Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - January 2023 Memorial Episode: Toronto Mike'd #1196

Episode Date: January 31, 2023

In this 1196th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike pays tribute to those we lost in January 2023. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them. I open this episode with that quote from George Eliot because I believe it to be true. I opened this episode with that quote from George Eliot, because I believe it to be true. By remembering those who have passed, we give them life. Let's remember those we lost in January 2023. As always, this memorial episode of Toronto Mic'd is brought to you by Ridley Funeral Home, pillars of this community since 1921. Sadly, we begin by remembering an FOTM who passed away on January 14th at the age of 72.

History will best remember David Onley as Ontario's 28th Lieutenant Governor, who served us honorably from 2007 until 2014. But to many of us, he'll best be remembered from City Pulse and Breakfast Television on City TV. Anne Romer was in the TMDS studio when David made his Toronto Mike debut. Here's a snippet of that conversation.

May I say something to David Onley as we wrap up? Because I'm so happy to have heard your stories. You know, you and I have been best friends for a long time and we have been through a lot together, but these are some stories that I had never heard from you. And so what a delight to hear that. You were the best news anchor on Breakfast Television.

You were the best Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and you are my best friend. Right. That was beautiful. That was great. No, and thank you are my best friend. Thank you. That was beautiful. That was great. No, and thank you so much for doing this, David. You're worthy of a three-hour deep dive unto yourself. So we'll save that for another day.

But thanks so much for calling. That was incredible. Thanks so much. A privilege. Thank you for doing this. And David, shall we say... It's a difficult thing. It's a tough, not a tough thing, shall we say what we normally say? Toodles poodles.

Later, dater. Bye, David. Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. I spoke with Ann the day David died,

and she shared with me that she had seen him in the hospital earlier that day and had a chance to say goodbye I'm glad former anchor of CBC's The National and the CTV National News Lloyd Robertson

also knew David Onley well. And he spoke to me about David. Speaking of FOTMs and speaking of chum city personalities of yesteryear like Steve Anthony, did you know David Onley? Very well. Very well. And I was working on the Apollo moon shots

in the late 60s early 70s and we had this message from this very young man who said I'm interested in space and I have some rockets model

plane rockets which I'd like to show you if you're interested. So of course, on those shows you're filling a lot of time every day because you're waiting for you're waiting for the vehicle to go up and land or whatever or go into orbit because Apollo had several different versions and then came the space shuttle. So we talked about it, and we decided to bring him in and let him show his models on it. And I believe, although I'm not certain, that that was his first TV appearance.

And he struck me as being so intelligent, so warm, so curious about everything. And it wasn't long after that he showed up on the city TV, well, a few years after, because he'd been to university at the meantime, graduated, took a political science course, and ended up working for a city. And then, of course, looks like a governor. And David had a mission. And we all know what that was. He wanted to make life more accessible for people with disabilities. And did he ever do that well?

And he accomplished it. And he was a warm, humane, smart, giving person and very approachable. He'll be missed. Peter Gross was a part of those great City TV, City Pulse news teams. I talked to him about David Onley. Can we talk about the late, great David Onley?

Yeah, very. You know, almost on a daily basis, you hear someone important or famous who dies and you shrug your shoulders. But I was very sad to hear that David passed. I had the pleasure, this is going back many years at city television of sitting at a desk and he was on the opposite side of the desk he was doing weather and science and i was doing tomfoolery which is an important part of any you were doing the world according to gross i it they may have been to that period. I just, nobody, this is like a cliche. No one has anything unpleasant to say about David Honley.

One of the great human beings and had a very difficult life health-wise. You know, he contracted polio as a child in the fifties and then ended up becoming the lieutenant governor of Ontario. Yeah, no, I think a big thanks to Ann Romer, I think, for putting his name forward for that. I don't know how that happened. She's taking credit for that. He told me a wonderful story. He's driving up the Don Valley Parkway,

and the phone rings, and it's Stephen Harper. And of course, you're not supposed to be talking on the phone, so he had to pull off the Don Valley Parkway to have Stephen Harper say you've been selected as Ontario's next lieutenant governor. Yeah, storied career. But I want to, you know, because you work with the mid city, I just want to go back there. But so any like, how many years approximately, I won't hold you to the date here. But how many years approximately did you guys work together at uh city tv well i was at i was at city from uh 70 76 to 86 i'm not sure when david came in but it's a wonderful story i'll tell you the first time he was on tv my mother phoned me and she says i'm practically in tears to see a man like david because my mother's one of these people who believes everyone deserves an opportunity.

