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| 409.1 | | SIOG::EGRI | | Thu Feb 14 1991 08:21 | 13 |
| I'd heard before that Walt Disney was born in Canada but someone
refuted that and they claimed he was born in Illinois. Other famous
Canadians: John Kenneth Galbraith (sp)
Christopher Plummer
Kate Nelligan
Donald Sutherland
Niel Young
Lorne Green (better know as Pa or Ben Cartwright on
Bonanza)
Waiting for the more knowledgeable of you to add more.
Ted.
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| 409.2 | Peter Jennings too! | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Sick in a balanced sort of way | Thu Feb 14 1991 08:48 | 5 |
| Don't forget:
Korff Barbunk (Also known as Jimmy Hoffa)
Glenn
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| 409.3 | Rich Little, too! | TROA09::DLOTEN | Semper ubi sub ubi. | Thu Feb 14 1991 08:59 | 1 |
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| 409.4 | part of the "Canadian Conspiracy" | TROA01::MSCHNEIDER | vi.... the editor from hell! | Thu Feb 14 1991 09:15 | 7 |
| Lorne Michaels (Producter of Saturday Night Live)
Mike Mayers (SNL)
John Candy
Margot Kidder (perhaps infamous)
Leslie Nielsen
Rick Moranis
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| 409.5 | | SIOG::EGRI | | Thu Feb 14 1991 09:23 | 6 |
| Jack Kent Cooke (owner of Redskins, ex of Lakers and Kings)
Robbie Robertson (The Band)
Jonie Mitchell
Buffy St.Marie
Paul Anka
Brian Mulroney
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| 409.6 | Door Number Three! No! Two! No! One! | SWAM2::MCCARTHY_LA | Value indifferences? | Thu Feb 14 1991 10:03 | 1 |
| Monte (Monte! Monte!) Hall (Let's Make a Deal)
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| 409.7 | | TRCO01::FINNEY | Keep cool, but do not freeze | Thu Feb 14 1991 11:17 | 9 |
| Michael J Fox,
Arthur Kent (NBC)
Morley Safer(CBS)
Dan Akroyd (sp?) from SNL,etc.
Warren Beatty's & Shirley McLaines mother
Robert MacNeil (MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour)
Peter Jennings (ABC)
Scooter
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| 409.8 | What number please? | MQOFS::DESROSIERS | Lets procrastinate....tomorrow | Thu Feb 14 1991 12:33 | 2 |
| Alexander Graham Bell
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| 409.9 | The answer is ... | TROA01::MSCHNEIDER | vi.... the editor from hell! | Thu Feb 14 1991 12:47 | 1 |
| Alex Trebec
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| 409.10 | Scott Newman | TROA01::DZIALOWSKI | | Thu Feb 14 1991 19:28 | 1 |
| Scott Newman
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| 409.11 | and then there was.... whatizname... | TROA02::CURZON | Richard Curzon TRO4/24 | Fri Feb 15 1991 10:17 | 28 |
| Can't resist tossing in a couple more --
Robert (?) McNeil (McNeil Lehrer news hour)
The Band (somebody mentionned Robbie Robertson, but I think they were ALL
great- Rick Danko Richard Manuel Garth Hudson, only Levon
Helm was a yank... or rather a boy from dixie)
Catherine O'Hara (snl, Home Alone, Beetlejuice "I'll go crazy and I'm
TAKING YOU WITH ME!!" ...this lady is Great])
Mary Margaret O'Hara (her sister the singer (!?))
Alan Thicke (ex-talk show host, ex-prime time comedy show : where is he
now?)
I'm no spring chicken so
Hank Snow
Ian & Sylvia
Mary Pickford
Somebody mentioned Buffy Ste Marie... if anybody has a tape of the
TV special with her and Dr John, I want it! Take
my right arm, oldest son, name your price...
Leonard Cohen
Leon Redbone
The guy that used to be lead singer for Blood Sweat and Tears, what
was his name?!?
Mr x. His last song was Wondering Where the Lions Are? For $500,
his name isxxxx? Oh yeah .. Bruce Cockburn
Everybody who got out of Sarnia(tm)...
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| 409.12 | Dave and Ian Thomas, eh! | TROA01::DLOTEN | Semper ubi sub ubi. | Fri Feb 15 1991 10:24 | 6 |
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I went to the same high school and played basketball with Dave Thomas
(SCTV, MacKenzie Brothers, Dave Thomas Show) and his brother Ian who
provided the music for his show.
-doug
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| 409.13 | Beam me up - whatever your name is!?! | OTOU01::GANNON | Mind that bus! What bus? SPLAT!! | Fri Feb 15 1991 10:35 | 5 |
| Raymond (Ironside and Perry Mason) Burr
Raymond (Dr. Gillespie - in Dr. Kildare) Massey
The guy who played "Scotty" in Star Trek.
