Genie Awards promo with Leslie Nielsen from 1991

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A bevy of Royal Canadian Air Farce

Join the Air Farce to check out what Canadians laugh at while we're freezing our asses off up here in Canada. The RCAF is Canada's longest running comedy program going back to the 60's and still includes many of the original cast members along with some new additions. Check out four complete episodes below. Each episode is broken up by routine.

Episode 15-01. Click here to Watch.

Episode 15-02. Click here to Watch.

Episode 15-03. Click here to Watch.

Episode 15-04. Click here to Watch.

and click here to check out their official homepage to check out future episodes as they appear.

Q's Jian Ghomeshi interviews David Cronenberg

Cronenberg photo credit: Rita Molnár

Cronenberg is back and he's talking about his new film "Eastern Promises".

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Runs: 16:17 minutes

Heard on CBC Radio One and Sirus Jian Ghomeshi's Q provides a bevy of arts and culture information and entertainment of a very high order (sorry Entertainment Tonight Canada...you're not even in the running). Click here to subscribe to Q using RSS or here to subscribe using iTunes

and consider subscribing to The Naked Gord Program using RSS by clicking right here or by clicking here to subscribe via iTunes (iTunes will only deliver MP3 content from the site and is in beta)

p.s. If you want to watch an excellent doc on the demise of old media and the rise of the new hosted by Canada's most innovative media auteur, Jian Ghomeshi, then click right here for a previous track from The Naked Gord Program

The CBC wants to know if you've ever had any errors on your CDN cellphone bill

Has Bell, Telus or Rogers ever issued reoccurring errors on your cellphone bill that wouldn't disappear even after you've contacted then to have it corrected?

If so contact Stephanie Kampf at stephanie_kampf@cbc.ca to have your story possibly featured on an upcoming episode of The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Marketplace program.

Retro Jay Leno on Co-Ed College

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Sporty big hair and gunning for big laughs, funnyman Jay Leno remembers co-ed college in this 1978 TV interview with CBC's Peter Gzowski.

CBC: The Fifth Esttate: The Lies that lead to War

Click to watch direct from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in streaming video

Runs 38 minutes

CBC.ca: Since the US-led invasion four years ago, the fifth estate has covered Iraq and the war on terror from virtually every angle--the military, media, intelligence, politics--revealing aspects of the story that you didn't find anywhere else. Now, as the White House warns about the latest threat in the region, this time from Iran, it's worthwhile looking back to examine the deception, suspect intelligence, even lies, that convinced the world of the rightness of targeting Saddam Hussein.

The political decisions behind the invasion

The Lies That Led To War is drawn from these stories: In 2003's The Forgotten People, the fifth estate examined the human rights arguments used to make a case for war. We looked at the sale of technology by the US to Iraq during the 1980's despite the fact that this equipment could be, and was used eventually, in military operations by Saddam Hussein against Kurdish civilians. After the gassing of the Kurds in 1988, American business with Iraq actually increased.

In Act of Faith which aired that same year, the fifth estate examined how George Bush and Tony Blair struck a deal that would lead to the invasion of Iraq. It was a deal struck while UN diplomats worked to avert conflict in the weeks and months leading up to March 19, 2003.

In the widely acclaimed Conspiracy Theories and the Unauthorized Biography of Dick Cheney, which aired in 2003 and 2004 respectively, we looked at intelligence failures leading up to 9/11, Dick Cheney's power within the White House and his Halliburton connections, as well as the links between the Bush family, the Saudi Royal family and the Bin Ladens.

Selling the war in Iraq

In 2005's Sticks and Stones, we turned our attention to the American media and how they covered the ongoing war in Iraq, public dissent, as well as the increasingly hostile tone between left and right in American discourse.

Now, The Lies That Led To War provides context to the events of the previous six years, showing how political, diplomatic, media spin – which sometimes crossed the line into outright lies - have been used by the those in power to further their own agendas.

Canadian Broadcasting Corp: The End of...

View Part one " The End of Radio" | View Part two " The End of TV" | View Part three " The End of Print"
22:22 minutes each
From The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation comes Jian Ghomeshi with a look at how technology is changing and perhaps eliminating traditional media.Marshall Mcluhan fans rejoice. This is right up your alley.

CBC.ca The experts have spoken. Mass media is reported to be on its last legs. A handful of new media entities with remarkably silly names: Blogs, Vlogs, YouTube, Podcasts, and Yahoo! are leading the charge, leaving traditional forms of communications to play catch-up or get left behind.

