Best Sctv Podcasts (2025)

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Jay Leno comes to Canada 49:05

5d ago49:05

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Jay Leno is Jay-walking his way back to Canada. The former Tonight Show host, who turns 75 in May, will join fellow late night rival Arsenio Hall as comedy headliners May 2 at Casino Rama near Orillia, Ont. In an exclusive brioux.tv: the podcast interview, presented in partnership with latenighter.com, Leno says he was hesitant about accepting the …

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10 Overlooked Funny Films - With Jon Pine! 1:11:20

1d ago1:11:20

1:11:20

A long time in the making, the new episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour features a first-time guest in journalist and film critic Jon Pine, who helps unearth 10 astoundingly overlooked film comedies from the past several decades. Pine and host Bob Smith (Good Times, Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Mr. Minutiae) take a loving look back at comedies …

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Fabulous Kenny Robinson 50:03

8d ago50:03

50:03

People of Comedy: Celebrating 30 Years of the Nubian Show starts streaming April 9 on Crave. It features this week's guest on brioux.tv: the podcast and one of the true iron men of the Toronto comedy club scene: Kenny Robinson. Since 1983, he's been performing at YukYuks as well as at Just For Laughs and other Canadian comedy venues. Close to 30 ye…

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New Hope Calls stars Cindy Busby & Christopher Russell 26:09

12d ago26:09

26:09

These days it is not unusual for fans to wait over a year for a second season of their favourite series. But five years?? That is the situation for When Hope Calls, the spinoff to the popular period piece drama When Calls the Heart. The shot in Ontario series returns April 6 on Super Channel Heart & Home in Canada and on Great American Family in th…

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Look who's turning 70 -- Gumby! 43:12

19d ago43:12

43:12

For this episode we go back into the vault for an interview conducted ten years ago with Joe Clokey. He was the son of the man who created and animated Gumby, the most bendable children's TV character ever. Joe grew up in California as "Gumby's little brother," watching his dad and mom stamp out dozens of brightly coloured characters out of plaster…

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Outdated TV, Movie, & Music Trivia - With Bob Smith! 26:49

19d ago26:49

26:49

It's a half-hour of fun as host Bob Smith (Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Good Times Magazine) brings listeners a host of oddball show business factoids on the new edition of The Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast. Can you answer these questions: Who was the first Felix Unger in The Odd Couple on Broadway? What was the first TV series that Adam Sandle…

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Ontario Place documentarian Ali Weinstein 47:50

27d ago47:50

47:50

Ali Weinstein is the writer/producer/director behind "Your Tomorrow," a look at Ontario Place the summer before it was shut down after 52 years. For over five decades a 155-acre Toronto waterfront sanctuary, it is being radically redeveloped. Gone are 850 West Island trees. Instead we get a spa with a killer view of Cinesphere. In a moving, observa…

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BONUS EPISODE: Outdated Entertainment Hour Updates! 16:04

28d ago16:04

16:04

Join host Bob Smith (Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Good Times) as he takes a quick look back to update several of the stories you've heard on The Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast. We catch up with the goings on of musicians Pete Mancini, Tony Coleman, and The Guess Who; reveal how Three Stooges mania has taken over several streaming services; and m…

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Malcolm McDowell returns 1:01:57

1M ago1:01:57

1:01:57

Podcasts were invented for guests such as Malcolm McDowell. He is a smart, funny, generous man and as terrific as ever as Pop on CBC's Son of a Critch. This conversation took place last summer in St. John’s, Nfld., in McDowell’s trailer which was parked outside the Bella Vista banquet hall. It had been an exciting 24 hours with the Prime Minister o…

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Jennifer Whalen & Meredith MacNeill's Small Achievable Goals 25:25

2M ago25:25

25:25

Two of the four Baroness Von Sketch Show players, Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill, are back with a new CBC series -- and it's a period piece! The series is called Small Achievable Goals and it is about two women in midlife encountering all of the joys of menopause. Hot flashes, mood swings, homicidal trendencies and more. Now, you can't swing…

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Eric Johnston: Canada's Hottest Rising Comic (& Podcaster)! 55:40