- Gerry
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| 409.14 | ..another one.. | OTOA01::ANDERSON | | Fri Feb 15 1991 11:41 | 2 |
| Kyle Mc-something (Agent Cooper) from Twin Peaks & Blue Velvet.
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| 409.15 | Gordon Lightfoot! | 11SRUS::HEWITT | Standard du jour | Fri Feb 15 1991 13:06 | 2 |
| How about Gordon Lightfoot?
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| 409.16 | Candian Snow Bird | TROA01::DLOTEN | Semper ubi sub ubi. | Fri Feb 15 1991 14:05 | 6 |
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How could we forget the school teacher who made it big in Vegas?
Anne Murray
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| 409.17 | Like many Bostonians, he enjoyed vacationing in Canada | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Feb 15 1991 15:15 | 9 |
| Alexander Graham Bell was not Canadian.
He was born in Scotland; his parents moved to Canada when he was a
teenager; he moved to Boston almost immediately thereafter, and applied
for and received U.S. citizenship.
He invented the telephone in his laboratory in downtown Boston.
/john
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| 409.18 | yeah, but where did his parents come from!? | TROA02::CURZON | Richard Curzon TRO4/24 | Fri Feb 15 1991 16:48 | 9 |
| It's a wonder how these little connections are exploited, eh(tm)?
I was living in Ottawa when Elizabeth Manley was a rising skating
star... At first it was "Elizabeth Manley of Gloucester" (near
Ottawa); then she became a contender and the Ottawa Citizen liked
to call her "Ottawa's Elizabeth Manley..." . By the time she won
her Olympic medals the Toronto Star was saying her "Elizabeth
Manley of Toronto won a medal today..." Now she's in the Ice
Capades or something, she's probably an "American skater".
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| 409.19 | | SIOG::EGRI | | Mon Feb 18 1991 04:59 | 10 |
| I think the lead singer for Blood, Sweat and Tears was David Clayton
Thomas.
QUestion: Well the original note? Was Disney American or originally
Canadian? Does anybody out there know? Does anybody care?
Oh Yeah! One of my favourites. Genevieve Bujold! I always had a soft
spot for her, loved her in "Anne of a Thousand Days".
Ted.
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| 409.20 | The BROADWAY connection | TROA01::DLOTEN | Semper ubi sub ubi. | Mon Feb 18 1991 10:12 | 5 |
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Robert "Camelot" Goulet
Carol "West Side Story" Lawrence
+
Guy "New Year's Eve" Lombardo
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| 409.21 | North pole, south pole.......? | SUBURB::THOMASH | The Devon Dumpling | Mon Feb 18 1991 10:25 | 8 |
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OKAY, how famous do you mean - famous in Canada, Famous in the US, or
famous in the world?
I've only heard of a few of these.
Heather
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| 409.22 | Inventor of the game of basketball. | KAOA12::SMELLIE | | Mon Feb 18 1991 10:46 | 1 |
| Dr. John Naismith.
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| 409.23 | | SIOG::EGRI | | Mon Feb 18 1991 12:32 | 4 |
| Depends on your definition of the world, doesn't it. I take it you mean
the Western world?
Ted.
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| 409.24 | I'm not proud of it but I think he is | POLAR::LACAILLE | YFM-350 the real Ultimate Warrior | Mon Feb 18 1991 15:21 | 5 |
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The band leader on Letterman...whats his name?
Charlie
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| 409.25 | Sure you are!!! | KAOFS::J_WEIR | | Mon Feb 18 1991 16:17 | 8 |
| Oh right Chuckles
Like someone wants to answer that one, and get labeled for life.
You should really know.....isn't he from Fitzroy or some where near
there?
........
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| 409.26 | | RTL::HINXMAN | Viewer discretion advised | Mon Feb 18 1991 20:27 | 1 |
| Jay Silverheels (Tonto in The Lone Ranger)
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| 409.27 | The Great One... (no Not Jackie Gleason) | HOCUS::RIZZOC | | Mon Feb 18 1991 22:29 | 7 |
| Perhaps it was just an oversight, but Wayne Gretsky seems to be
adjusting well to LA and the folks there consider him as big a star as
anyone of the TV or movie personalities previously mentioned.
Also... Chief Dan George
Glen Ford (born in Quebec)
KD Lang
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| 409.28 | RE:.24 Paul Schaffer (sp?) | BEST1::ATKINSON | Just the facts kid | Tue Feb 19 1991 04:29 | 1 |
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| 409.29 | | OTOO01::POND | | Tue Feb 19 1991 12:48 | 20 |
| Famous Canadians:
1) Every single NHL player (except Bryan Trottier, who purposely
became an American so he could play for the US national team...
traitor!).