David Onley never dreamed he would be on TV because earlier he always needed a cane and he was in the wheelchair. As the years went on, he was permanently in the wheelchair, I guess. Very, very difficult when he walked. He had polio and the polio ravaged his legs. Partial paralysis from polio as a three-year-old i think

and um moses neimer was this kind of guy who didn't care what color a person's skin was how difficult the letters and the names were or if a guy was in a wheelchair he recognized that david onley was extremely bright really knew his stuff and i think he'd heard something that david only was extremely bright really knew his stuff and i think he'd heard something that david had done on the radio phoned him up and said i want you to uh do science uh be a science reporter for city tv and apparently david was just blown away because he he never anticipated it i suspect he never even applied to a tv because he was a guy with a cane in a wheelchair i was just talking to Lloyd Robertson, and Lloyd tells me that David got his media...

What a name-dropper. I know. That's what I do on this show. David got his media beginnings with Lloyd. So before City TV, Lloyd Robertson would have him on to talk about, I don't know, something science or something. But then, of course, he joined City TV,

and that's where people like me discovered David Onley, because he was a fixture of the City Pulse newscasts, and then he's a day-oner on Breakfast Television. And yeah, I mean, great loss. I know Ann Romer, FOTM Ann Romer, was particularly close with David. They were besties, and she got to be with him on the day that he passed away but uh like you said peter nobody has a bad word to say about david only i interviewed david uh i mean i wanted to interview david and when he uh represented the queen at the queen's plate i had an angle for my newspaper down the stretch yeah so i go to queen's park and it's very funny because i sat across from him for years so i go to queen's park and like a valet comes out and says here mr gross

have a seat here and it's this big large ornate room and in comes david and i'm in hysterics because it's like meeting the queen right except that it's david onley and you think like if you you know that movie sliding doors or whatever like uh you think like, if you, you know, that movie Sliding Doors or whatever, like that could be you, man. You could have been Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. I don't think so. Can you imagine?

I would love to live in a province where Peter Gross is the Lieutenant Governor. I don't know what I'd have to offer. So our condolences to David's wife and his children and everyone who knew and loved David Onley. Just sounds like a great man. He was a great man.

I don't say that about many people. And that's one of the few people who've gone recently that makes me sad. On December 29th, shortly after Mark Wiseblood visited to remember those we lost in December, Ian Tyson passed away at the age of 89. His Four Strong Winds is often regarded as one of the greatest Canadian songs of all time. And when Ron James returned to Toronto Mic'd to kick out the jams, he played Neil Young's cover of this classic. That's sort of what delivers Johnny Cash to us.

It's like these are the... Well, he was just, I mean, it was redemptive. And by the fifth one, I mean, when he sings Four Strong Winds, I love the fact that he does a fifth album and there's two Canadian songs on it, If You Could Read My mind and four strong winds. And I can't believe I don't have any Neil Young on this list either. I did it too fast.

Well, you do. I would have had Neil Young singing four strong winds. You do have that. I'm literally, in fact, let me play your fourth jam for you, Ron. It'll jog your memory. Oh, there it is. Great. Great. Oh, beautiful. Good there in the fall. I got some friends that I could go to work in for.

Beautiful. Alberta features strongly in my book. I mean, it was absolutely the land of the second chance for maritimers. And it's where I shot my second special, Quest for the West, at the Jack Singer in 2006. And when I travel the length and breadth of Albertaberta i always listen to ian tyson's albums and i'm going to put a song from him on in the next jam uh live at longview and it was ian and sylvia who wrote four strong winds of course right and um he has some uh i used to rock my daughter to sleep to Navajo Rug. His Navajo Rug.

Morning Navajo Rug. Katie, shades of red and blue. Beautiful song. And so I would travel the length and breadth of Alberta. And that's why that's in there. I mean, I was playing Alberta in the days when oil was 421 bucks a barrel, man. Every time a car blew up in Baghdad, there were two new trucks in the Westerner driveway.

It was a heady time to be making some bread. Right, right. It's wild to me how unsure you are of the jams you've submitted, that you were just about to chastise yourself for not picking Neil Young doing four strong wins when it was... Here I am. Have you ever had the pleasure of meeting

Neil Young? I have not. I met Steve Earl though backstage in Belleville several years ago. Yeah. And he told me there's no way that Oswald could have shot Kennedy with the gun he was using because he used one just like it himself.

