by Jack Bennest » Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:41 pm
answer as many as possible
TP # 12 Radio
1. She hosted a very successful folk music show called Touch The Earth in the 1970's. Who was she and where did she get her start in show biz?
Answer:Sylvia (Fricker) Tyson along with former husband Ian were two of the most popular performers during the folk music revival of the early 1960's. They wrote many of the song they sang including the hit, “Four Strong Winds”.
2. Name the four stars of Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show.
Answer: Bill Reiter, Marla Groper, Bill Buck and weatherman Norm Grohman. The show was produced by Don Kowalchuk and Lars Eastholme did the sound effects.
3. When Peter Gzowski left CBC Radio for the disastrous TV talk show, 90 Minutes Live, who took over his morning radio slot?
Answer: Don Harran, a.k.a. Charlie Farquarson and the show was called Morningside.
4. In the mid-1970's, an up-and-coming 19-year old named Ivan Fecan was hired to produce a science show to run on Saturdays. What was it called?
Answer: Quirks And Quarks.
5. One of the original members of The Royal Canadian Air Farce was Dave Broadfoot. Can you name his most memorable character?
Answer: A blowhard politician called The Honorable Member From Kicking Horse Pass.
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