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Show #57
"Weathermen" - May 1983 Fred Head Defends a Tree A Man Shaming a Wall Clock Getting Votes for the Conservative Party Weathermen Hinterland's Who's Who: The Great Motorcyclist Voting for Good or Evil The Duncan, Mike, Ted and Jeff Report: Lumpy Pancakes A Man Taunting the Great Barrier Reef The Sound of the Way the World Ends Song: I Shot Bambi's Mother The Russians Declare Peace What if Sudbury Was Not Hit by a Nuclear Bomb? Ad: Sudso Detergent A Man Ignoring the Orange Juice Jane Leaves Tarzan Song: You Need Me |
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Show #58
"Mr. Canoehead" Fred Head Rides the Bus Hinterland's Who's Who: The Montreal Head Office The Philosophical Domestic Dispute Mr. Canoehead - Genesis Ad: Bug-Off House & Garden Grenade Suicide Watch: Fluffy (Ad: Manfred's Tube-of-Lard) Space Shuttle Orders Pizza Witches Take the Pepsi Taste Test Mr. Canoehead Tries to Return to Work Song: You Always Eat the One You Love (aka The Black Widow Spider song) |
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Show #59
"The Legend of Flying Father Shapitinski" - May 1983 The Show Must Go On Hinterland Who's Who: The Worm on the Pavement Selling a Stick of Dynamite ** A Ramblin' Man Song: Rock and Roll Heaven Why Didn't You Just Tell Me Pigeon, Don't Jump! The Legend of Flying Father Shapitinski ** Ad: Come to Saskatchewan The Appraiser Mr Canoehead: Is Discovered Just Like I Planned It ** Song: Murdering Folks in Their Sleep |
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Show #60
"Give a Man a Fish" Ad: Come to Saskatchewan Booking a Room and Prostitute Putting on a Show in a Barn Give a Man a Fish Bomba the Jungle Boy Dr. Wallaby Goldfarb Talks About Nuclear Fusion Buying Slippers in an Alternate Reality Ad: Chester's Spivey's Trailer Park Ad: Morality in a Can A Word on Canada's Future Talking to Mom The Break-In We've Been Robbed Song: When You Die |
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Show #61
"Philosopher's Drycleaning" - June 1983 Do You Live in Calgary? Capt. Fifi of the CRTC Police Stopping Pornography Philosopher's Drycleaning The 1983 Defense Budget Buying French Pastry ** The Tree Pruner The Government Time Machine Useless Body Parts: The Gall Bladder A Man and a Woman Sitting in a Chair Mr. Canoehead Gets a Personal Manager Song: The Happiest Day in Augusta's Life |
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Show #62
"The Supply Teacher" F-104 Starfighter Not-So-Famous Last Words Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Gloved Hand Summer Stock Theater Listing The Unexplainablistic: Spontaneous Human Combustion The Computer Programmers and The Gnat Mr. Canoehead Becomes a Crime Fighter The Supply Teacher Song: Wake Up! |
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Show #63
"The PC Leadership Convention" - July 1983 Whatever Happened to the Great American Dream? Frantics News: PC Leadership Convention #1 Ad: Princess Diana Wine Nothing a Woman Can't Handle Frantics News: PC Leadership Convention #2 Song: Peter Pocklington The Story of the Blumpable People Ad: Chester's Spivey's Trailer Park Frantics News: PC Leadership Convention #3 Buying a Pair of Casual Shoes ** Mulroney Unites the PCs Song: Has Anyone Here Heard Dan Hill? |
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Show #64
"I Was Trudeau's Double" Death Meets Reagan White vs Clemson Darth Vader Revealed Duncan, Mike, Ted and Jeff Report: Look at the Duncan, Mike, Ted and Jeff Report Death Calls Wendy Fulton Peas I Was Trudeau's Double A Woman in the Office The National CBC Television Employee Test The Layers of Consciousness Mr. Canoehead: The Hostage Situation The Drunk Bus Driver Song: Today I Got a Haircut |
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Show #65 "The Buyout, Takeover & Squash Holding Company" - July 1983 Applicants for Canada's Secret Service Mr. Eggs Explains the Various Grades of Eggs Pierre Trudeau's Answering Machine Message The Drunk Grocery Store Clerk Fishing with Live Bait: Using Bengal Tiger for Bait Godot's Answering Machine Message Board Meeting of The Buyout, Takeover & Squash Holding Company Complaint Letters Get Cut-Off In Mid-Sentence Game Show Go On Without Me Song: Senior Surfers |