2M ago55:40

55:40

This episode's guest was already a two-time guest on Bob Smith's Outdated Wrestling Hour - but that didn't stop the former PWI editor from booking Eric Johnston, the standup comedian, author, and now podcaster, to The Outdated Entertainment Hour. Johnston who was raging hot in 2024, has a huge 2025 in store: A new family, a new gig as an internatio…

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Mom of a Critch Claire Rankin 1:05:07

2M ago1:05:07

1:05:07

Claire Rankin says she's waited "a really long time...to land something like this." The PEI native is talking about her role as Mary on Son of a Critch. How she landed the role -- after one of those remote zoom call auditions -- is just one of the stories she shares on this hour-long podcast. Season Four finds Mary -- and Rankin -- out of the kitch…

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SNL original Rosie Shuster 56:15

2M ago56:15

56:15

Saturday Night Live is celebrating the big 5-0. Who better to put it in perspective than the Canadian writer who was there at the start. On this special presentation from brioux.tv: the podcast and LateNighter, Rosie Shuster tells how it all began. She was born with a funny bone as the daughter of Frank Shuster (half of the comedy team of Wayne & S…

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When Calls the Heart's Jack Wagner 41:45

2M ago41:45

41:45

OK, Hearties, here he is, Jack Wagner who plays Bill Avery on When Calls the Heart. The former soap star has played the sheriff-turned-judge character for 12 seasons on the Langley, BC-based Hallmark and Super Channel series. As viewers will see on the Saturday, Feb. 8 episode, Avery will be re-introduced to Georgie McGill, played by special guest …

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Rick Mercer guests on Son of a Critch 26:26

2M ago26:26

26:26

If ever we needed some candid talk from Rick Mercer, we need it now. The CBC Hall of Famer didn't hold back when I spoke with him last summer in St. John's on the set of Son of a Critch. The native son plays Mark Sr.'s new VOCM radio station boss on the CBC sitcom. Catch the episode this Tuesday (also on CBCGem). Mercer was delighted to be back bef…

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The Rock & Roll Replacements - With Joe Puccio! 1:25:51

2M ago1:25:51

1:25:51

There's nothing like classic rock - and there's also nothing like going back in time to an era when it mattered who was doing the singing and playing. Join host Bob Smith (PWI, Good Times) and special guest Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire) for a unique podcast episode that looks at a topic that isn't often covered: An in-depth look at the oftentimes …

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Son of a Critch's Benjamin Evan Ainsworth 31:18

3M ago31:18

31:18

This episode is the second to feature a cast member from Season 4 of Son of a Critch: none other than the son himself, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth. Ainsworth, of course, plays young Mark Critch, circa 1990, on the CBC sitcom. The episode was recorded last summer on location in St. John's, Nfld. Ainsworth was shooting a scene on a residential street clo…

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FROM 2013: Donald Trump 24:11

3M ago24:11

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Monday January 20 is inauguration day in the US. So everybody raise your right hand, and for those listening here at home, hang onto those Canadian passports. A dozen years ago The Donald was just another tanned game show host when I interviewed him in his 26th floor office at Trump Tower in New York. Now I've reached into the vault and fired up th…

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Tony Coleman: B.B. King, A Life In The Blues, & More! 1:21:29

3M ago1:21:29

1:21:29

The Podcast: In every episode, The Outdated Entertainment Hour With Bob Smith takes a fond look back at classic forms of show business - music, film, TV, books, magazines, radio, you name it. Smith (The Outdated Wrestling Hour, Good Times, Gallery) brings on guests who are experts in a wide variety of genres - every show is a revelation in itself. …

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Pledging Allegiance to Season Two 38:40

3M ago38:40

38:40

The second season of the slick crime series Allegiance begins January 15 on CBC and CBC Gem. The shot-in-Surrey, B.C., drama stars Supinder Wraich (Sort Of), Enrico Colantoni and Samer Salem. I spoke with all three in Toronto at the CBC Winter Media Launch in December. Wraich plays Sabrina Sohal, a promising rookie police officer who fights to serv…