2) Howie Mandel (you know...St. Elsewhere).
3) Reuben Mayes (New Orleans Saints running back).
4) Bryan Adams (rock star guy).
5) Peter Kent (CBS...Arthur's older brother...used to do CBC National
News before VP Knowlton-I-am-a-giant-chipmunk-Nash fired him and
took the spot. Seems that Peter did a broadcast one time with a
suit jacket and tie, but blue jean cutoff shorts...hidden of course
underneath the broadcast desk...that's a different story I
suppose...).
Jimmer
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| 409.30 | Proud to be Canadian | POLAR::LACAILLE | YFM-350 the real Ultimate Warrior | Tue Feb 19 1991 14:46 | 34 |
| > <<< Note 409.28 by BEST1::ATKINSON "Just the facts kid" >>>
> -< RE:.24 Paul Schaffer (sp?) >-
Yeah that's the guy, thanks.
>re .25
Wald-weenie,
How's it goin ya old dog! Gee I can't believe they let you into
this notes file. Granted the readership is down, and the sponsors
just aren't paying what they used to, but to stoop so low. Oh well
I guess we're just going to have to get used to it, a real whiner
in the Canada conference.
I am quite flabbergasted at your low opinion of Paul Schaffer,
from what I understood, you were a great fan of his talents.
Speaking of not being proud. Have you seen the new appliance
invented for the discerning Canadian? Its a brake pre-heater.
You simply plug it in for five minutes before you drive the car and
that pesky icing on the brake pads disappears in a jiffy. Included
is; the device, a step-by-step instruction manual, and a handy
booklet on how to drive in the winter months.
See-ya,
Charlie
ps BTW its guaranteed for two full winters and covers any garage
door damage as a result of equipment failure or the avoidance
of reading the handy booklet on how to drive in the winter
months.
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| 409.31 | Aha, I know this one...... | SUBURB::THOMASH | The Devon Dumpling | Thu Feb 21 1991 07:39 | 5 |
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Tonto I do remember.........
Heather
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| 409.32 | surely you know watzisname... | TROA09::CURZON | Richard Curzon TRO4/24 | Fri Feb 22 1991 10:10 | 21 |
| >> <<< Note 409.21 by SUBURB::THOMASH "The Devon Dumpling" >>>
>> -< North pole, south pole.......? >-
>> OKAY, how famous do you mean - famous in Canada, Famous in the US, or
>> famous in the world?
>> I've only heard of a few of these.
>> Heather
Well it's all relative as the RC's in Quebec used to say (they
have smaller families now...) No 2 people would ever agree on any
list of famous people, it's probably more "personal interest" than
"national".... Take Buffie St Marie, i.e. any real folk music fan
*anywhere* would recognize her songs, but most Canadians wouldn't!
But she passes the objective test: she gets to live in a fancy
house in Hawaii with the jet set artistes ;-)
Some Americans I admire are likewise unknown to most Americans!...
but they're "famous" to me, a Canadian... One of life's
major disappointments to me is I will never hear Judy Henske
(American singer) sing the National Anthem at the World Series...
chorus: (who's Judy Henske.... who cares...)
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| 409.33 | Canada's famous Americans | OTOO01::CORBIN | BRIAN | Fri Mar 01 1991 17:28 | 5 |
| Abit of a change of pace.
Canada's famous American's
Ronnie Hawkins...the singer
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| 409.34 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Sick in a balanced sort of way | Tue Mar 12 1991 17:03 | 5 |
| George Beverly Shea was from B.C.
Billy Graham made him famous.
Glenn
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| 409.35 | some more for you culture hounds | VAOU02::BOTMAN | Pieter Botman - Vancouver SWS | Thu Mar 14 1991 08:20 | 30 |
| How about
Anne Murray
Denny Doherty (Mamas & Papas)
Oscar Peterson
Ferguson Jenkins (just got into the Hall of Fame!)
Northrop Frye (Scholar - best known for The Great Code)
Margaret Atwood
Joni Mitchell
Burton Cummings / Randy Bachman / The GUESS WHO / BTO
Banting & Best (Discoverers of insulin)
Arthur Erikson (Famous Architect)
Tony Mandarich (Tackle - Green Bay Packers)
Big Ben Johnson
Mordecai Richler (Duddy Kravitz, Solomon Gursky was Here)
Hugh MacLennan (Two Solitudes, Watch That Ends the Night)
Yousuf Karsh (world famous Photographer)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (not Canadian, but born in Ottawa!)
