On behalf of everyone at The Stroumboulopouli, I would like to wish everyone happy holidays. This week's line up on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight features a holiday special and the best of the season.
MONDAY 24 DECEMBER 2012
Dolly Parton is a country music
icon who is most known for her hits
I Will
Always Love You, Jolene, and
9 to 5. She
has also starred in several movies including
Steel Magnolias and
Straight
Talk. She began composing music when
she was four years old. She can also play the autoharp, banjo, drums, dulcimer,
fiddle, guitar, harmonica, flute, pennywhistle and piano. Not only is she one
of the bestselling artists of all time and has her own theme park, her work has
been adapted for the stage and featured on
American
Idol. Listen to her talk to George about country music, holidays, life
story, charity work, and her new book.
Michael J Fox will be sharing a holiday memory. He is an
Emmy and Golden Globe winner who is most famous for his work on
Family Ties, Back to the Future, Spin City and
guest roles on
Boston Legal, The Good
Wife, Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
and
Rescue Me. He was
diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1991 and disclosed his condition in 1999.
He has received honorary doctorate degrees for his work advocating a cure for
Parkinson’s.
The panel will feature Mamma Yamma.
MammaYamma is the host of KIDS
CBC and is portrayed by puppeteer Ali Eisner. Mamma is a yam who represents
Ontario as the owner of a fruit and vegetable stand in Toronto's Kensington
Market. She has mentioned her crush on George in her videos and tweets. She recently posted a sweet picture of George giving her a kiss on her twitter feed.
Also, tune in for a special presentation of
Choir!Choir!Choir! singing. The Choir not only features previous and current members of the
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight crew, but has a rotating membership of 3000 members.
TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012
CBC will air festive
programming tonight, but audiences can take this moment to enjoy George’s radio
show that broadcasted on Dec 23.
This Sunday’s
broadcast was one of the best of the season. George speaks about his first Christmas
without his Baba (grandma), memories of the 24th and holidays, putting
Christmas lights in his car and a little tree in his house, his take on
Instagram, and hear him sing a Tom Waits song. Some of the songs played during
the broadcast include:
Burl Ives – Overture and
a Holly Jolly Christmas
The Moonglows – Hey Santa
Claus
Stevie Wonder –
Someday at Christmas
Dolly Parton – Hard Candy
Christmas
Donny Hathaway – This
Christmas
Sinead O’Connor – I Believe
in You
Tim Burton’s The
Nightmare Before Christmas (excerpt)
Run DMC – Christmas in
Hollis
Daryl Hall and John
Oates – Last Christmas
Bob & Doug
McKenzie – The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Darkness –
Christmas Time
Tom Waits – Christmas
Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Kermit The Frog and
Tiny Tim – Christmas Scat
The Pogues featuring
Kirsty MacColl – Fairy tale of New York
Harry Belafonte –
Mary’s boy child
Tom Jackson – The Huron
Carole
The Beatles – All You
Need is Love
Bahamas – Christmas Must
Be Tonight
Sarah McLachlan –
Wintersong
Coldplay – Christmas Lights
John & Yoko Ono
& The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir – Happy Christmas (War
is Over)
You can listen to the broadcast on Strombo's mobile app or his website.
WEDNESDAY 26 DECEMBER 2012
Cesar Millan is
a Mexican born American who taught himself to train and communicate with dogs.
He focuses on rehabilitating aggressive dogs and has written three books that
has sold over two million copies and available in 14 languages. He has a
monthly magazine and TV series Dog
Whisperer with Cesar Millan.
Jonny Harris is on the panel tonight. He is a Canadian comedian from Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and can be seen on Murdoch Mysteries. He has also appeared
on the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Halifax
Comedy Festival, The Debaters and
The Sketchertons.
THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER 2012
Ron MacLean and Don Cherry are on tonight. Ron McLean is a CBC
Broadcaster and host of Hockey Night in Canada. He was born in West Germany and
has lived in Nova Scotia, Yukon, and Alberta before starting in radio in 1978.
He is joined by his co-host of
Coach’s
Corner, Don Cherry. Don’s rise to fame and life was featured in the tv
movies
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don
Cherry Story and
The Wrath of Grapes:
The Don Cherry Story 2.
Darrin Rose can
be seen as Bill on Mr. D. Audiences
may also know him from his time on Videos
on Trial.
FRIDAY 28 DECEMBER 2012
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian and
literary icon. She is a poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and
environmental activist. She holds a degree from University of Toronto and
Harvard. She’s lived around the world, shaped Canadian identity, influenced
politics and feminism, and her work has been translated into 40 languages. She is here to speak about her latest novel.
Arthur Simeon is on the panel tonight. He is a Ugandan Canadian
comedian with a degree in Economics from Trent University. He has appeared at
Yuk Yuks Comedy Club,
Just for Laughs
Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival, The Debaters and
Funny as Hell.
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