tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.comments2013-12-23T03:22:46.313-05:00Alternative GirlfriendAlternative Girlfriendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12779176697756508833noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-87651012449359821932009-05-09T16:48:00.000-04:002009-05-09T16:48:00.000-04:00I liked the blog entry. Very deep! Keep it up!!! :...I liked the blog entry. Very deep! Keep it up!!! :)<br /><br />-Hollywood_TreyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336240323605276889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-46960456943046628212009-02-24T01:30:00.000-05:002009-02-24T01:30:00.000-05:00You've covered far more in this one post than I ha...You've covered far more in this one post than I have over the year or so I've posted about the various changes at the CBC. The rate at which this has been happening is scary to say the least.<BR/><BR/>And I think <I>The Hour</I> has really slipped since George started taping his shows in front of an audience (IIRC, the first year or so went live on Newsworld, then repeated on the main network).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-1418049565291007122009-02-23T09:44:00.000-05:002009-02-23T09:44:00.000-05:00@ Dwight Thanks for the reading suggestion, it's g...@ Dwight Thanks for the reading suggestion, it's going on my list for my next trip to the bookstore.<BR/><BR/>@ Allan FO's e-mail duly noted, I'll be sure to send over any future rants and raves. It's nice to know that while the CBC may not care about what Canadians think, other Canadians actually do.Alternative Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12779176697756508833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-58165304105894609652009-02-23T09:27:00.000-05:002009-02-23T09:27:00.000-05:00@ Allan, Yes, I can only hope there will be change...@ Allan, Yes, I can only hope there will be change, Canadians deserve it. My oldest son had some of his friends over this weekend, and while I'm not sure how the conversation started, it came around that all of them had really no idea what was on the CBC, other than hockey. Now THAT says so much about our Nations Broadcaster. A whole Generation of 17 year olds' staring blankly when you explain "No really, we have TV Shows and Radio, made right here in Canada."<BR/><BR/>And you're right, The CBC is far from being the only thing in either of our lives. The state of The Mothercorp isn't keeping me up at night, but it is something that should be spoken about, debated about, and hopefully, improved.<BR/><BR/>Although, ha, ha, I doubt that Kirstine Layfied loves that I care so much. And I'm doubly sure the Mods over at CBC.ca don't like me either... I stopped posting there because my messages kept being rejected. Nothing I ever posted there was untrue, yet they felt my points were easier to delete than to have open for debate. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you've appreciated my involvement at Teamakers, I've always felt welcome there, regardless of the fact that I come from the standpoint of Consumer.Alternative Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12779176697756508833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-48822875836133297002009-02-23T08:51:00.000-05:002009-02-23T08:51:00.000-05:00I've been doing some reading recently, including J...I've been doing some reading recently, including John Ralston Saul's <B>A Fair Country</B>. I doubt that Mr. Saul's figured out the entire picture, but I wonder if he hasn't hit upon several of the contributing factors.Dwight Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389833479219422837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-90999049059502627812009-02-23T08:34:00.000-05:002009-02-23T08:34:00.000-05:00Ah, he removed it.It's fakeouimet@gmail.comand fee...Ah, he removed it.<BR/><BR/>It's <BR/><BR/>fakeouimet@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>and feel free to give us a piece of your mind when you're inclined, though I don't need to tell you thatAllan Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559623016436490274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-10467219996756505632009-02-23T08:32:00.000-05:002009-02-23T08:32:00.000-05:00Thanks Dwight, I'm glad to know it wasn't just me....Thanks Dwight, I'm glad to know it wasn't just me. IMO Canada has some of the most talented people in the world and I wonder, why more often than not they must go to another country first to get recognized, discovered, appreciated.Alternative Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12779176697756508833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-364559662869609952009-02-23T01:36:00.000-05:002009-02-23T01:36:00.000-05:00Well, I don't want you to be upset.Your post here ...Well, I don't want you to be upset.<BR/>Your post here was what a good blog is all about. Writing out everything about something meaningful to you.