This week in Strombo May 13 - 17

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week
Because of the hockey playoffs thing look for the show to air 11:30pm and 2:30am local times.
This is also the last week of taping for the season. Tickets are mostly sold out.
See info on special event at the bottom of this post.

Monday May 13
The Tenors a group of Canadian singers have a new album Lead With Your Heart

Zombie film genius and legend George A. Romero

The never fluffy sometimes funny Ed The Sock is on the panel.

Tuesday May 14
Children's performer the one and only  Raffi

Funny comedian compliments the panel Jen Grant

Wednesday May 15
This actor has been president and a doctor among his many roles Bruce Greenwood

On the panel tonight the very funny Lawrence Morgenstern

Thursday May 16
No introduction needed Ron MacLean and Don Cherry

From Murdoch Mysteries Jonny Harris is on the panel

Friday May 17
Canadian Actress and activist Margot Kidder

Stanley Cup champion and gold medal winner Theo Fleury

On the panel of the Flying Bellevilles podcast, comedian Ryan Belleville

The Canada Lives Here Experience
If you live in the Toronto area CBC Toronto is having an Open House May 16 to 19. 
There are a lot of interactive events scheduled but the one where you can best see George Stroumboulopoulos in action is 

Thursday, May 16

12:15pm – 1:00

Titans of Talk

CBC News Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge Goes One-on-One with Pop-Culture and Current Affairs Guru, George Stroumboulopoulos.

Featuring: George Stroumboulopoulos, Peter Mansbridge

Don't miss it!

George Strombo this week Oct 29 - Nov 2

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week
Back from Vancouver George gets back to important conversations with...

Monday October 29
Jack McBrayer

Robert Zemeckis

Panel guest Cory Doctorow

Tuesday October 30
Deepa Mehta

Jesse Palmer

Panel guest James Cunningham

Wednesday October 31
The Tenors

George A.Romero

Panel guest Ed The Sock

Thursday November 1
Ron Maclean with Don Cherry

Panel guest Jonny Harris

Friday November 2
Best of the week.

Strombo for the week of Aug 27-31

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week
More best of shows all week!
Sign up for ticket info on Strombo.com

Monday Aug 27
The Legend Tony Bennett 
Comedic actor Eugene Levy 
Pianist Lang Lang 
Musical performance by Whosarmy

Tuesday August 28
Host of HNIC Ron Maclean 
Actress Kim Cattrall 
Musician Sebastian Bach 
Musical performance by Ohbijou

Wednesday Aug 29
Actor, director Mark Ruffalo 
Actress Kathleen Turner
Legend Charlie Pride
Musical performance by Cadence Weapon

Thursday Aug 30
Country music host Tommy Hunter 
Chef Jamie Oliver 
Actor Jason Segel 
Musical performance by Blitzen Trapper

Friday Aug 31
Singer, actor Alan Doyle
Dominic Monaghan 
Actress Olympia Dukakis 
Musical performance by Wintersleep

And the party goes on... What's on February 8-14

Well, it's the week after Canada reached the one million mark and the party goes on with an exciting week on The Strombo Show and The Hour...

Sunday

The Strombo Show live!

The Stills will be live in Studio to snakecharm the masses!
Also George and Alex will be talking about the Junos.

Monday

Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsey

Last time he was on The Hour, Gordon Ramsey called George fat... and now he's back on The Hour.

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is here to talk politics and world issues with George.

This Liberal Prime Minister served Australia as PM from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007.

Tuesday

One Million Acts of Green Celebration

as of this Sunday morning
Total Acts of Green

1,061,759

Greenhouse Gases Saved:

60,300,428 kg

Canada's Handyman Mike Holmes

Mike Holmes is a friend of The Hour and a huge supporter of One Million Acts Of Green
Mike helps The Hour mark the special occasion by sharing his green tips.

Wednesday

Hockey Night in Canada Host Ron MacLean

For the hockey fans in all the land the host of The Hour talks with his favourite TV host.

Actor Chris Noth

TV , film star and club owner talks about Sex in the City and upcoming projects like a Sex in the City sequel.

Thursday

Funny Guy Jon Dore

Has his own show returning soon on The Comedy Network and has actively been touring comedy clubs.

Canadian Author Dave Chilton The Wealthy Barber has some advise for these difficult economic times. His book has sold over 2 million copies since it was first published over 10 years ago.

FRIDAY's best of show features

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter

Spiritual Teacher Eckhart Tolle

Vote Now for your favourite Anthem!

After the semi-finalists were revealed last week on The Hour, viewers got to hear the finished anthems Saturday night on a CBC Sports special. Co-hosted by Ron McLean, George Stroumboulopoulos and Bob Rock, the special showcased how the five anthems came together in a Toronto music studio under the supervision of music producer Bob Rock. Special guest musicians like Kim Mitchell and Tyler Patrick from the Barenaked Ladies came in to play on some of the semi-finalist's tracks.

Voting opened after the special aired on Saturday night, and traffic was so heavy on the site that it promptly crashed! Everything is fixed now, so make sure you check out all five of the semi-finalist anthems and go the Hockey Anthem Challenge website to vote!

Anthem #1 by Gerry Mosby
"Ice Warriors"

Anthem #2 by Robert Fraser Burke
"Sticks on the Ice"

Anthem #3 by Graham McRae
"Eleventh Hour"

Anthem #4 by Christian St. Roch & Jimmy Tanaka
"Let the Game Begin"

Anthem #5 by Colin Oberst
"Canadian Gold"

You can vote online (you have to become a member of cbc.ca, so make sure you register if you haven't already), by text ($.50 per text) or by phone ($1.00 per call). Specific voting details for each semi-finalist is on their page. Voting for the semi-finalists ends Tuesday at Midnight ET, so make sure you get your vote in now!
The two finalists will be announced on October 9th, during opening night of the 2008-09 NHL season. After that, voters will have the chance to vote for their choice for the next Hockey Night in Canada anthem from 10:oopm ET on October 9th to Midnight ET on October 10th.
The new Hockey Night in Canada theme will be revealed during the premiere episode of Hockey Night in Canada on October 11th.

Our Favourite Clips...Hockey Hate

In celebration of the NHL hockey finals I bring to your attention a feature The Hour broadcast on April 24 Th 2006.
click here

Hockey Hate

Sports & Hate, and hockey hate in particular, is explored with Ron Maclean, Mike Hogan (of the fan) and a bunch of different fans expressing their hate of the 'other teams'.

I am watching hockey as I write this post. I won't tell you who wins or who I hate, or why Steph A. and Ron Maclean have something against Bobby Orr....


But GO HABS!