Today we celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. That's right it's not at the same time as American Thanksgiving. We put some space between gobblers and Santa. And at this time of year we still get to play golf.
A long time ago, when I was 22, my first child was born. That kid grew up on a little Canadian kid's show called Polka Dot Door, produced by the TV Ontario network. And Dad, more often than not, sat through those shows with his little one. Nine or so years later when a brother, and a year after that when a sister came along number one son was moving on to Knight Rider and The Dukes of Hazzard. But there was a nice overlap where his siblings picked up where he had left off with Polka Dot Door. And Dad was right there to welcome them. So you're looking at a Polka Dot Door veteran. The show began in 1971 and ran to 1993. I didn't watch the full run but I did get in my fair share. The formula was pretty simple. A young male and female host, which seemed to change every week, sang songs, told stories, made crafts and generally did their best stimulate little brains. The show opened as follows... Imagination Day! Oh boy! ...
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Regarding the Nobel Prize for locating the brain's GPS: I wonder if the woman, being the spouse of one of the scientists, was 'finally' asked to join the two-man research team.
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I almost wrote "christening" instead of launching. But the planes are older than that.
I guess we have Tim Hortons in Michigan now, though I still haven't been to one.
I hear good things.
Since I don't really celebrate Thanksgiving, I'm happy enough just to stick a frozen pizza in the oven.