<BR/>It takes a long time to change the culture and mindset of a huge corporation, but I too believe that it can be done.<BR/>And seriously consider posting CBC concerns/thoughts at Tea Makers and insidecbc and of course always to audience relations. <BR/><BR/>I like personal blogs, they can be so impressive sometimes.<BR/>But these days I lean toward collaborative efforts. Even amongst people like joe and I who don't always get along.<BR/>You have your select readers following your life, and I always appreciated your involvement at TM, so keep on keeping on.<BR/>As each year of this blogging stuff (and now Twitter!) evolves, i find I learn a lot from reading other people (too many!), but that I learn even more by participating, about others and about myself. <BR/>But it takes effort and comes with a small price, so I know from experience that it's a reflection of both work and courage to write a post such as you have here.<BR/><BR/>The CBC is far from being the only thing in either of our lives. <BR/>But like you, I think we deserve better than we're getting.<BR/>Like with our government in some instances.<BR/>So we stand up and ask questions and present our views too.<BR/><BR/>You did your best, and it was a lot.<BR/>The CBC should be, and probably is, grateful to you that you cared that much.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, Ouimet probably doesn't answer her mailbox that often, so you should send to the Fake guy. His address is there.Allan Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559623016436490274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-82901491023367447412009-02-22T20:49:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:49:00.000-05:00You're not wrong to want any such thing. I'm worki...You're not wrong to want any such thing. <BR/><BR/>I'm working on a comic book co-pro with an Australian writer, inker and letterer, and we expect our first distributor to be based in the USA. My first paid work as a pro writer was for a US games company. But I still want to see good drama, good comedy, useful news and opinion/debate and so forth, as much as possible to be homegrown, via the CBC and as many others as can be bribed or dragooned into helping out.<BR/><BR/>For me, the "lost causes worth saving anyway" are <B>Da Vinci</B>, <B>This is Wonderland</B>, <B>Intelligence</B>...and I'm not giving up on any of them until the last surviving grip goes the way of all flesh.Dwight Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389833479219422837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-33591658073993893412009-02-22T20:21:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:21:00.000-05:00Allan, I think that is the nicest post you have ev...Allan, I think that is the nicest post you have ever written. Reading back I suppose my frustration can come off whiny, which was never my intent, but I can see being ripped for it.<BR/><BR/>I believe the show should have been given a little more time, sometimes you gotta throw a little belief and hope behind the product you put out. It's hard to get viewer loyalty for the rest of a season when you've already canceled it half way through. If it had been given a shot at season 2 and then tanked like Sophie, I would said fair enough, and that would have been it.<BR/><BR/>While jPod was what I wrote about most, my discontent with the CBC is overall. Do you think I expect too much of the CBC? <BR/><BR/>Maybe I have been suffering from illusions of grandeur, thinking that the CBC could be this really awesome amazing thing that a majority of Canadians, young and old, were really proud of. <BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm just getting nostalgic because back in the 70's and 80's I really did love it. Is it wrong that I want the majority of media that my kids are exposed to, to be Canadian *and* entertaining? <BR/><BR/>And your right Allan, I guess I'm glad I wrote about it too. My opinion may not be of expert caliber, but it was mine nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>FYI, I sent Ouimet the link for this post last week.Alternative Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12779176697756508833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-80785061664475328932009-02-22T18:34:00.000-05:002009-02-22T18:34:00.000-05:00Listen, A G, I'm going to tell you right off the b...Listen, A G, I'm going to tell you right off the bat that I was not a fan of JPod. But nor was I against it's right to exist.<BR/>And I understood the appeal, even if I didn't respect the way it was executed and so on.<BR/><BR/>And I know how it is.<BR/>For some dumb reason, when I was 15 I too petitioned the CBC to keep a show on the air. Must have gotten 300 signatures from people who probably didn't care one bit.<BR/>And even though I knew that little ol' me and all that scribbling wasn't going to change the course of programming, I did it anyway.