Jaimoe

I think to many of us of a certain age, Harvey was like our comic grandfather, and that's why the death of an 81 year-old hits us harder than most.

Hey Velvet, that's why I used handy dandy /. I think the song in question could be an early candidate for a video novely song. It certainly has more legs on TV than on radio. The one-hit arguement is harder to prove.

I think "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" is either a novelty radio hit/video hit or could comfortably be claimed as either one.

Eunice (the real one) was sooooooo mean to Harvey's characer Ed. Who can forget Harvey's spot-on Rhett Butler on their parody of Gone With The Wind, one of the show's best spoofs.

I really like this kid. Loved his play on the World Juniors team and was really pulling for him to make the Canucks full-time. Terrible and sad news.

Wow, this news just hit me like a slap in the head. I love Harvey Korman. I loved his work growing up. In fact, Harvey's comedic touch was a big part of my upbringing. The Flintstones is where it started through to his film and TV work, particularly when he played infamous disguise artist Professor Auguste Balls in one of my favourite comedies of all time: The Pink Panther Strikes Again. Of course I loved his work with Mel Brooks in the hilarious Hitchcock spoof High Anxiety and the western skewer masterpiece Blazing Saddles along with Brooks' last relevant film, History of the World: Part I. But nothing, and I repeat nothing beats Harvey Korman in The Carol Burnett Show, which ran from 1967-78. He, along with Carol, Lyle, Vicki Lawrence and of course his comic partner genius Tim Conway (who constantly improvised instead of reading his lines, making Harvey laugh all-the-while) will always play a big part in my life. The last great variety show also contained some of the funniest and most memorable scenes in TV history, thanks to Harvey Korman. R.I.P. old friend.

I'll wager that there'll be a fair number of gay men in attendance that like Cyndi and The B-52's. I know. Let the verbal barrage begin.

Having hockey on Saturday night on TV in Canada instead of Friday is a nobrainer. Also, ratings are never great in prime time on Fridays, so moving to Saturday makes sense.

Dang, it looks like my signature is in jeopardy. I can't see me going to a "reunion" tour, but my wife's never seen them, altough she's a Billy Breathes/Farmhouse fan and doens't like anything else.

Roberts is fantastic.

This game is almost entertaining. I wish this was Boston vs Montreal all over again.

Was the cover of "Little Wing" done like the Derek and the Dominos version? How was Robert Randolph's set?

Seeing Eckstein and Rolen back together again is fantastic.

I think if the Jays can maintain where they are now in both the East and in the Wild Card standings by the All-Star break, then A.J. will be dealt for a bat. Hopefully by then too one of their up-and-comers in their system with be ready. I heard Mike Wilner say on the Fan yesterday than Chacin is getting shelled in A-ball, so it looks like he's finished before he hits 30.

He may still have some stuff left coming out of the pen, although I think Japan will t-off on Cormier. Canada should have a good team provided key players are released for the Olympics from their MLB club. Too bad about Stubby Clapp.

That's a good point Brad. I never thought of looking at it that way. They still need a bat with or without a healthy Vernon. I wouldn't touch the starting staff outside of A.J..

One of the great directors of the last 40 years died of cancer yesterday. Pollack was also a significant producer and dabbled in acting, proving to be very good at it. I really liked his work in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives and last year's Michael Clayton. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3IGUlRbuhYdVZ1vkPwH2OYUgD9gD90U0QIG0

Hey KK, can you report back to Booche and I to confirm our suspicions that Robert Randolph is on the decline musically?

Toronto is mulling over the notion of selling advertising rights to its parks, subway and streetcar stops. Needless to say it's been met with lots of criticism.

Maybe the town wants to preserve the entire block. Makes sense - you start tearing down pieces of the pie and it diminishes the significance of the whole, plus keeping the small house keeps things in context. I still find all this talk and the heritage fighting interesting and important even though I've been to Guelph only a few times.

you keep saying that' date=' Jaimoe. We understand your point. But, you dont seem to understand the very real financial and logistical limitations inherent in so many of these sorts of cases. are YOU willing to put YOUR money where your mouth is and cough up the extra few millions of dollars necessary to rebuild historically each and every time? of course I'd like to save old buildings whenever feasible, but personally, I can think of a few hundred other things I'd rather spend tax money on. [/quote'] #1 - I don't always think there's logistic problems since I don't trust the motives of most developers. Also, it's often cheaper to tear a building down than renovate it. However, a lot of developers, especially the ones in Toronto, almost always (and generalization is appropriate and accurate) will, given the chance, go for the cheap, and they ain't poor. It's all about profit. #2 - Yes, I have millions. Actually, I see nothing wrong with tax money being used for preserving heritage along with the arts, parks and recreation etc... Quality of life has many slices. And as I said, builders CAN afford to renovate and rebuild. Thank God for the new heritage law. I'm glad Guelph has people concerned about their history. Parks, buildings and neighbourhoods help give citizens their identity and which inevitably instills pride. So sue me if I'm a romantic.

Rebuilding history is impossible. Maintaining the little we have left isn't. Tearing down a house for a parking spot is perverse, really.

It's not that. It's more of the philosophy of a developer that I'm getting at. There's too many quick bulldozing and wrecking-balls going on in this country.

I love how the article gets a point of view from a developer and shockingly, he sees nothing wrong with re-development.

I was in Kensington Market late yesterday evening. I wouldn't call what I heard on the street and especially in the park "great music": a bunch of drum circles, a couple of busker-type bands wailing away endlessly on a two-chord beat. Still, it seemed like a good time for the tie-dyes and dreded folk.