The CBC's pop culture specialist Jian Ghomeshi ponders the fate of mass media and asks whether we are nearing a world without television, radio or print in THE END, a three-part series airing on CBC Newsworld.

With new trends in media emerging on what seems to be a daily basis, many have been predicting the fall of traditional communications for some time. There are always new trends, toys and gadgets, but which of them will survive and emerge victorious? And what will our increasingly wired, (or is that wireless), world look like in this age of instant information gratification?

Is this really the end of TV and radio as we know it?

Jian Ghomeshi is the host of THE END. David Giddens is series producer of THE END. Heaton Dyer is the Director of Programming for CBC Newsworld.

CBC's Comedy Factory

From The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation comes "Comedy Factory" - a weekly podcast featuring a bevy of Canadian comedian talent.

CBC.ca: If a joke's worth telling, it's worth repeating. The Comedy Factory collects our favourite skits, commentaries and funny bits that appeared on CBC Radio over the past week. It's an assembly line of humour, safety-tested and priced to move!
Click to play (right click to download in Mp3) the most recent broadcast direct from CBC.ca

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Henry Rollins on George Bush

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He's been described as an angry, funny, political, renaissance man. Punk poet Henry Rollins rants on George Bush and his new TV show.

and click here to check out The Henry Rollins Show Season One over at Amazon.com

Ipod envy with The Royal Canadian Air Farce

With all the buzz of the new Apple Ipod Iphone I thought it might be a good time to check in with The Royal Canadian Air Farce (Canada's most successful comedy team and star of their own show on Canada's public broadcaster - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - for literally decades) to see their take on "Ipod envy".
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streaming video from CBC.ca

Amy Sedaris interview

The mastermind behind Comedy Central's "Strangers with Candy" (and a hottie to boot) gets down with Canada's Definitely Not The Opera program from Canada's public broadcaster - the CBC.

Click here to download from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in MP3 (right click to save)
(Also includes interview with Canadian comedian John Wing and a chat about Betty Page)

Rick Mercer on Mexico's Giant Baby!

The man the BBC calls Canada's Jon Stewart is back reporting on Canada's new political obsession - Mexico's giant baby!

Click here to watch in streaming video

Rick Mercer on the Conservative solution to pollution

From the man the BBC calls Canada's Jon Stewart comes how Canada's new extremist Conservative government plans to use technology to solve the pollution issue.

Click here to watch in streaming video direct from CBC.ca

the fifth estate: The Unauthorized Biography of Dick Cheney

Click here to watch direct from CBC.ca in streaming video
(runs 42 minutes)

Click to visit the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's page on the program for exclusive web resources right here.

CBC.ca: American Vice-President Dick Cheney has walked the corridors of world power for three decades. Cheney's remarkable life story involves the relentless accumulation of power in every form. Elected for a second term, he continues to be one of the most powerful and well-connected men in the world. The fifth estate will show how he accomplished this, what it involved in terms of costs for others and what history's judgement could be.

Rick Mercer on California, Conservatives and Alberta oil

The man the BBC calls "Canada's Jon Stewart" is back with another report on how Canada's new extremist Conservative Government plans to deal with California banning the use of Alberta's tar sands oil find because it creates more greenhouse gas.

Click here to watch directly from CBC.ca in streaming video


The Rick Mercer Report air Tuesdays at 8:00, 8:30 in NL on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Renegade Brit George Galloway

Renegade British MP George Galloway is an outspoken critic of Tony Blair, George Bush and now Stephen Harper. (Runs 10:08)

Comedian Rick Mercer on the enviroment

From the man who the BBC calls Canada's Jon Stewart comes how Canada's new extremist Conservative government plans to deal with the effects of global warming.

Click here to watch direct from Google Video



Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: From the Rick Mercer Report it's White Recycling
The Conservatives' latest recycling initiative. Watch The Rick Mercer Report Tuesdays at 8:00 pm. Find more videos at www.cbc.ca/mercerreport


For another Mercer Conservative government enviroment PSA click right here to watch directly from CBC.ca

Little Mosque on the Prairie

It's been catching buzz in the US. A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation comedy series about Muslims in small town Canada. Check out the CNN report below as well as two clips of the show.

Little Mosque airs on January 9th, 2007 at 8:30 on CBC Television.



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Clip two:

Martin Short on his Broadway success

Click here to watch directly from CBC.ca



Martin Short can sing, dance, and act with the best of them. He proved it early in his career with a phenomenal success on Broadway. (Runs 14:45)

Billy Connolly interview with CBC Television

Click here to watch the great Billy Connolly in this 15 minute interview with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

(video is much better quality than the capture)