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Allan Hawco on CBC's new Saint-Pierre 42:33

3M ago42:33

42:33

No man is an island. Allan Hawco's new series, however, is shot and set on an archipelago of eight islands represented by the French government off the coast of Newfoundland. Hawco, who played a detective on Republic of Doyle and was also on Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, plays Donny "Fitz" Fitzpatrick. He's a cop who gets too nosy about police secrets an…

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The Legacies of SCTV & SNL - Featuring Glen Braget! 1:29:23

3M ago1:29:23

1:29:23

The Podcast: The Outdated Entertainment Hour features award-winning media pro Bob Smith (Good Times Magazine, Pro Wrestling Illustrated) looking back with fondness and gratitude at a multitude of bygone entertainment vehicles. From movies to TV to music to toys to everything else under the sun, Smith uses his decades of experience to deliver a one-…

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Son of a Critch is back! 59:15

3M ago59:15

59:15

This Hour has, well, not just 22 Minutes but a full hour as I catch up with Mark Critch, this week's guest on brioux.tv: the podcast. The conversation was taped last summer in St. John's, Nfld., during production on the fourth season of Son of a Critch (returning Tuesday, Jan. 7 on CBC and CBC Gem). What a trip that was, including a visit from a gu…

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Survivor 47 Canadian Genevieve Mushaluk 28:20

4M ago28:20

28:20

Genevieve Mushaluk, a 33-year-old corporate lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, had her torch snuffed on last week’s two-hour, second-last episode of Survivor. Picked as the final member of the jury, she’ll be in LA watching the finale with the rest of the castaways when the season ends December 18 on CBS and Global. Did she see her elimination coming?…

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Christmas queen Candace Cameron Bure 38:01

4M ago38:01

38:01

My guest this week has made over three dozen made for television movies, She also headlined Hallmark’s Aurora Teagarden series. Before that, as a child star, she was part of the long-running TGIF family series, Full House, as well as its streaming sequel, Fuller House. Of course I’m talking about Candace Cameron Bure. In 2022, she broke away from H…

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Ho, Ho, Old: Classic Christmas Entertainment With Mike McCurdy! 1:14:38

4M ago1:14:38

1:14:38

“This is the first podcast I’ve ever done which I can describe as touching, meaning on a human level,” said host Bob Smith after the completion of the year-end edition of The Outdated Entertainment Hour. The podcast – featuring Mike McCurdy, the veteran veteran radio pro at Minnesota’s Pioneer 90.1 radio and the co-host of Offshoots TV (YouTube, Fa…

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Blue Ant Media-meister Jamie Schouela 57:36

4M ago57:36

57:36

If you work in this industry you know how hard it is to keep ahead in a world that always seems to be pivoting. Streaming, fast channels, multi-platform media brands – who can keep up? Well, one fella is Jamie Schouela, President, Global Channels and Media at Blue Ant Media. I caught up with Jamie a few weeks ago in Toronto when I was asked to mode…

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Going Troppo with Australia's Nicole Chamoun 28:51

4M ago28:51

28:51

As we head into another frigid Canadian winter we bring you a podcast about a series that is set and shot in the hottest part of Australia. The series is called Troppo, a term used in north Queensland that means going mad from the heat. Troppo is based on the best selling novel from Candice Fox titled Crimson Lake and it is about a disgraced Americ…

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Fifth Estate host Bob McKeown tackles retirement 50:14

5M ago50:14

50:14

After 31 years as host of The Fifth Estate, plus another decade winning Emmys for CBS and NBC News, award-winning investigative journalist Bob McKeown is ready to retire. The Ottawa native never shied away from his assignments, especially when it came to reporting on football and head injuries. Back in the '70s, he was a CFL all-star centre for the…

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Go RetroFestive with Tyler Schwartz 41:18

5M ago41:18

41:18

Tyler and Jordie Schwartz started their business of selling retro toys and gifts in 2007 as the Canadian Leg Lamp Company. The idea came after shooting their fan film “Road Trip for Ralphie,” an homage to the kid from the 1983 classic, “A Christmas Story.” Next they introduced Moose Mugs from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989). Seventee…

