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Happy Holiday Season to all & may the end of 2009 hold relaxation & mellow reflecting on another year gone by. Easier to attain then you think:
From the Facebook group, The Strombo Show: "Anyone listening in strange wintery places? Dare we say, an All-Country Sad Off tonight? Bob is in with his Saddest Country songs. The Strombo show continues with our last show of 2009. 8pm- Midnight All Across Canada. Saving Radio 2. (That's a joke) Commercial Free. Fife Master's, Parisian hipsters, Twins and Love and... Porn are just some of the things we will be serving up tonight." Stream Online http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/ Radio Frequency http://www.cbc.ca/frequency/ Mobile Application http://www.cbc.ca/mobile/iphone/
The Hour's shows for Dec 28 - Jan 1
Mon, Dec 28 Michael Moore, Nickelback, Morgan Freeman
Tues, Dec 29 Howie Mandel, Michaelle Jean, Stephen King
Wed, Dec 30 Andre Agassi, Jimmy Carter, Drew Barrymore
Thur, Dec 31 NYE SPECIAL ~ Featuring Al Gore
Fri, Dec 1st~ Repeat: NYE SPECIAL
Don't forget, if you didn't get a chance to see The Hour's Holiday Music Special you can watch it on their site: cbc.ca/thehour AND.... if there's any tracks from the show that you can't do without, you can download them HERE.
Happy New Year's Everyone!
The Hour will continue the season with brand new shows, starting on Mon, January 4th, 2010.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Monday, December 21
It's the much anticipated Hour Music Special with an amazing roster of talent! Guests appearing include:
Norah Jones
Anvil
Tuesday, December 22
During the much deserved Holiday Hiatus from taping, The Hour will bring you some of the best interviews from all of 2009, including...
Comedic Master Carol Burnett Journalist John Roberts
Snoop Dogg
Wednesday, December 23
Talk Show Legend Larry King
Comedian Martin Short
Canadian Icon Anne Murray
Thursday, December 24th
Because once isn't enough, The Hour's music special is on for a repeat performance. Here's a sneak peek of Michael Buble's performance...
Friday, December 25th
And to keep the festivities going, it's a repeat of the first Music Special from 2007.
I hope everyone has a wonderful and festive holiday. Don't forget that the New Year's Eve Special is just around the corner. Tickets are already available for the in-studio version of The Hour, make sure you check out the ticket availability page for more information.
Are you ready for Christmas or are you already participating in Chanukah festivities? Are your halls decked? Cookies baked? Shopping done...or even started? The two weeks leading up to Christmas always seem to be the busiest weeks of the year. But, in all the holiday hustle and bustle, you must recharge your batteries with a little downtime. Speaking of (ya, crappy segue), this is the last week that The Hour will be taping until January 2010. I just checked and as of now there are still some tickets available for this week.
Unfourtunately, we have not yet received a list of the guests scheduled to appear on The Hour this week. Therefore, the following may be subject to change...time will tell.
Monday, December 14th
Head of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, Paul Kennedy.
A few weeks ago, George had mentioned the story of six year old Elena Desserich. Elena, suffering from brain cancer, knew she was dying. In the time she had left, she began leaving hundreds of notes hidden everywhere in her family home. Her parents, Keith & Brooke Desserich have compiled these notes into a book, Notes Left Behind 135 days with Elena. Keith will be on The Hour. I could write more, but instead I would ask that you watch the brief clip below, as it will preview Elena's story far better than I could.
Canadian musician, author and activist Matthew Good makes a return visit to The Hour.
Thursday, December 17th
Actor, writer, animator, director and Monty Python alumni Terry Gilliam.
In case you missed the memo, the world will be coming to Vancouver in February! No one is more aware of this fact than John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Presumably, Mr. Furlong will be providing an update on the Vancouver preparations as the Olymic Torch is currently making its way across Canada. This week "the flame" will be passing through my community. Has it come to your town yet? Let us know!
Friday, December 18th
This "best of show" includes Stephen King, Shawn Ashmore and Anika Noni Rose.
In other news...
Did you happen to catch the holiday special Deck the Halls with Steven and Chris? You can watch it here. George participated in the show and created a rather 'interesting' gingerbread house, now up for auction on Ebay. Proceeds from the sale of George's creation will go to Serve Canada, an organization that "empowers youth to become caring, confident, and contributing members of their community through experience-based learning". Also still up for grabs on Ebay is that infamous Toronto Maple Leafs jersey!
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CBC Learning has released a five volume DVD set of The Hour for use in the classroom. The set includes "The Hour’s best interviews on key curriculum-relevant subjects, including politics, civics, the environment, business and character education". If you are an educator, you may want to check it out. Also, if you have someone on your gift list who is a fan of CBC programming, be sure to check out the CBC Shop Online.
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And finally...don't forget to cast your vote for The Moose Award.
