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Hosted by veteran TV columnist Bill Brioux. Each week, join in on an outspoken conversation with the actors, executives, and insiders that make the television industry pop. In each edition, Bill invites his guests to talk business, give up some great stories, and make it personal. Plus laughs.
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Humble and Fred return from their vacation and deal with all the pressing issues of the day / Howard's humour flops at a dinner party / Fred binged Leave It To Beaver / Dan made love in the dark / Ovie surpasses Gretzky / Vladdy signs the big one / A little bit of the Orange Shit Stain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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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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Our producer Toronto Mike appeared on CNN / Canadian patriotism is supercharged / Old ladies in string bikinis / St. Paddy's day is overrated / Drop the tax on bubble chicken / PP's gone in the pooper / Dan Duran the anchorman / We should all have TDS Magic Mind, a company that promotes a product designed to enhance cognitive function and reduce br…
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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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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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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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Most of your emails deal with Canadian patriotism, and we thank you for that / Where in Canada would you like to travel / Jordan Peterson and Kevin O'Leary are putrid little men / The delicious decline of Tesla / Dave Lambert, Territory Manager, Silverwax / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Jeff Marek talks about the changing landscape of sports media and Wayne Gretzky / The astronauts are back home / The Orange Idiot attacks Canada again / Greg Brady leaves radio for politics / Could you land a plane / Sherpa Jay Bondy looks at alternatives / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Jeff Lumby joins us to talk about aging, radio memories and just a little bit of politics / Fat men in bathing suits / Gretzky's booze is taking a hit / Memories of our dead fathers / Humble and his daughter are stuck with their Teslas / Nick Ainis from Fusioncorp Developments / The creep that is Stephen Miller / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on A…
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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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We let you weigh in on any subject, but this week its mainly about you know what / Humble and Fred do a fine job today of staying away from you know what / We lean on our other default, shit stories / Is the blood moon worth the bother / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Needless to say, most of today's emails deal with Trump and tariffs / Johnny Slapshot pots three / Dan interviews Fred about play by play / Humble's Indiana buddy / How to wreck and friendship / Dan Duran the anchorman / A show within a show - we record an episode of Aging With Energy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Tony Clement opines on last night's speech by the Orange animal and the mindless tariffs that are now in place / Fred is back from Costa Rica / Gene Hackman update / Nobody cares about the moon anymore / Sherpa Jay Bondy / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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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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Comic Jeremy Hotz is in the midst of a Canadian tour / Listener email / Humble shares a joint with his daughter / Trump speaks for the weakling Gretzky / An American stands up for Canada / The fascinating world of Trump suckers / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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As the Orange Idiot turns on the very people who elected him, the USA will get uglier / Bullet to the head, or bullet to the throat / Humbles reviews of Auschwitz at the ROM / Germany follows Trumps lead / Dan didn't watch the hockey game / Gretzky can piss off / So can Tiger / Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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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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Jeff Lumby checks in from France and talks about his Spanish visit with Howard / Fred is in Costa Rica, and he gives of the lovely little country / The Pearson plane crash / Booing the anthems / Of course Humble and Fred deal with latest blatherings of the Orange Idiot / Nick Ainis from Fusioncorp Developments weighs in on the tariff situation / Hu…
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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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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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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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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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Ralph Benmergui nails it. We must stop blaming and look inward / We're off tomorrow, so we deal with emails today / You have to be careful while booking a trip online / Sherpa Jay Bondy explains what is bad debt and good debt / Dan Duran the anchorman has several bullet points Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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It's not a four in a row we're happy to report, but it's happened to the Bills again / Humble's birthday stories / Reminiscing through music / The new season of the Peterborough Theatre Guild / Panda Bears poop a lot / Trump continues to service his goober, stupid, mindless base / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…
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