Wow. I thought maybe you should let that go. It's funny. Just earlier today, I had an email exchange with Dave Hodge because Dave Hodge comes on this program once a year, just before kind of the end of the year, to kick out his 100 favorite songs of the year.

And Dave's a big... Like Dave Hodge from the NHL days? Pen flip himself, Dave Hodge. The Dave Hodge. Wow, man. Every year he does that. In fact, we have a... I'm trying to remember.

I think it's called Hodge... The Hodge100.com. VP of sales. We maintain a website just for these special episodes anyways today he was trying to book his time and place because he doesn't want to do it by zoom now you are in nova scotia you have to zoom this in that's a it's a you're a long ways away but dave wants to make the trek here maybe even in the backyard to do his jams and i was just thinking he would love to hear you kicking out some uh steve. That would be right up Dave Hodge's alley.

Oh, boy, I've got all Steve Earle stuff. Yeah, I mean, that was a pretty brave album he put out called Jerusalem shortly after 9-11. Come on, man. Shortly after 9-11, when America invaded Afghanistan, he was speaking Arabic on his album about the kid who got, remember the kid who they found at that, the American kid who joined the jihad and the CIA agent got killed in the fort when they were looking at the guy and they put him away for 25 years. I have a faint memory of it, my friend. Yeah. Yeah. It was a big issue at the time, but there's a guy singing in Nashville doing a song like that. Man, oh man.

I used to get them going quiet when I made fun of donuts in Hamilton, not far from Ron Joyce's headquarters. Hardly the same. Lloyd Robertson knew Ian Tyson well. Here are his memories of the man and what he meant to this country. I was on the air during the Christmas period when Ian Tyson

died and I had done a documentary on Ian Tyson for W5 so they called me and said would you come on the air and talk about him so I went on and talked about him on the news channel for a period of time. And I was clipped, as they called it, for the national news.

That is, there was a little segment of the national news that night. And then they took the news channel portion and they edited it down for the next day. And they ran a longer piece on that because he was quite, you know, he was a legend in Canada, of course. I mean, he was right up there with the greats. And I had the privilege of interviewing him out at his ranch. And I got to the place, the little house where he wrote his songs on the prairie in Alberta. And that's where he wanted to live. That's where he wanted to live and die in his last years.

And I consider that a great honor to have been able to spend that time with him. Great guy. And, of course, we're both riders. I mean, I was a rider, horseback rider, for a number of years with my pal Craig Oliver up there on the ranches in Alberta. And so we had that in common, and we had a great time together. Yeah, great loss for the world, but for this country particularly. Four Strong Winds is sort of a Canadian anthem of sorts. Yes, and he told me about that.

He said, you know, we made a mistake when we were doing that originally on the original recording. And I liked the way it sounded, so we kept it in. And I think it contributed to the success of the song. And many people, of course, recorded it and went on to make it quite famous. One of the major hits of all time. I love the Neil Young cover. I mean, I do like the Ian and Sylvia version. But that Neil Young cover, that's my go-to

when it comes to Four Strong Winds. Well, he claimed that Neil Young was the one who really made that song as popular as it ultimately became, the Neil Young cover. And then Neil Young himself, of course. And he also told me that he was the guy who got the Beatles on the pot. Now, this was a legend, and I asked him about that.

This was a legendary comment that he had made many years before I talked to him. And he said, well, you know, I may have. He didn't really want to talk about that, but it was funny. And I don't know whether it was actually true, but as I say, it's out there in the in the maze and it's something that i put to him and he kind of acknowledged it but didn't really go on to talk about it much well you know lloyd sometimes you need to print the legend right yeah As the midnight moon was drifting through The lazy sway of the trees

I saw the look in your eyes Looking into mine Seeing what you wanted to see. Darling, don't say a word, cause I already heard what your body's saying to mine. I've got a fast move, I've got a slow groove on my mind. On my mind I want a man with a slow hand I want a lover with an easy touch I want somebody who will spend some time

Not come and go in a heated rush I want somebody who will understand When it comes to love I want somebody who will understand When it comes to love, I want a slow hand On New Year's Eve, we said goodbye to Anita Pointer, who passed away at the age of 74. Anita was a founding member of the Pointer Sisters, forming the band in 1969 with her younger sisters Bonnie and June.