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Show #66
"Having a Pillow" Diamond Ring Bought from Sears Having a Pillow Summer Stock Theater Listing Attack of the Killer Toasters Ordering a Killer Donut Attack of the Killer Bits and Bites Song: The Ballad of Earl Runkie Horror Film Movie Review Godzilla Gets Contacts Song: Dutch Cowboys |
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Show #67
"The Day of Name Choosing" Hinterland's Who's Who: The Maislin Truck Speaking in French Becoming a Montreal Concorder Mr. Canoehead: Bomb at a Nuclear Power Plant #1 Song: I Owe it All to Donuts The Day of Name Choosing Suicide Watch: It's Free (Ad: Manfred's Chocolate Cheescake Soap-on-a-Rope) Song: We're All on the Bus Together |
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Show #68
"Rooster Private Eye"
The New Ed Broadbent The Fence Sitters Dr. Wallaby Goldfarb Looks at the Origins of the Universe Following the Doctor's Instructions The Gadget-aholic The Day All of the Skin Peeled Off My Body Rooster Private Eye Song: Worm Sex |
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Show #69
"Eric the Red" Let's See What's on the Radio Ted Krinkle Reports on The America Cup Sailing Race Bill from Bala's Country Cottage Ad: Factory Mattress Outlet Waiting for the Bus Mr. Safety's Tips for Avoiding Mosquitoes Speech at a Wedding (aka Kiss the Bride) Eric the Red Goes on a Raid Song: My Husband's Dead |
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Show #70
"Perogie Rustlers" Let's See What's on the Radio The Shuttle Runs Out of Toilet Paper Clint Trundle at the Summer National Drag-Racing Championships Ad: Thighs Akimbo Part 4 Nobody's Perfect Old Used Tires Asking a Former CBC Employee to Lunch Perogie Rustlers Song: Psychoanalytical Island Paradise ** |
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Show #71
"Billy the Kid" Backyard Beatles Doomed Lovers Death Comes to the Audiophile Great Giant Titans: Billy the Kid Song: A Woman Asks "The Question" The Would-Be Canadian Author Galley Slave Seniority Song: Roamin' Romans |
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Show #72
"Judging Your Life" A Man Worrying a Vase Mr. Safety's Tips for a Safer Barbeque Mr. Canoehead's Canoe Gets Magnetized A Man Barring a Smoked Salmon ** Meeting of the Enormous Buyout Takeover & Squash Holding Company Bill from Bala, Chauffeur Judging Your Life Fascinating People Song: Gas Station Washroom ** |
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Show #73
"Seagulls" Let's See What's on the Radio Hinterland's Who's Who: The Seagull in the Ballpark Mr. Canoehead vs The Mole Monks Pt. 1 Hacking the Government Payroll Ted Krinkle Reports on the Pickering Nuclear Reactor A Foot and a Half of Water Mr. Safety: Tips for a Safer School Year Mr. Canoehead vs The Mole Monks Pt. 2 Suicide Watch: Dingbat Donaldson (Ad: Manfred's: Antibiotic, Antihistamine Pickels) Song: I Want to Marry a Catholic Priest |
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Show #74
"The Most Lovable Man in the World" Let's See What's on the Radio Report on Acid Rain Mr Canoehead vs The Mole Monks Pt. 3 Those Fascinating People: The Upside-down Man Red-Neck Crossword Pidge at the Funeral Ad: Breasts and Bytes Magazine Mr Canoehead vs The Mole Monks Pt. 4 The Most Lovable Man in the World Frantic Time Song Contest Winner Song: Carol Walner: Firespotter |
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Show #75
"Interesting" - December 1983 Interesting Objecting to Sex in Our Society Wallaby Goldfarb Looks Into The Energy Shortage A Director Chastising His Cast Song: Thank You Renee Meeting the Wise Man of the Mountain Reasons Why You Need Summer School Great Giant Titans: Banting and Best Song: The RCMP Narc Song |
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Show #76
"Third Christmas Show" - December 1983 Ad: Revenge of Saint Nick Cabbage Patch Dolls Child Abuse Investigation Bill from Bala as Santa Ad: Revenge of Saint Nick #2 Seeking Donations for the Red Cross at the Dinner Table Christmas Theatre Lonely Guy Wandering the Streets Looking for Love Ad: Revenge of Saint Nick #3 The Elves' Revenge 'Leonard Cohen' Sings "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" |
