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TVs ending up in the dumps because they are too expensive to recycle

Edit Treehugger 29 Apr 2016
If only life were like an SCTV show where one could just heave your old television set or computer monitor out the window. In many parts of the country, people are doing the next best thing, which is dump them wherever they can. TVs are supposed to be recycled, but there is no market for the tons of glass that the cathode ray tubes are made of; it is full of lead to keep those rays inside the tube ... According to NBC, ... ....

Philip Kives, Genre Compilation and Dial O Matic Inventor, Dies Aged 87

Edit Billboard 29 Apr 2016
Philip Kives, the founder K-Tel -- once one of the most recognizable brands in the world -- died Wednesday, Apr. 27 in Winnipeg, Canada from natural causes, while surrounded by his loved ones. He was 87 ... Kives death “marks the end of an era,” Husney says. “He was as dumb as a smart fox ... teflon non-stick frying pans ... “He had a profound effect on pop culture -- SNL and SCTV did skits on K-Tel.”....

It’s like the elites are laughing at regular Canadians

Edit Toronto Sun 27 Apr 2016
Three recent headlines remind us that the elites are making decisions completely disconnected from the way regular Canadians live. First, this doozy from the CBC. “Ontario taxpayers subsidized buyers of $1.1-million Porsche.” ... It sounds like an abandoned SCTV sketch, but was in fact part of a retreat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his ministers to at picturesque Kananaskis County in Alberta this past weekend ...   ....

Samantha Bee On 'Full Frontal,' Feminism And The Freedom Of Her 40s

Edit National Public Radio 07 Apr 2016
i. Samantha Bee's political satire Full Frontal premiered in February. Jessica Miglio/Getty Images hide caption. toggle caption Jessica Miglio/Getty Images ... Jessica Miglio/Getty Images ... .. ... TV was your best friend and your babysitter, but I would sit and watch The Carol Burnett Show, I Love Lucy, SCTV [Second City TV], Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, there was no shortage of strong female performers making their way in comedy ... YouTube ... ....

15 Totally Buggin’ Saturday Morning Cartoons You Forgot

Edit VH1 26 Mar 2016
With YouTube and Netflix on smart phones and tablets, 21st century kids have a previously unimaginable universe of on-demand entertainment at their command ... On the down side, that meant less choice and variety ... Embedded from www.youtube.com ... John Candy, the rotund funnyman of SCTV, Home Alone, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles voiced an animated summer camp counselor who was beloved by kid campers and woodland critters alike ... ....

A Q&A; with the cast of ‘Difficult People’ at PaleyFest 2016

Edit The Examiner 19 Mar 2016
It’s a true story of finding family in friendship and funny in originality ... Create trends, don’t follow them ... Rounding out the cast, is veteran actress Andrea Martin, whose long list of credits include films like “My Big fat Greek Wedding” and the one and only “SCTV”, which is where she began her comedy career alongside greats like John Candy, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis and Catherine O'Hara ... The “Difficult People” of N.Y ... ....

Calon Anggota Dewan Komisaris Download (PT Bank Central Asia Tbk)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Mar 2016
(Source. PT Bank Central Asia Tbk) 95ee9b43-27eb-4919-8cc9-a5c5c6f2f6e8.pdf ... Djohan Emir Setijoso. Candidate of President Commissioner ... Prior to joining BCA, Mr ... Mr ... Tonny Kusnadi ... Mr ... Cyrillus Harinowo ... Head of Project Finance & Investor Relations - Strategy & Business Development; PT Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) as Director of Operations and Finance (1998-2004); Clearing Deposit Securities Indonesia as Director & CEO (1993-1998)....

Film awards: Oscar’s Canadian counterpart needs a nickname

Edit The Examiner 15 Mar 2016
Canadian audiences fondly remember him for his early performances as a member of Toronto’s Second City troupe and on the SCTV television series that followed. Performers who most readily embraced the “Candy” moniker during Sunday evening’s awards broadcast were his SCTV colleagues Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara....

Bogie and Bacall classics debut on Blu-ray

Edit The Oklahoman 14 Mar 2016
“Strange Brew” (Warner, 1983, PG, animated short, skit from “SCTV,” trailer). This broad, juvenile farce is based on the dimwitted, beer-guzzling, doughnut-munching Bob and Doug McKenzie characters from the 1970s-’80s “SCTV” skit show, Canada’s answer to “Saturday Night Live.” Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas (who also co-wrote and co-directed) are the ......

‘Schitt’s Creek’ stars Levy and O’Hara sing each other’s praises

Edit New York Post 11 Mar 2016
So wonderful a screen couple are Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara (“Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind”) that it’s hard to believe they’re married to other people. Now they’re coupled again in Pop network’s “Schitt’s Creek,” a fish-out-of-water comedy whose second season premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m ... Here’s what the former “SCTV” stars have to say about their first encounter, their favorite terrier and their funniest co-stars ... O’Hara ... Levy ... ....

Kenan Thompson Joins Maya Rudolph, Martin Short Variety Show at NBC

Edit The Wrap 11 Mar 2016
Kenan Thompson will join the Martin Short/Maya Rudolph variety series “Maya and Marty in Manhattan” at NBC, TheWrap has learned ... “Their respective accomplishments on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and beyond are extraordinary.” ... He first gained prominence as a writer and performer on the legendary Canadian skit-comedy series “SCTV” before moving on to “SNL” for the 1984-85 season....

Analysis: Media sector: Mixed signals

Edit Jakarta Post 10 Mar 2016
Meanwhile, SCTV’s audience share dropped to 11.4 percent (-120bps mom) despite having the channel’s launch of a new outsourced drama series, taking on tough competition within the sinetron (soap opera) sector, which also includes RCTI’s Anak Jalanan and an increasingly popular Turkish sinetron from ANTV, which saw February audience share of 14.3 percent (+50bps mom)....

Indonesia's Emtek, Murdoch invest in Malaysia’s Netflix

Edit Jakarta Post 10 Mar 2016
Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek), the owner of national TV stations SCTV and Indosiar, has spread its wings by investing in Malaysia’s streaming movies and TV series provider iFlix. Along with European investor Sky plc, owned by mogul Rupert Murdoch, Emtek through PT Surya Citra Media has become a new investor in iFlix ... (ags) Tweet ....
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