in the Globe & Mail Books
section
(http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/)
this week that he now has his fourth book (actually his
fifth) out titled "Big Man Coming Down the Road." Gonna have
to hike down to my bookstore for this one. All three of his
previous crime novels have been optioned for movies, with
"All Hat" in post-production. I tell you, in a few months or
a year you and I are gonna say we knew him when, then watch
the conversation shift.
Best, Kerry
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