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Jughead

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June 04, 2009 at 07:50PM View BBCode

Could be. I thought everything in Canada was CBC. Apparently not!

dirtdevil

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June 04, 2009 at 09:55PM View BBCode

no, we have 3 major channels (major for us, that is): cbc, ctv and global. there's also the city/asn stations trying to make it into the [canadian] tv big leagues. plus one independent out in newfoundland that's kind of like a newfie superstation. they all buy most of their programming from american networks but cbc introduced a bunch of new shows during the writers strike that have actually done quite well, so they're actually making canadian tv that doesn't completely suck. (this is a revelation)

every once in a while back in the day one network or the other (there were just two then, global is a more recent development) would take a stab at 'canadian content'. cbc came up with the beachcombers, an inexplicably popular show about life in rural british columbia. ctv had check it out. the beachcombers lasted longer. it also spawned a fashion 'fad' in the 'relic togue' which was worn by a character named, appropriately enough, relic. the candian content regulations are actually what cause the mackenzie brothers to be invented. canadian tv was picking up the sctv show and the crtc demanded something incredibly nonsensical, like a minute and 30 seconds of purely 'canadian' programming in the show. so thomas and moranis sat down and invented the most cliched canadian characters they could think and bob and doug were born. canadian tv rules can be pretty dumb.

[/ boring canadian tv lesson]

dirtdevil

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June 05, 2009 at 03:01AM View BBCode

and suddenly the series got really interesting. malkin is just ungodly.

patred

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June 05, 2009 at 03:37PM View BBCode

Everybody bitches about the refs, but they know their stuff. Exhibit A:

dirtdevil

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June 05, 2009 at 05:44PM View BBCode

it's a great caption, but that's actually horrible technique on the part of the linesman. rule #1 of breaking up a fight- wait for your partner. otherwise you tend to get popped in the melon a couple of times.

whiskybear

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June 10, 2009 at 01:09AM View BBCode

Is anyone else getting something other than the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC? I'm watching on CBC anyway, but the local NBC affiliate is airing local news programming instead.

dirtdevil

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June 10, 2009 at 02:46AM View formatted

no offence, but i refuse to watch any hockey telecast on nbc.

(are 5 and 6 on versus, since 1 and 2 were on nbc this year?)

whiskybear

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June 10, 2009 at 03:01AM View BBCode

No, my listing even showed the Stanley Cup Finals airing from 5 to 8 p.m. They just didn't air it.

Cubsfan13

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June 10, 2009 at 04:11AM View BBCode

It was on NBC here. It could be a local thing...sometimes the local ABC affiliate decides to show church services/infomercials over soccer/basketball.

dirtdevil

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June 10, 2009 at 12:30PM View BBCode

maybe your local nbc station figured their broadcast couldn't compete with the cbc one?

Faceman

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June 10, 2009 at 04:23PM View BBCode

good game last night. hopefully game 7 will be competitive

Jughead

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June 10, 2009 at 05:22PM View BBCode

I guess Bill Guerin isn't the reason the Sharks lost in the second round a couple years ago after all.

dirtdevil

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June 10, 2009 at 06:15PM View BBCode

not the only reason, anyway. actually, the way they'e been going in the playoffs, maybe the better question to ask would be "is bill guerin the reason the sharks made the second round"?

i'm looking forward to a great game seven. hopefully pittsburgh wins. i hate watching detroit aand if the league's going to copycat the winner i'd prefer that to be the more entertaining team to watch.

whiskybear

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June 10, 2009 at 06:29PM View BBCode

Goddamn the Penguins and Sidney Crosby to hell.

FuriousGiorge

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June 10, 2009 at 06:56PM View BBCode

Yeah, but the Wings are pretty horrible too. I've been watching the NBA more than the NHL during the Finals, I hate these two teams more than any other team in the league.

whiskybear

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June 10, 2009 at 06:59PM View BBCode

Oh I know. But at least Detroit is not Pittsburgh.

FuriousGiorge

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June 10, 2009 at 07:02PM View BBCode

(I don't have anything against Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh gave us Dawn of the Dead. And Andy Warhol, who is some sort of vampire according to the movie Factory Girl. So, vampires too.)

[Edited on 6-10-2009 by FuriousGiorge]

whiskybear

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June 10, 2009 at 07:14PM View BBCode

(I have everything against Pittsburgh, but most especially that goddamn cheapshot artist child-toucher Brian Dawkins played in the same state with the Steelers for so many years and also someone from Pittsburgh sold me a pizza made out of herpes and I'm pretty sure it was Fran Tarkenton.)

FuriousGiorge

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June 10, 2009 at 07:23PM View BBCode

Was the pizza delivered to your house by Brett Favre? I bet the pizza was delivered to your house by Brett Favre.

whiskybear

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June 10, 2009 at 07:24PM View BBCode

I'm pretty sure it was Reafv, yes.

dirtdevil

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June 10, 2009 at 07:57PM View BBCode

if only tarkenton had spent some time experiencing the godliness of slavery. then he might have been a better person after he was freed.

whiskybear

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June 13, 2009 at 03:21AM View BBCode

Fuck.

drunkengoat

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June 13, 2009 at 04:16AM View BBCode

CENSORED?!

drew

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June 13, 2009 at 05:50AM View BBCode

Fuck

drunkengoat

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June 13, 2009 at 05:52AM View BBCode

Apparently there were more wings fans for this one than i'd anticipated.

censored ... ?