Jennifer Runyon was the actress best known for supporting roles in films such as "Up the Creek" and "Ghostbusters," as well as playing Gwendolyn Pierce on "Charles In Charge" for one season. #funfact: In the great Simpsons ep "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" there's a segment about "The Simpson Family Smile-Time
I'll preface this rant by stating the obvious... you don't have to log into Facebook. Using this social media app is entirely optional. You cannot lose if you do not play. When I log into Facebook these days, I see people I know and trust sharing AI slop and completely
Country Joe McDonald was the lead singer and co-founder of Country Joe and the Fish whose "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" mesmerized me when I'd stumble upon the Woodstock film on CityTV's late great movies.
Troy Murray played 15 NHL season, mostly with the Chicago Blackhawks, where he won the Selke Trophy in 1985-86. We'll never forget him stripping Todd gill of the puck in front of the leafs net and scoring to eliminate them from playoff contention.
In this 1860th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with several people behind the new documentary Nash The Slash Rises Again!: Tim Kowalski, Director and Writer, Kevan Byrne, Writer, Colin Brunton, Writer, Rob Preuss, Original Music Score and Friendly Rich, organizer of the Nash The Slash tribute album. This episode
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
In this 1859th episode of Toronto Mike'd, and 4th episode of Rewinder, Mike chats with Blair Packham about what's happening in the Canadian media landscape. This episode is exactly 2:08:57. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on
Lou Holtz served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986–1996), and the University
In this 1858th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Peter Gross about his ongoing legal issue. This episode is exactly 32:59. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon MusicSubscribe on Podcast AddictSubscribe via OvercastListen on tuneinSubscribe
In this 1857th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with PR queen Victoria Lord about her relationship with Gordon Lightfoot and the heavyweights she's worked with over the years. This episode is exactly 1:14:39. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple
February was a busy month at TMDS. Firstly, there's a top secret project that consumed many hours, but I can't write about that one yet. But there are a few projects I participated in that were pretty damn cool, and all went quite well. I Spoke To 1500 AccountantsI was
In this 1856th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Dave Mendonca about his career in sports media and new desire to be Canada’s Nostalgia Guy. Here's his TikTok page. This episode is exactly 1:17:44. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen
Last week I got to listen to Canada's most famous contralto, Maureen Forrester, with Maureen's daughter Linda Kash. From episode 1855 of Toronto Mike'd.
Terry Watkinson is best known for playing keyboards with Max Webster. He wrote and sang their first hit "Let Go the Line".
Neil Sedaka was the singer-songwriter behind timeless classics like “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” and “Love Will Keep Us Together.”
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
In this 1855th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Linda Kash about her mother Maureen Forrester, joining Second City, her roles in Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show, being on Seinfeld and her many years as the Philadelphia Cream Cheese angel. This episode is exactly 1:23:35.
If you're my age or older, you were inundated with marketing for Roger, Rick and Marilyn on CHUM-FM. That was the brand, and even if you didn't listen, you knew the names and what they looked like. In the 80s, it wasn't often you could visualize local radio hosts. That
I am excited to be performing Toronto Mike's Social Experiment live at the El Mocambo on May 21 at 8pm. Joining me on stage, ready to tickle the keys when I drop the musical cues, is piano prodigy and former member of Spoons and Honeymood Suite Rob Pruess. Honestly, I'd
I've been asked to appear on a round table this evening where we will discuss The Tragically Hip song Fully Completely. It's FOTM JD's Hip podcast and I had no say in what song I'd be discussing. I'm actually a little disappointed. There are dozens of Hip songs I could
In this 1854th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Liz Worth about her life in music journalism, her definitive book about Torontos' punk scene, poetry, tarot card reading and so much more. This episode is exactly 1:28:54. You can listen to this episode in a variety of
I knew Robert Carradine best as Lewis Skolnick in Revenge of the Nerds but my kids knows him best as Sam McGuire in Lizzie McGuire.
Canada's Brad Jacobs captured his second Olympic men's curling gold medal in 12 years. Jacobs won 2014 gold in Sochi, Russia, while his teammates Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert were last in an Olympic final in 2010, when they won gold in Vancouver.
Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa matched her 2022 Olympic result in mass start, claiming a silver medal in the women's speed skating event.
Canada's Rachel Homan has the first Olympic medal of her curling career. Her Ottawa-based team of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes beat American Tabitha Peterson 10-7 on Saturday to win bronze.
