As per this discussion earlier in the week, I thought I’d run a quick poll to see, empirically (because web polls are irrefutable, don’t you know), which bit of television history is the most Canadian:
Those of you visiting via the RSS feed will probably have to actually visit my site to vote.
I liked Filmgoerjuan’s suggestion, so I also included the seminal Paddle to the Sea. And Fraggle Rock, in case none of the other options appealed.
Interesting tool, but I think that showing the current results can skew a person’s vote one way or another. Displaying current results AFTER a vote has been cast is fine, though.
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Oh great, now I find out there’s a movie for “Paddle to the Sea”. The book was trippy enough. Between that and “Runaway Bunny” I was traumatized from an early age. Oh, and “In the Night Kitchen”, that was gross too. I’m getting off-topic though.
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Yep, Beachcombers should be a finalist for sure. I was just at ‘Molly’s Reach’ the other day, trying to explain the significance of it as a landmark to my younger sister.
Plus, making me choose between the Log Driver’s Waltz -because, as you know, he goes burling down and down white waters- and the Hockey Sweater (Monsieur Eaton!) is just cruel.
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johnny0 Damn, it was a tough decision deciding between > and “Paddle To The Sea” (not to say the Log Rider’s Waltz wasn’t a strong contender).
That thing was burned into my memory in Grade 1 (1976) when Ms. Chudley showed it to us. Something about the journey vs the destination. Between that and the Hockey Sweater, you’ve got Canada in a nutshell. With Log Rider’s Waltz, you’ve got the magic troika.
Damn you, lack of a Canadian iTunes video store, for denying my immediate gratification! NFB, get it together!
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I can’t believe ‘Blackfly’ was not on the list.
You know: “Always the blackfly, no matter where you go. I’ll die with the blackfly pickin’ my bones in North Ontario, -i -o, in North Ontario”…
The song’s by the same guy who sang the Log Driver’s Waltz, but Blackfly’s better. I am from North Ontario though, so I may be biased.
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johnny0 hmm, my double less than, greater than french quotes didn’t work out. Should have been “Le chandail de hockey” as the third leg of the troika…
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