Thanks subby ... we used to see that all the time. Haters gonna hate though!

Interesting - I've never seen that before. I'm trying to think of something similar from my GA childhood - the best I can come up with is Schoolhouse Rock.

Quite charming. Thanks subby!

That is a good throwback to my cartoon watchin' youth! Thanks Subster!

Love this short film. Always have, always will.

Awesome choice subby.

/Will be humming this all day.

A national treasure the NFB.

Anyone remember this?

Or this?

I'm 45. I started my illustrious career working at CKVR television in Barrie, Ontario back in 1987. To make a short story long, one of my jobs was master control operator. The guy who puts the show on the air. I worked from 9 p.m.-6 a.m. We'd put on all kinds of crap. Have gun will travel. Gunsmoke. What's my line. Leave it to beaver. And a really crappy cheapo movie that would arrive on 16mm film that I'd forget to change half way into the second reel at 3 a.m. and would end up unspooled on the floor. Anyhow, one of our jobs was to fill in dead air. Between 1 - 5 a.m. not a lot of advertisers would buy air time so you'd look in the play log and see "PSA". Public. Service. Announcement. We had a huge stack of NFB shorts, and one of my favourites was "Log Drivers Waltz".
Gotta say thanks smitty.

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I know. Cool story bro.

New Age Redneck: A national treasure the NFB.

Anyone remember this?

Or this?

Iconic music and narration wasn't it?

indarwinsshadow: I'm 45. I started my illustrious career working at CKVR television in Barrie, Ontario back in 1987. To make a short story long, one of my jobs was master control operator. The guy who puts the show on the air. I worked from 9 p.m.-6 a.m. We'd put on all kinds of crap. Have gun will travel. Gunsmoke. What's my line. Leave it to beaver. And a really crappy cheapo movie that would arrive on 16mm film that I'd forget to change half way into the second reel at 3 a.m. and would end up unspooled on the floor. Anyhow, one of our jobs was to fill in dead air. Between 1 - 5 a.m. not a lot of advertisers would buy air time so you'd look in the play log and see "PSA". Public. Service. Announcement. We had a huge stack of NFB shorts, and one of my favourites was "Log Drivers Waltz".
Gotta say thanks smitty.

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I know. Cool story bro.

I grew up watching CKVR, so thanks for the CSB.

indarwinsshadow

New Age Redneck: A national treasure the NFB.

Anyone remember this?

Or this?

Iconic music and narration wasn't it?

Absolutely! Thanks for slipping it into the programming.

Great Big Sea, "The River Driver"

indarwinsshadow: I'm 45. I started my illustrious career working at CKVR television in Barrie, Ontario back in 1987. To make a short story long, one of my jobs was master control operator. The guy who puts the show on the air. I worked from 9 p.m.-6 a.m. We'd put on all kinds of crap. Have gun will travel. Gunsmoke. What's my line. Leave it to beaver. And a really crappy cheapo movie that would arrive on 16mm film that I'd forget to change half way into the second reel at 3 a.m. and would end up unspooled on the floor. Anyhow, one of our jobs was to fill in dead air. Between 1 - 5 a.m. not a lot of advertisers would buy air time so you'd look in the play log and see "PSA". Public. Service. Announcement. We had a huge stack of NFB shorts, and one of my favourites was "Log Drivers Waltz".
Gotta say thanks smitty.

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I know. Cool story bro.

Did you get out before they became the New VR, Gods that was ridiculous.

/Add me to the list of folks that grew up with that video

And Happy Canada day to my fellow Canadians. Celebrating way down south

New Age Redneck: A national treasure the NFB.

Stephen Harper disagrees.

Thanks for this Subs. Funny how a little cartoon can so completely take me back to my youth when I only had 3 channels. This put a smile on my face and nearly a tear in my eye.

/Happy Canada Day indeed to all my fellow Canadian Farkers.

Ivo Shandor

New Age Redneck: A national treasure the NFB.

Stephen Harper disagrees.

Yes, and he is a slimy douchebag. Steven and I disagree on most things.....

Glenford: /Will be humming this all day.

When you're tired of humming that one, click here.

Okay, that's just cute. Thanks, subby.

New Age Redneck: A national treasure the NFB.

Anyone remember this?

Or this?

I LOVE The Big Snit!

kevinatilusa: Great Big Sea, "The River Driver"

Great! Songs like this are awesome to sing.

Don't forget this one...

reverend maynard: Thanks for this Subs. Funny how a little cartoon can so completely take me back to my youth when I only had 3 channels. This put a smile on my face and nearly a tear in my eye.

/Happy Canada Day indeed to all my fellow Canadian Farkers.

For some reason, this video does the same thing for me, and I've only been to Canada once in 1995.

Seriously, I have no idea why this fills me with both childlike wonder and bottom of the whiskey bottle nostalgic depression.

The Sweater

My favorite:

The Cat Came Back

/Not Canadian
//Never been to Canada
///Quality animation is quality animation!
////The slashie came back

My personal favorite: getting started

murray208: My personal favorite: getting started

Excellent. Never saw that one before, thanks!

The voice sounds very familiar to me. Do you know anything about who does it?

Sylvia_Bandersnatch: murray208: My personal favorite: getting started

Excellent. Never saw that one before, thanks!

The voice sounds very familiar to me. Do you know anything about who does it?

Crap, I just figured it out: It sounds exactly like Steve Buscemi, slightly sped up. Probably isn't, but the similarity is uncanny.

Log Driver's waltz greeted me every morning before I watched my saturday morning cartoons.


One of my favourite canadian short films.

Yamaneko2: Don't forget this one...

Came here to post this, thanks for saving me the trouble.

Brings me back to the days of 12 channels, Elwy Yost telling me why classic serial shows were awesome on Magic Shadows, and Saturdays watching Vincent Price camp it up on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.

/The castle lights are growing dim....

Highroller48: /The castle lights are growing dim....

There's no one left but me... and him...

Highroller48: [suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com image 444x366]

Brings me back to the days of 12 channels, Elwy Yost telling me why classic serial shows were awesome on Magic Shadows, and Saturdays watching Vincent Price camp it up on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.

/The castle lights are growing dim....

I was at a retirement party for a buddy a few years back and on the display board of remembrances was a picture of my friend with Vincent Price - couldn't believe it. Turns out my buddy was the director / jack of all trades for the show. If I remember correctly, he said they filmed all clips in a few days. He also said that Price was an extraordinary and hilarious person.

anyone link this one yet?Sand castle