Odd bit of information about Wayne & Schuster

[james_davis_nicoll]

They were an iconic comedy team for Canadians of a certain age, despite which as far as I can tell [1], only one DVD's worth of the their material has ever been released. It can't be that they are too dated: I've seen TOPPER episodes on DVD.

1: I was looking for the exact wording on "Don't worry. It's just a bunch of crazies who believe in only one
god. They're just this far away from atheism."

Comments

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, the specials continued into the 1980s and then when one of them died, the other hosted reruns on CBC in the early 1990s. It's at least _arguable_ that a young person could have seen W&S but I don't if the humour would have been funny to them.

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

I was about to say, "Hey, I definitely saw them!" and then I recalled that I'm almost 30.

[le-trombone.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I'll be 48 in a couple of months. I remember discussing some of the jokes with my grandfather, who emmigrated from "Canader" (a W&S punchline) during the Depression.

Oddly enough, I think I watched more CBC (channel 9 out of Windsor) than he did.

[chromeraven.livejournal.com]

I'm 24, and I definitely remember seeing W&S and finding it hilarious, even back in my horrible teen stage. Mind you, I was somewhat more interested in literature and history than what I'd call the average, even back then, so I may be off the center of the curve.

[lpetrazickis.livejournal.com]

I find the reruns funny (whereas, say, SCTV leaves me scratching my head).

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Apparently a lot SCTV was based on CKCO, which happens to be one of the two channels we got when I was a kid.