Their sister Ruth would join the group in 1972. Anita sang lead on such Pointer Sisters hits as Fairy Tale, Yes We Can Can, Fire, Slow Hand, and I'm So Excited. You might remember this jam they recorded in 1976 for a little show called Sesame Street. Twelve! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7

10 6 7 5 10 6 5 10, 6, 5 5

6, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Hearts on fire, creates love desire Take you higher, higher to the world you belong Hearts on fire, creates love desire Higher, higher to your place on the throne We come together on a special day Sing our message loud and clear Looking back we've touched on several days Future past they disappear Wow. Cause the world seems cold Stay young and hard Cause you'll never, never, never, never, never, never

Yeah, yeah, yeah That's the way That's the way of the world And the way That you're flower And you're rose Speaking of siblings forming bands, Oh, Lord Yeah, this evening, yeah Speaking of siblings forming bands, Fred White passed away on New Year's Day.

He was only 67. Fred was an early member of Earth, Wind & Fire, playing drums for his brother Maurice and Berdine White. We rented a truck and a cabin of gold Traveled down the long and muddy road Look on the map, I think we've been there before We broke out the door, let the road run its course Talk on the corner, look, we're starting to rise I don't need no ticket for a train out of town

Don't go fast, that's what I can't see No man on earth is still following me Let it roll Down the highway Let it roll Down the highway Go, go Down the highway Oh, oh Look at the sign We're in the wrong place

Move out of course Let's get ready to race One empty boat From the foam of the hill A man on the road From the cave of the hill Down the trail Short and that this end is long I'd like to have a chance, but it's all in the sun

Drive back in the cab, cross the beat of the box We've got a dream moving, it's what's gonna make us rock Let it go Let it go Sticking with drummers, Robbie Bachman died on January 12th at the age of 69. Robbie's older brother was Randy Bachman died on January 12th at the age of 69. Robbie's older brother was Randy Bachman, and he was the original drummer for both the Brave Belt and Bachman Turner Overdrive bands.

In addition to drumming for BTO, Robbie co-wrote Roll On Down the Highway, a number 14 US Billboard Hot 100 hit back in March 1975. Let it roll Let it roll Let it roll Let it roll Down the highway Let it roll Down the highway Roll, roll, let it roll Down the highway Go, go, go Down the highway

Let it go Down the highway Go, go, go Let it go Got my heart rate Let it go Got my heart rate Go, go, go In the heart of lonely Deep in darkness

Spent Thinking one thought only Where is she Tell me where And if she says to you, she don't love me Just give her my message, tell her off my plea And I know, well if she had me back again Well I would never make her sad

I've got a heart full of soul Jeff Beck, the guitarist who replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds and was succeeded by Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, the guitarist who replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds, and was succeeded by Jimmy Page, passed away on January 10th. He was 78. A guitarist's guitarist, Rolling Stone ranks him in the top five guitarists of all time,

and he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice first as a member of the Yardbirds and secondly as a solo artist me, tell her that I'll be there. And if she says to you she don't love me, just give her my message, tell her on my feet, and I'll go. Well, if she had me back again Oh, I would never make her sad I got a heart for her I remember how the darkness doubled I recall lightning struck itself. I was listening, listening to the rain. I was hearing, hearing something else. Something else I'm not so good at my night I feel so desperate Embrace the light Just wait. I spoke to a man down at the tracks And I asked him how he don't go mad

He said, look here, Junior Don't you be so happy And for heaven's sake Don't you be so sad Hesitating You're listening to Marquee Moon, a 10-minute and 40-second masterpiece off of television's debut album of the same name. Well, it kind of like It falls out of the same name.

This song, frequently cited as one of the greatest rock songs of all time, was written by Tom Verlaine, frontman and legendary guitar player for the band. Tom was inspired to take up the instrument after hearing the Rolling Stones' 19th nervous breakdown. Tom Verlaine passed away on January 28th at the age of 73. In honor of Tom, I'm playing Marquee Moon in its entirety here.

You can literally hear the artists he influenced, from Pavement, to Sonic Youth, to The Strokes, and Jeff Buckley. Last time near the market moon I ain't waiting, uh-uh Thank you. Thank you. guitar solo guitar solo guitar solo Thank you. guitar solo guitar solo I remember How the darkness doubled I recall lightning struck itself

I was listening, listening to the rain I was hearing hearing something else guitar solo Today I stumble from my bed With thunder crashing in my head My pillow still wet from last night's tears And as I think of giving up

The voice inside my coffee cup Kept crying out, ringing in my ears. Don't cry, Daddy. Daddy, please don't cry. Don't cry. Daddy, you still got me, little Tommy. Together we'll find a brand new mommy. Daddy, Daddy, please still got me, little Tommy Together we'll find a brand new mommy Daddy, daddy, please laugh again