Norman Jewison (Film maker: Duddy Kravitz, others??)
Paul Anka ("Havin my baby....")
Loverboy (arghhh)
Terry Jacks / Poppy Family
Leonard Cohen (Famous Blue Raincoat)
I could probably come up with more, but nobody reads these things.
It's like Stompin Tom says:
"We ain't got no Texas, and no Alabam
We got no Canadian dream"
Pieter
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| 409.36 | one more... | KAOM25::RUSHTON | Did you hug a Brussel sprout today? | Thu Mar 14 1991 10:55 | 18 |
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Alexander Graham Polanski
Inventor of the telephone pole
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| 409.37 | USA Envoy to Iraq ! | AKOCOA::OSTIGUY | The Computer is your DATA Wallet | Fri Mar 22 1991 09:23 | 3 |
| And now the famous April Glaspie, the former US envoy to Iraq....
Lloyd
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| 409.38 | stretch a bit to include some U.S. figure skaters | SIMP6::DEVRIES | By their notes ye shall know them | Wed Mar 27 1991 13:25 | 13 |
| You could stretch the concept of this topic a bit, to include famous
Americans who are getting their training/inspiration in Canada. That
would then include these figure skaters:
Kristi Yamaguchi, new World Ladies Champion, who now trains in Edmonton
('cause her coach, Christi Neff, moved there).
Christopher Bowman (Bowman the Showman), former World Silver Medalist,
who now trains in Toronto under Toller Cranston ('cause he couldn't
stand his old coach in California).
Mark
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| 409.39 | Look at the NHL again... | HABS11::MASON | Explaining is not understanding | Mon Apr 15 1991 17:12 | 10 |
| Don't forget Robert Klein and David Steinberg.
re .29 - how long has it been since you have watched any NHL hockey?
Too long, I'd venture. There are many players in the NHL
who are not originally Canadian. Quite a few stars among
them. Rod Langway and Pat LaFontaine to start. And that's
just a couple of Statesians. There are a LOT of Europeans
as well.
Cheers...Gary
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| 409.40 | | CADSE::WONG | The wong one | Thu Jun 27 1991 12:28 | 6 |
| For some reason, I remember some female country signer from Canada who
sang at (probably) the Calgary Olympics (I think). She had very short hair
and a great voice. Would anyone care to guess what her name is?
Thanks,
B.
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| 409.41 | K. D. Laing? | HABS11::MASON | Explaining is not understanding | Thu Jun 27 1991 13:03 | 1 |
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| 409.42 | Marshall McLuhan | BALZAC::DONOVAN | | Fri Jul 19 1991 05:54 | 8 |
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He's dead now, but the best known Canadian intellectual was
Marshall McLuhan, of 'global village' fame.
He was not as famous as Galbraith.
Kevin
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| 409.43 | a few more... | NETCUR::REID | Marc Reid LKG2-2/U10 226-7312 | Fri Jul 19 1991 18:37 | 12 |
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Mike Myers - "Saturday Night Live"
Bruce Cockburn - political songwriter/singer
the most beautiful girl in the world, the lead singer for the "Cowboy Junkies", don't
know her name....
Isn't the Seagram family Canadian? One of the richest families in the world, make &
sell alot of booze in the US
Marc
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| 409.44 | Seagrams: "Earless" Bronfman and family? | HABS11::MASON | Explaining is not understanding | Sat Jul 20 1991 22:28 | 1 |
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| 409.45 | Pamela Anderson | ESBTST::POULSEN | | Mon May 13 1996 15:30 | 24 |
| Someone mailed me this. Thought I'd post it here.
Don
WEIRDNUZ.427 (News of the Weird, April 12, 1996)
by Chuck Shepherd
...
* In sociologist Reginald Bibby's 1995 poll of a cross-section of
Canadians, 76% of those asked to name Canada's greatest living
person either responded "no one comes to mind" or declined to
answer. More recently, Toronto's Maclean's magazine
concluded that Canada's most famous person is Pamela Anderson
of "Baywatch." [Globe and Mail, 1-31-96] [World Press Review,
February 1996]
...
Copyright 1996, Universal Press Syndicate. All rights reserved.
Released for the entertainment of readers. No commercial use
may be made of the material or of the name News of the Weird.
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| 409.46 | Sarnia trivia | LEMAN::DZIALOWSKI | sharks gotta swim, bats gotta fly... | Mon May 13 1996 16:15 | 1 |
| Did you know that Pamela Anderson used to work in the Sarnia office ?
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| 409.47 | No I didn't ;-) | TRUCKS::BEATON_S | I Just Look Innocent | Tue May 14 1996 08:58 | 1 |
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