<BR/>In other words, I was a fan of this show, friends with cast members and in awe of the skill of the this indoor theatre (imagine being on the set of an early CBC dramedy with sets and costumes) and wanted to do might futile little part.<BR/>It would have saved me some time if an adult had pulled me aside and said this:<BR/><BR/>This is about money.<BR/>It's about being able to sustain the cost of this production, ideally make a profit, and please people.<BR/>If you can't do those three, then it's over.<BR/>Or, if you do hit all three, it an still be over if or when someone comes along with The Goon Show, which nets an even bigger profit, and you're replaced.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, there are exceptions.<BR/>A show can make no money and still be on the air because so many people like it but advertisers are staying away. This is even more likely to happen when a public broadcaster is involved. One who likes to prove they are providing a public service.<BR/><BR/>You are convinced that JPod was far more popular than CBC gave it credit for, and you may well be right.<BR/>I saw no reason why the clever antics of a bunch of mischievous, arrogant techies with a little bit of drugs and sex thrown in and some stupid parents wouldn't be a hit.<BR/>A vicarious way to live out a dream job for a specific and large age-group who mostly live all too humdrum and not so funny lives and with no guarantee that they will be around as long as <I>Friends</I>.<BR/>We can't all be George Strombo or in his revolving gang.<BR/>You may well be right that in these hyper connected to media even in the shower that there were tons of people watching who didn't register with any ratings service.<BR/>10,000 sets of eyeballs on the TV channel and 50,000 downloading torrents for later viewing without the commercials. (not that people care about putting up with commercials I believe).<BR/>But without a way to present convincing figures to advertisers what was the CBC to do?<BR/>You can't say to an advertiser "just take our word for it", and the fact is that the CBC has yet to devise a way of measuring this new media in a convincing way.<BR/>They've already indicated that the internet does not present any real concern for them at this point.<BR/><BR/>So once the numbers go downhill, like they're doing with Sophie, it's over.<BR/>Here too the CBC went out of it's way to devise a rescue plan, just as they tried with JPod. Too late, at least this time around.<BR/><BR/>I though you really gave it your all, as evidenced in this post.<BR/>But I think you made a mistake.<BR/>You should have submitted it to Tea Makers.<BR/>And annoyed even more people.Allan Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559623016436490274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-31331742005003783412008-12-06T17:21:00.000-05:002008-12-06T17:21:00.000-05:00What a crock! I have it on good authority that th...What a crock! I have it on good authority that the cancellation was due to an issue between a producer of jPod and an exec at CBC that resulted in the change from Tuesday night where there was a decent audience to Friday where there was guaranteed to be none so thus the exec. could justify his spiteful cancellation of it.Sandra Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951819537345588384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-70156536791915977742008-07-22T14:05:00.000-04:002008-07-22T14:05:00.000-04:00An institution? A situation that makes one's heart...An institution? A situation that makes one's heart hurt? One of the greatest songs ever written?<BR/><BR/>I truly think Calixa Lavallée would be insulted. <BR/><BR/>I acknowledge the soft spot Canadians have for this glorified jingle, but was there this must "outrage" when Canada's Eaton's closed its doors? Or Canada's Northern mining towns close down?<BR/><BR/>Believe me, music lovers, there are far worse things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-66129438554616882312008-07-22T13:54:00.000-04:002008-07-22T13:54:00.000-04:00You lost credibility on the whole rant with that o...You lost credibility on the whole rant with that one for me I'm afraid. Pesky Arctic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-79993829312184391022008-07-10T20:18:00.000-04:002008-07-10T20:18:00.000-04:00Geography Lesson:The thirst coast refers to the Ar...Geography Lesson:<BR/><BR/>The thirst coast refers to the Arctic Ocean<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean<BR/><BR/>cheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-352277840269046332008-07-07T01:24:00.000-04:002008-07-07T01:24:00.000-04:00I see 3 coasts on a map of Canada... Pacific, Atla...I see 3 coasts on a map of Canada... Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic... the last one is frozen a lot... so maybe that's why you missed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-76131248565949134482008-06-28T12:01:00.000-04:002008-06-28T12:01:00.000-04:00I honestly think that people need to remember that...I honestly think that people need to remember that this whole thing is just business. The original deal for rights was just business; nobody pointed a gun at anybody to sign it. This deal for rights is just business. CBC trying to put the best face on it is just business. And Ms. Claman's people trying to make her look like a victim is just business. We are not dealing, here, with an artifact of historical importance. It is, as someone here pointed out, just a jingle. A jingle made valuable not by the inherent quality it possessed in 1968, but by forty years of repetition. Everyone whose underpants are in a bunch over it is going to feel foolish when the next hockey season rolls around and nobody cares. Meanwhile, if this is what passes for a corporate conspiracy scandal in this country, then I'm damned proud to be a Canadian.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307403166425073712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-59040707391776025462008-06-28T04:47:00.000-04:002008-06-28T04:47:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting this information.Our public bro...Thanks for posting this information.<BR/><BR/>Our public broadcaster should not be abusing its media position in this manner. Sure, it's Scott Moore who's generating the spin but others at CBC are not calling him on the deception. <BR/><BR/>It's a shameful exercise CBC Sports has engaged in misleading Canadians. They calculated wrong, though, in thinking most Canadians would swallow Moore's Kool Aid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-26425746027040004312008-06-24T10:18:00.000-04:002008-06-24T10:18:00.000-04:00Excellent rant, Stephanie! I with so much of what...Excellent rant, Stephanie! I with so much of what you have written. <BR/>Unfortunately, I think we're witnessing the slow extinction of a national institution :(Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338033811262713390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-41320158505330214522008-05-27T17:15:00.000-04:002008-05-27T17:15:00.000-04:00You're absolutely right, Stephanie. Too many peopl...You're absolutely right, Stephanie. Too many people in the business have forgotten the reason there even is a business -- the audience. <BR/><BR/>They used to be king, now they're market demographics, treated as mindless consumption units, who will eat what they're fed.<BR/><BR/>But they're not -- and now they have too many satisfying alternatives.jimhenshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-9478270341924356512008-05-27T16:43:00.000-04:002008-05-27T16:43:00.000-04:00Hey Stephanie!Thanks for popping by my blog ;)Yeah...Hey Stephanie!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for popping by my blog ;)<BR/><BR/>Yeah, it's pretty crazy what's going on in this country sometimes - the way we seem to alienate much of our own audience through lazy or boring or nonexistant promotions.<BR/><BR/>It's like they're willing to pay for something only when they're not shelling out for it all on their own (tax credits, incentives, etc.). <BR/><BR/>As soon as promotion time comes around and they're on the hook to spend their own money to promote it, to actually attract viewers, they balk. "What?! We have to pay for that ourselves?!"<BR/><BR/>It's actually quite disgusting how often shows with great potential are tossed onto the air with little fanfare and a 'sink-or-swim' attitude. <BR/><BR/>Luckily, we're not giving up ;)<BR/><BR/>Always more stories to tell, even if we have to tell them ourselves.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/>BrandonBrandon Larabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012563539334788444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-20717091499057441292008-05-27T00:26:00.000-04:002008-05-27T00:26:00.000-04:00Stephanie, That sucks ass! I wrote a comment on th...Stephanie, <BR/><BR/>That sucks ass! I wrote a comment on that blog but who knows if anyone actually reads it!<BR/><BR/>You keep on writing and keep an eye on these guys!Mrs. Hardakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898914376353126858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-81584285949861569642008-05-19T03:39:00.000-04:002008-05-19T03:39:00.000-04:00I'm crying.:-)I'm crying.<BR/>:-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05246510810794069605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-75561499851438727632008-05-16T03:40:00.000-04:002008-05-16T03:40:00.000-04:00I have a feeling he'll get plenty of protein face-...I have a feeling he'll get plenty of protein face-baths in prison, so his complexion should be the least of his problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724976077331578537.post-70057383083217065422008-05-13T22:59:00.000-04:002008-05-13T22:59:00.000-04:00his new pal a happy reunion!his new pal a happy reunion!Mrs. Hardakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898914376353126858noreply@blogger.com