Daddy, pat us on your back again Oh, daddy, please don't cry Don't cry The only child of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, died of cardiac arrest on January 12, 2023. She was only 54 years old and had appeared at the 80th Golden Globe Awards

with her mother Priscilla a mere two days prior. Lisa Marie was also a singer recording three studio albums and this posthumous duet with her father, Don't cry, Daddy Daddy, please don't cry I don't cry Daddy, you still got me A little tummy Together we'll find a brand new mommy Daddy, Daddy, please laugh again

Daddy, ride us on your back again Mommy, Daddy, Daddy, please laugh again Daddy, my heart's on your back again Oh, Daddy, please don't cry Don't cry, Daddy Daddy, please don't cry Don't cry Daddy, you still got me Daddy please don't cry, I don't cry Daddy you still got me, a little tummy Together we'll find a brand new home

Daddy, daddy please laugh again Daddy, find us on your back again Oh daddy, please don't cry Please don't cry Oh Daddy Please don't cry Thank you. I thought I met a man Who said he knew a man who knew what was going on I was mistaken All in love

Stranger Only another stranger that I need. I thought And I found that you got me through my night. I was mistaken Only reflections Of a shadow That I saw It's getting to the point Where I'm no fun anymore I am sorry. Sometimes it hurts.

A little Crosby, Stills, and Nash. This is, of course, because we lost David Crosby yesterday. So I thought I'd open. We're going to find out. We're going to talk about your Yorkville research and everything. But we're kind of connected in a neat way, I think. You're now an FOTM, friend of Toronto Mike.

Another FOTM is Barry Witkin. Do you know this name at all? Barry Witkin. Yeah, I know Barry. So Barry came on, you know, we did basically, we talked about the history of the purple onion,

which was a 35 Avenue road. And of course, this is back in the early to mid 60s, 60 to 65 I think. But can you share with us, like in your research, is it possible, probable maybe that the legend that was David

Crosby played at the Purple Onion? It's very possible. There is a listing in the Star in May 1962 that has David Crosby playing at the Purple Onion. And I thought when I found out about this, I thought that was interesting. And I wanted to see if he actually made it here and if this was the same David Crosby, because this is quite early for him. This is pre-Birds and he's just a solo folky at that time

and so I went on Twitter and you know David Crosby was very active on Twitter and I tagged him with the question did you play in Toronto at the Purple Onion in May 1962 and he answered and he said I think I did

oh that's inconclusive though we should ask, like, Barry would know, right? Maybe. He might, I don't, I think I might have asked him about it, but he didn't remember. You know, they had a lot of people, and this was 60 years ago, right? So, and it would have just been for a few days.

I'm going to bet it was him, because it just seems like it's got to be him. Yeah. You know, what's wrong with that? So, before the Birds, David Crosby played at the Purple Onion, the Yorkville scene of the early 60s. You said May 1962. That was him.

So it seems if he made it. Not everybody who was advertised actually played because they'd get hung up or something would happen. So there's no other evidence that I've seen that he actually did. So I caught, I'm cautiously optimistic that Crosby played at the purple onion. That was my conversation with musicologist, Dr.

Mike Daly earlier this month, David Crosby passed away on January 18th at the age of 81. Cros was a founding member of both The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Following that up with a stellar solo career, David Crosby was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once for his work in The Byrds and again for his work with Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

David Crosby's appearances in a couple of episodes of The Simpsons are forever etched in my mind. He claims that she forgot she was carrying that bottle of delicious bourbon, brownest of the brown liquors. So tempting. What's that? You want me to drink you, but I'm in the middle of a trial. Excuse me.

Hello, David. I'm really tempted. Just take it one day at a time and know that I love you. I love you too, man. And know that I love you. I love you too, man. There's a portrait of the happiness

that we feel and always will Oh, it is enough to fill our lives with love Oh, we spend our days like bright and shiny new dimes

If we're ever puzzled by the changing times There's a plate of homemade wishes on the kitchen window sill. And eight is enough to fill our lives with love. When I was a kid, Eight is Enough was a popular sitcom. It starred a child actor named Adam Rich. And Adam's hairstyle, sort of a bowl cut, was exactly what I rocked at the time. I'm pretty sure Adam Rich is the reason I had that haircut. Adam was known as America's little brother for portraying Nicholas Bradford, the youngest son

on the television series Eight is Enough. He played the role for five seasons, from 1977 to 1981. Sadly, Adam had a rough life following his early fame, almost dying of a Valium overdose in 1989, and then getting arrested and charged with attempted burglary of a pharmacy two years later. Things didn't get better for Adam, and he died in his Los Angeles home on January 7, 2023, at the age of 54. What can I say about Pelé? He had retired before I watched my first soccer match. But by all accounts, he's the greatest footballer of all time. His 1,279 goals in 1,363

games is recognized as a Guinness World Record. He won three World Cups for Brazil in 1958, 1962, and 1970. That goal you heard was from his first World Cup win in 1958, when he was only 17 years old. Saul Bando played third base for the Athletics at Brewers from 1966 to 1981, most prominently as the team captain for the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974.

