Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'royalcanadianairfarce'
April 27, 2007
Remember Jean Chrétien? We haven't heard much about the former prime minister in some time (dude's been off the map ever since Paul Martin forced him off it). Well, Mizalaina of the Toronto LiveJournal community spotted Chrétien earlier today in downtown Toronto, and has one hell of a story to go along with it: So an hour ago I'm walking north along York St. I hear a crash ahead of me and see a......
Continue Reading "Jean Chrétien is Alive and Well and Crashing in Toronto"March 28, 2007
Dethroned! Ed the Sock will no longer be serving as grand marshal of the Toronto Beaches Lions Club Easter Parade this weekend. After dozens of complaints that the bawdy sock was an inappropriate choice to host the children's parade, the Lions Club replaced Ed with the less-offensive Luba Goy and Craig Lauzon of CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce. David Miller's 5 per cent city tax is hiking the price of your beer, your cigarettes, your......
Continue Reading "Ed The Sock Kicked Out Of Parade, Liberals Win Quebec Election, Hypnotoad Controls Universe"January 8, 2007
ACTRA is officially on strike. If you are an actor, you have the day off. Except if you work for the Rick Mercer Report or the Royal Canadian Air Farce. Then you're shit out of luck. A Costa Rican scorpion smuggled itself into a backpack and onto a plane headed for Pearson yesterday, stinging its host and delaying the flight for an hour as airport officials searched the plane. Rumour has it that New......
Continue Reading "ACTRA On Strike, ScOAP, Getting To Know Giambrone, Stephen Hawking...In Space!"December 27, 2006
So you're stuck at home with the kids. Or you're feeling under the weather. Or you're tired of scrambling around at 11:58 looking for someone to make out with. There are many, many reasons why you might be staying in this New Year's Eve. But there is no reason why you can't be a party of one in front of the tube! There are offerings for any taste Sunday night for those who don't make......
Continue Reading "TV Party: Who Needs Alcohol When You've Got Kurt Browning?"March 28, 2006
There was a time in Torontoist's early adolescence when Must See TV meant Friday night on CBC to see who the Chicken Cannon Target of the Week was - to our 12-year-old sense of humour, the Royal Canadian Air Farce was the pinnacle of biting political satire. Plus, we loved Luba Goy from that time she was on The Elephant Show. And it wasn't just us - our entire grade 7 class would be quoting......
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