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Broadway's Influential Musicals - With Adam Baritot! 1:12:27

5M ago1:12:27

1:12:27

The new edition of The Oudated Entertainment Hour With Bob Smith "hits the heights" as Smith, the longtime journalist and entertainment writer, welcomes back actor and director Adam Baritot for look at some of the most influential Broadway musicals of all time. From old-time classics to the best of modern plays, this show has a little something for…

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Frasier's Canadian connection Jess Salgueiro 50:53

5M ago50:53

50:53

When Jess Salgueiro auditioned in person for the role of Eve on Frasier, she had to do it in front of a pair of sitcom legends: Kelsey Grammer and director Jim Burrows. Pressure? Yes and no says the actress, who was born in Winnipeg, Man. She figured there must be hundreds of others lining up to try and win a role on this reboot of a TV classic. Wi…

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Mistletoe Murders stars Sarah Drew and Peter Mooney 40:10

5M ago40:10

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Stop me if you've seen this kind of Hallmark series before: an enterprising and attractive single woman (Sarah Drew from Grey's Anatomy) owns a Christmas store on the main street of a picturesque small town. She crosses paths with a handsome, newly single-police officer (Peter Mooney from Burden of Truth). Before you can say, "witness tampering," h…

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Garry Blye salutes Allan Blye 1:12:16

5M ago1:12:16

1:12:16

If only The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was still around to help us through another turbulent US Presidential election. Pat Paulsen -- where are you when we need you? A key writer/producer back on that 1967-69 comedy variety show was a Canadian -- Allan Byle. Before the Smothers, he worked for Fred Rogers as well as CBC songbird Juliette. Tommy S…

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Sex, Spies & Mayhem: Exploitation Films - With Brian R. Solomon! 2:23:08

5M ago2:23:08

2:23:08

Join a pair of veteran writers and journalists - Bob Smith and Brian R. Solomon - as they take a lengthy look back at a somewhat forgotten form of entertainment: Exploitation films! On the new Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast, Smith and Solomon discuss the kind of films that kept drive-ins open and thriving for decades: Gore horror films. Sexy a…

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Part Two: master storyteller Ken Levine tells all 52:43

6M ago52:43

52:43

In Part 2 of my conversation with Ken Levine, more evidence that the Emmy-winner is one of TV's top storytellers. One of my favourite episodes from his excellent podcast, Hollywood & Levine, is the one where he told listeners exactly what he thought of the recent reboot of Frasier. Some might see this as sour grapes from one of the authors of the o…

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BONUS DROP: Baseball Then & Now With John McAdam & Steve Gennarelli! 1:21:57

6M ago1:21:57

1:21:57

This episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour was recorded on October 27, in the midst of the 2024 World Series - and once it was finished, host Bob Smith thought: "This is all about today and yesterday, let's just slam this one out there right away." Take a nostalgic trip into the history of baseball, how it's been covered in the media, how it's…

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Part One: master sitcom storyteller Ken Levine 48:31

6M ago48:31

48:31

What hasn't Ken Levine done? He's an Emmy-winning screenwriter who has -- with writing partner David Issacs -- written for some of television's best comedies. You may have heard of M*A*S*H, Cheers and Frasier. In his spare time (!) he has also been a disc jockey, a major league baseball play-by-play announcer, a cartoonist, a playwright, a director…

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The Joy Of Classic Toys - With Steve Gennarelli! 1:06:50

6M ago1:06:50

1:06:50

One the lastest episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour, host (and veteran writer and journalist) Bob Smith welcomes fellow podcaster Steve Gennarelli for a warm and nostalgic look at the stuff children's dreams are made of: Toys! From classic companies like Wham-O and Kenner to traditional toys that have stood the test of time, Smith and Gennar…

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Tracking down Justin Hartley 17:15

6M ago17:15

17:15

This past spring, the CBS action-drama Tracker became an instant hit, emerging as the No. 1 US network series of the season. On this episode, I speak with the tracker himself, Justin Hartley, who was in Toronto last June promoting the series at the CTV upfront. After a career in soaps (Passions; The Young and the Restless) as well as in primetime (…