Sal died on January 20th at the age of 78. on January 20th at the age of 78. Gino Ocik played 12 NHL seasons with the Canucks, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers, and Montreal Canadiens. He became a fan favorite in Vancouver during the early 1990s, particularly for the role he played with the Canucks during

their 1993-94 Stanley Cup final season. Gino died on January 15th at the young age of 52. He had been suffering from a rare blood disorder, resulting in the heart attack that finally took him. There's no point in asking, you'll get no reply I've just seen him, I don't decide I've got no reason, it's all too much You'll always wonder How too much We're so pretty. Oh, so pretty.

We're vacant. We're so pretty. Oh, so pretty. Vacant. Don't ask us to attend cause we're not aware. I don't pretend cause I don't care.

I don't believe illusions that too much is real. Vivian Westwood was the fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Her partnership with Malcolm McLaren, both romantic and otherwise, resulted in the Sex Pistols wearing her designs and skyrocketing her to fame. She died on December 29th at the age of 81. There's no point in asking, you'll get no reply I'm just seeming bad, I don't decide I got no reason, it's all too much You'll always find me

Out to lunch, we're out at lunch We're so pretty, oh so pretty We're big bitch, we're so pretty, oh so pretty We're big bitch, we're so pretty, oh so pretty So brilliant And now We don't care We're pretty

A pretty like that We're pretty A pretty like that We're pretty, a pretty light night We're pretty, a pretty light night We're pretty, a pretty light night And we don't care Michael Snow was an artist who worked in a range of media, including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music. His best-known films are Wavelength and La Région Centrale, with the former regarded as a milestone in avant-garde

cinema i spoke about him with his friend jim sheddon on toronto miked on i want to start on like a you know i shouted out ridley funeral home off the top because ridley funeral home uh proud sponsors of this program but i actually off top, I'm hoping that you'll share some recollections and some words about somebody we lost in the art community just this past week, somebody I know that you knew quite well. So do you mind speaking about Michael Snow and how you knew Michael

and anything about Michael Snow before we move on? Because, I mean, just for the casual Torontonian, they would say, oh, the geese at Eden Centre and the audience at the Skydome, like these are some Michael Snow installations that all Torontonians are familiar with. But tell me how you knew Michael. Yeah, I've actually, I knew him for 40 years.

So from the time I was 18 or 19, I'm 59 now, so I guess doing the math, since I was 19. And I was involved in experimental film, which is internationally how Michael's best known. It's a strange world because it's not certainly how he paid his bills, but it is how his reputation really was established internationally, in my opinion. And we became, uh, somewhat good friends, uh, always, always working on something together over the years, whether it was a book or an event or, um, uh, well, I made a documentary on him, uh, a number of years ago. Um, and, uh uh he made an artwork of me which is uh me uh uh pretty naked pretty naked two sides full it's it's quite a quite a like pretty naked like like the way

burt reynolds was naked in cosmo a little more naked wow so um but he did photoshop things so that you know i wasn't fully right revealed i suppose keep it uh yeah okay i gotcha so this film you uh you you made a film on michael snow it was back in the mid 90s i guess 95 uh i think 94 i'm only going by your notes, Jim. I know. Well, I know, but I'm losing it. Well, my sincere condolences. Again, there's probably a lot of people like me who are like, yeah, the Canada geese in the Eden Center and the audience at the Dome. But of course, Michael Snow is so much more.

Yeah. I mean, in every sort of aspect of the arts. So he's actually in the experimental music world, he's huge. You know, he was one of the, he had a group for decades called CCMC, which was originally the Canadian Creative Music Collective. And they decided that was a really institutional name and they kept changing it to like Crushed Cookies Make Crumbs or whatever worked that minute.

And they started the Music Gallery, which is a real kind of legendary venue and just artist-run center for experimental music. And for that, he's also known really, you know, internationally. Although we're talking about, you know, I don't want to say fringe because these are important worlds if you're in them, but it's not mainstream music. It's not mainstream film by a long shot.

