It's the week beginning March 28th.

Coming up on The Hour this week...

Monday, March 29th

She's baaaack...actress, author and health care advocate Suzanne Somers.

Musician Lyle Lovett.

Co-star of the soon to be released film The Last Song, Liam Hemsworth.

Tuesday, March 30th



US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Wednesday, March 31st

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition, Michael Ignatieff.

Okay, confession time. Growing up I loved The Brady Bunch. Likely it had to do with the fact I was an only child and enjoyed watching the escapades of the six Brady children. Can you name them? I'll give you a hint...Peter Brady aka actor Christopher Knight.

Film director, producer, actor, screenwriter and composer, the legendary Mel Brooks.

Thursday, April 1st

Durham County and True Blood actress Michelle Forbes.

Senior science and technology reporter for CBC News Online, Peter Nowak. Peter has just released a book entitled Sex, Bombs and Burgers.

Friday, April 2nd

The Best of Show includes...

Juilette Lewis, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Moore.

In other news...

Have you been watching the documentary Love, Hate and Propaganda? There are only two more episodes to go. This Thursday the winner of the contest associated with the series will be revealed. Check out some of the entries here. If you have missed an episode, you can watch them online. It is an excellent documentary series! Also, the DVD can be pre-ordered through the CBC Shop Online.

This week from the Montreal Gazette...George Stroumboulopoulos will be participating in the localsknow.ca Canadian tourism campaign this summer.

The Hour is a star.

Hard Core Logo is arguably among the best Canadian films ever made.

The Mockumentary is about a famous punk rock band getting together for a final tour that ends in disaster. This 15 year old film has a loyal cult following. The first film stars Hugh Dillon(Flashpoint), Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica) John Pyper-Ferguson (*Score: A Hockey Musical) and Julian Richings (in both HCL's among many other things) .

So this year Bruce MacDonald, the busiest film director in Canada, just finished filming
Hard Core Logo 2.

The second film focuses on a punk rock band channeling the spirit of Hugh Dillon's character Joe Dick from the first film. It stars Bucky Haight (Julian Richings), who is the bands mentor in the original, becomes one of the major characters in the new film. Care Failure and her band Die Mannequin play themselves — they’re recording an album with Bucky while Bruce MacDonald, who plays the documentary director, documents it.

The principal filming of the sequel was done in Watrous and Manitou Beach, about 120 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Read more about that here from CBC News.

There is no movie trailer available for Hard Core Logo 2 as production is just wrapping up but the film will be ready for release this fall. Show your support for Canadian film by catching it in the theaters.

How is The Hour involved?
This past Wednesday, a scene of the film was filmed in the CBC studios of The Hour.
In the scene an actor, who plays a TV actor named Rufus, is being interviewed in the red chairs by George Stroumboulopoulos, who plays himself. I won't say more than that because I played an audience member in the scene and signed a waiver that asks me to help keep the movie magic a mystery. But I can say George has played himself in another film directed by Bruce MacDonald, The Tracey Fragments.

George has a lot of experience playing himself in Canadian films and television.

*more on Score: A Hockey Musical and George's roll in that on another post soon...

What is on The Hour 22 to 26?

This just in
Georges personal website Strombo.com has been updated with a new look.
Check it out!
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This week in Strombo

The Strombo Show

Sunday night from 8 to midnight in any Canadian time zone.
You can leave you song request all week long via skype (strombo show)
or call 416-205-6226

Four hours of music selected or approved by George Stroumboulopoulos
featuring the Dirty Dozen, the top 12 songs.
The Sad Off with Bob Mackowycz Jr and a selection of songs with Rich Terfry
Is CBC Radio 2 your new favourite music station?

Also of note: there is a new Strombo Show Chat group hosted/monitored by dedicated fans available on skype under the name Strombo Show Chat open Sundays as the show broadcasts. Check it out them and join in the conversation

This week on The Hour
It takes a nation to raise your kids continues.
your participation is encouraged!
See The Hour's website for more details

MONDAY MAR 22

Director Michael Moore talks about health care

Then
a chat with acclaimed horror author and comic book writer
and son of Stephen King
Joe Hill

TUESDAY MAR 23
Olympic Skeleton gold medal Champion Jon Montgomery

and

Director of Chloe

and director of many other great Canadian films
Atom Egoyan

WEDNESDAY MAR 24
Musician Dan Hill

and
If not Wednesday maybe soon....
Former senior writer of The Hour and star of Dan For Mayor
Paul Bates
who we featured in the previous post.
also
Wednesday evening The Hour studio is being used as a set in a movie.
More on that in another post soon.

THURSDAY MAR 25

24 years with Hockey Night In Canada, Coach Don Cherry
&
from the Brady Bunch, Actor Christopher Knight

FRIDAY MARCH 26

Armenian Canadian film Director Atom Egoyan,

A little sex therapy with Singer Robin Thicke

Singer and King of the Dance Chubby Checker