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Mark McKinney Needs a Hobby 32:38

6M ago32:38

32:38

When you’ve been busy creating, writing and starring in TV shows and films for a couple of decades, who has time for a hobby? That’s been the case for Mark McKinney. This son of a diplomat moved around a lot as a lad and says comedy has always been his hobby. Together with Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCullough and Scott Thompson, he’s been p…

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Heroes, A Hiatus ... & A Helping Hand 24:51

6M ago24:51

24:51

The Outdated Entertainment Hour is back! Host Bob Smith (PWI, Good Times Magazine) returns after a brief bout with COVID to take a look foward at what's coming up on this new podcast - and takes a bit of time to offer information on how to help several states following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Plus - saying goodbye to legends; a classic…

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Small Town girl Kristin Kreuk 39:07

7M ago39:07

39:07

The first scene of the new Fox and Global series Murder in a Small Town is set at that most sacred of Canadian television landmarks: the diner from The Beachcombers, Mollys Reach. Seated inside, shooting a first date scene, are two actors representing several generations of Canadian acting royalty: Kristin Kreuk, the Vancouver lass who went from Ed…

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SNL's 50th memories with Lorraine Santoli 1:13:23

7M ago1:13:23

1:13:23

Ever wonder what it was like to be in Studio 8H opening night in 1975 on Saturday Night Live? Director Jason Reitman wondered and his new movie, "Saturday Night," is a recreation of the hours leading up to airtime on that historic night. Somebody who was there, however, is my guest this week on brioux.tv the podcast: Lorraine Santoli. No, she was n…

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New Dragon Brian Scudamore 46:00

7M ago46:00

46:00

TV schedules and programs are like the places where we live. Sometimes they need somebody to come in a do a thorough de-cluttering. As CBC's Dragon's Den heads into a 19th season, who better to join the series as the latest investing entrepreneur than Brian Scudamore? He's the founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. You know their slogan: "We make junk …

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Carolyn & Billy return with Farmhouse Facelift 3 48:03

7M ago48:03

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After a two year wait, our long national farmhouse facelift crisis is over! Designer/contractor siblings Carolyn Wilbrink and Billy Pearson are back with a new, third season of HGTV's Farmhouse Facelift. The stylin' siblings--featured twice before on brioux.tv: the podcast--once again barnstorm through Southern Ontario, taking grim-looking concrete…

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What's Your Favorite? Television's All-Time Best Series - The TV 100! 1:39:28

7M ago1:39:28

1:39:28

Join podcasters Bob Smith (The Outdated Entertainment Hour) and Steve Gennarelli (Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam) as they join writer and journalist Joe Puccio (GenerationXwire.com) for a look back at the greatest TV series of all time. The trio listed what they considered to be the best shows ever, and all of your favorites are likely to be h…

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The History Of Horror Films - With Joe Puccio! 1:27:33

8M ago1:27:33

1:27:33

The Podcast: Now known best as a podcast host, veteran entertainment writer and editor Bob Smith (Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Good Times Magazine) returns to take a look at the horror film genre, which these days has never been hotter. The Guest: Joining Smith on this episode is Joe Puccio, a veteran entertainment writer (GenerationX Wire, several n…

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Meet "The Movie Man" Keith Stata 24:01

8M ago24:01

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About two hours northeast of Toronto stands The Highlands Cinemas, a hand made movie palace carved out of cedars and mosquitoes. Every summer for 40 years, families from neighbouring towns and villages in Ontario’s cottage country have braved bear cubs in the parking lot to see everything from “Barbie” to the latest “Despicable Me” flick. It is ent…

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Spin That Rack: A Life With Comic Books - Featuring Cory Strode! 1:16:33

8M ago1:16:33

1:16:33

Join veteran entertainment and sports writer Bob Smith (also host of The Outdated Wrestling Hour Podcast) and another popular podcaster, Cory Strode - who hosts Kray Z Comics And Stories (find it wherever you find your podcasts) for an hour looking at the history of comics magazines. From Batman to Spider-Man to everything in between, this show wil…

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