The mainstream things you've already identified, and that's because they're part of, you know, those were, and he does have other commissions like that but those two are the most uh the most well known for sure again sorry for uh your loss when was the last time you spoke with michael um well actually i had the pleasure of doing really his final project with him which was a book uh uh about collecting his mother's photographs. His mother lives to be almost 100 years old, and it's a pretty, you know, on the one hand,

it's just like a huge photo album. On the other hand, it's really, you know, artfully composed, and it's very thoughtful. And it was the last project he did, and he did it while he was not so well. And so we kind of went through that and worked on it for a few years during the pandemic, of course, with him and his partner, Peggy,

and his assistant, Mani Mutsun. I'm not even going to pronounce his last name right because I'm tongue-tied here. Mani, great guy. Look, you're in good company. I can't say most most words properly including pasta and um and then so the last time i saw him was when we launched the book at the ago and that was a really uh fantastic uh uh event just because you know one had the sense that you

know there weren't going to be too many more opportunities so that was that michael snow passed away on January 5th. He was 94 years old. A jet-propelled star A scoring sensation A powerhouse winger The craze of the nation. A prolific scorer, a skater supreme.

A classy stick handler, a coach's dream. A goalie game is a fantastic clip That add his power and pulsating zip And his stamina, speed, style and skill Performance, perfection and brilliance The world is not black and white. It's many shades of grey. The Golden Jet, Bobby Hull, is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.

In his 23 years in the NHL and WHA, Hull played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers. He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player twice, as the NHL's most valuable player twice and the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point scorer three times while helping the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961. He also led the WHA's Winnipeg Jets to the Avco Cup in 1976 and 1978. He led the NHL in goals seven times,

the second most of any player in history, and led the WHA in goals one additional time, while being the WHA's most valuable player two times. Without a doubt, a fantastic hockey player. But there are allegations of domestic abuse and blatant racism. He appears to have been a Nazi sympathizer. And we can't ignore these facts.

Without a doubt, Bobby Hull leaves behind a complicated legacy. He passed away on January 30th at the age of 84. I'm in love with Barbara Walters, the girl who interviews on the air. Good news, bad news, oh how I enjoy it I love to sit and watch her sit and lay I'm just wild for Barbara Walters The queen of early morning TV

I never thought I'd love another person Cause who's there as lovable as me? She's like Those real classy ladies I've read about In books And super sexy looks Do things To me

I'm in love with Barbara Walters. She's on my TV menu every day. I telephone her, and I December 30th. She was a fixture on American television for almost seven decades, hosting Today, the ABC Evening News, 2020, and The View. She was the first U.S. female co-anchor of a network evening news program alongside Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News. During her career,

Walters interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama. All those accomplishments, and I'm still going to close from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama. All those accomplishments, and I'm still going to close this Ridley Funeral Home Memorial episode with Gilda Radner's parody of her as Baba Wawa on Saturday Night Live.

Good evening, and welcome to Not For Weddies Only. I'm Barbara Wawa. And tonight we'll be talking to an actual living legend. The incredible Marwina Deutschwein. Thank you. It is great to be here. Marwina, what does it like to be a weaving legend? It has been a really rich experience. I'm so impressed. You're so wide and swender. How do you stay so swim?

Swimming keeps me swim. My daily regimen includes swimming 12 laps in my pool. It is wonderful for my legs. Marlena, tell us your secret of perpetual youth. I get massaged regularly. And I have had everything lifted. You mean you've had your legs lifted? Everything. Even my weel. What? My weel.

Your weel? What? Uh, drop it. Let's drop it. Well, you brought it up. Of course, looking glamorous on film isn't all beauty secrets. A lot of it is writing. I do all my own writing.

Really? I didn't realize you wrote. I don't. I write. You're referring to typewriter writing, right? Wrong. I am referring to erratic writing, right? Worm. I am referring to electric writing. You see, in pictures, bright writing can be very unflattering.

Particularly if it makes my legs look white. Fabulous. Am I wrong to want to appear attractive? No, I think you're being very reasonable. Harry Weisner. Harry Weisner. Five million dollars. I'm rich. I can do anything I want in television being very reasonable. Harry Weasner, Harry Weasner. $5 million, I'm rich, I can do anything I want in television.

Excuse me, you interrupted me. Where was I? You were saying that cinematically, bright white can be very unflattering, particularly if it makes your legs look white. White. Before we go, I just wanted to mention what a beautiful fur you have on.

Is it mink? Thank you. No, it is just a silly rabbit. Marlena, thank you. It's been a pleasure talking to you. Be sure to drop by next week when our special guest will be Elmer Fudd. Good night.

I was going to end this episode with Barbara Walters, because she lived over nine decades. But somebody beat her handedly. All right, as I mentioned, our hosts up at T.L. Kennedy, Jane Miller and ex-council member Mary Helen Spencer, standing by now with the new mayor of the city of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion. So let's go now to Jane. Jane? And indeed, this is our new mayor, Hazel McCallion.

Congratulations from us. A fantastic race. And I think that we have to admit, we thought it would be a lot closer than it was. And our heartiest congratulations to you. I know you're just thrilled. I certainly am, Jane. I felt in the last week that there was a grassroot support coming for me in which I seem to be gaining ground. And by the way, I want to say that I had a lot of feedback from the coverage that cable TV gave to our Meet Your Candidates night. cable TV gave to our Meet Your Candidates night. I think that had a lot to do towards getting the issues and the responses to questions before the people, because I had a number of people say to me,

I was convinced after I heard you on cable TV. Well, that's great. I'm glad we could help you out that way. I think you've rendered quite a service. Thank you. Well, I'm very, very happy, Hazel. I was keeping my fingers and toes and everything crossed, and I do admit that I thought it was going to be a closer race. I really didn't think you'd win as well as you have. And I think one thing that we haven't got all the analysis from the polls in,

but we were watching them as they came in, and I think you've won pretty well across the city. You know, it hasn't been just a streetsville. Streetsville people turned out and supported you well, as should anybody in a home poll. That's the people that know you the best, and therefore you would hope you would win that well. But I think the support has come from right across the city.

Right, and I don't think you should overlook the support from Meadowville, which I did not represent, but always looked after when they had problems, and they spoke very strongly tonight along with Streetsville. But generally speaking, I had support across the city. That's what I felt last week, that I was getting a response from all the wards. And that pleased me most, and that gave me the confidence that I really felt I was going to win tonight.

But I really didn't think by the majority that I did win by. I think that Hazel one thing I feel and I must say this is that I feel a lot better about leaving the council of the city of Mississauga in your hands I think that you'll you'll make a fine mayor and I think that as you said during your campaign and I'm sure you'll carry through that you're a mayor for all the people. Yes, I will represent all the people of Mississauga and that was my campaign, a mayor for the people and you can rest assured that I will negotiate on their behalf. I also, I think an interesting sidelight to the mayor, and I discussed this with Lou Parsons when he was on earlier, is that you perhaps will be sitting on the police commission as well.

He maintains you still have to win the support of the council for you to get that seat, but I hope that you will, because I think that you would do well sitting on that commission, and it has become an issue in this campaign, you know, the police service and what's going on in the city, and I think you would be a real asset, bring some new thoughts and ideas into that commission. Well, as I say, I want to meet with my council, the newly elected council, and I want them to be very much participating in the assignment of the representation in the different functions such as the Conservation Authority, the Police Commission,

Mississauga Hydro, and the Mississauga Library Board. Thank you, Hazel, and we really do look forward to working with you in council, on the mayor's show, if you would like to do one. Well, I'll be glad to be on the mayor's show. Super, because you are one of our best supporters, Cableton, Mississauga, and we thank you very much. And congratulations again. Thank you very much. A really great win.

I'm really happy tonight. I'm happy on behalf of all those amateurs, really, and they were, that worked for me. I had no professionals in my campaign, and they just worked. Sure, there were those who thought we were disorganized, and by the way, we were at times. But always they came through to bail it out because of their hard work, not because maybe of their expertise, but because of their sincerity and dedication to the cause. I think that's what won it.

That's right. I think that's true. It was really a grassroots campaign. Right. Thank you again, Hazel, and we'll see you on Council. Yes, I believe CFTO-TV would like me to. Well, head on over then, Hazel, and congratulations again. Thanks a lot, because there's a lot of municipalities across the province looking at Mississauga tonight. They're still their president.

That's right. I thought that they may not have a president. Right. Thank you, Hazel. That was Hazel McCallion in 1978, when she was the newly elected mayor of Mississauga. Hazel would continue to serve in the role until her retirement in 2014. She passed away on January 29th,

mere weeks before her 102nd birthday. This has been the Ridley Funeral Home Memorial episode for January 2023. If you lost somebody you love in January, my sincere condolences. Peace and love to all. I'm Toronto Mike. අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි Thank you.