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Show #77
"Hair" Waiting for a Non-Existent Bus Speech Writing for a Gink Wallaby Goldfarb: The Greenhouse Effect Dating a Dutchman Arthur Pierce's Finger is on the Button Hair It's My Life Game Show Ad: Durable Battery Song: 'Twas the Night Before New Year's |
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Show #78
"I'm Just a Clown" Bill from Bala Talks to a Hungarian Learning English Mather's Asks the Doctor Some Questions ** Wallaby Goldfarb: Stealth Technology Surgery with Food I'm Just a Clown Moses Presents the 10 Commandments Song: TV Watching Plants |
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Show #79
"The First Canadian in Space" - 1984 Ad: Astronaut Promoting a VW Car Canadian and American Ambassadors in a Bar Wallaby Goldfarb: A Canadian in Space Canadian Astronaut Applicants Todd Booster vs Moo Moo Bunnylip's Huge Death Ray Russians Announce that they Will Send a Canadian to Space First Briefing Canadian Astronauts Candidates The Henny Youngman 1 Bilingual Countdown Space Beauty Contest Song: Spaceman's Vomit Russians Put First Canadian Into Space |
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Show #80
"Cowboys" Going to Fort Longo Cowboys Imagining the Future Naming Things Guns in the Wild West Song: Lord, It's Hard to Be a Cowboy Indian Creation Legend Building a Bridge Song: God Made Velour Just for Cowboys Cowboy Nicknames General Custer's Geometrical Tactics The Disappearance of Fort Longo |
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Show #83
"Lloyd Boyd Lost in TV Land" LLoyd Boyd Tries to Fix the TV Arial Zapped into TV Set Tiny Toddler Time Channel Flipping Donald Comes Over to Help Todd Booster: Moo Moo Bunnylips' Asteroid Aimed at the Earth Channel Flipping (The Killer Shark) Donald Brings Back Dead Shark Monty Gets Zapped into the TV Bewitched The Tommy Hunter Show Channel Flipping Fishing with Live Bait: Katherine Hepburn Bait Monty on Hill Street Blues Bologna Ad The Love Battleship Monty and Lloyd Get Zapped Back Home |
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Show #84
"Red, Red, Red, Yellow" Anthropologist Studying a Bum Pt. 1 Suicide Jumper Harry, Look at Those People Outside Mr Canoehead vs The Purse Snatcher Anthropologist Studying a Bum Pt. 2 Becoming a Railway Engineer for the Chicks Making Love Red, Red, Red, Yellow Cleaning Up the Office Thank You Street-Car Driving Man ** Song: Security Guard |
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Show #85
"The Cheesy Queen" Ad: The Melbolator The Cheesy Queen #1 Song: My Love is Cheesy Motorcycles Aren't Cars Ted Krinkle: Science Experiments to Send into Space The Cheesy Queen #2 Greasy Spoon Job Applicant Reporting a Naked Women Next Door PSA: Smoking Isn't Cool Miss July Asking to Marry the King's Daughter |
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Show #86
"Luther, Paula and the Ultramind" Pepsi or Coke: You Decide Suicide Watch: The Ultramind (Ad: Manfred's Carp Tarts) The Ultramind Robs the Bank and Kidnaps Paula Mr. Synopsis Sums Up the Story So Far #1 Luther Feeds His Pet Shrew The Superhero Tavern Mr. Synopsis Sums Up the Story So Far #2 The Ultramind in His Stronghold Song: The Ultramind Song Mr. Canoehead and Luther vs the Ultramind |
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Show #87
"The Police" Ad: Trenge Detergent Problems with Sammy's Burger Barn Sign Newton Feeb Calls the Police Song: Tommy Lookout, Daddy's Got a Gun A Man Cajoling a Punt Mr. Safety's Tips on How to Deal with Policemen The Speeding Ticket Song: The Cop-pertones Sing A Man Flattering a Tent ** The Police Sculptor Mr. Canoehead vs. Michealengo's David & The Quarry Boys Rapping at the Courthouse |
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Show #88
"Kretchfoop for King of the World" Ad: Cheese Dortmunds Kretchfoop Gives a Message to Earth Alien Leadership Convention News Report with Bugamo Chub-Chub Bill from Bala Complains about the Aliens Todd Booster: The Evil Galactic Warlord Larry Tries to Blow Up the Earth Speech from Ronald Reagan Speech from Constantin Chernenko Speech from Kretchfoop Kretchfoop's Acceptance Speech Song: I Love Earth |
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Show #89
"Little Fuzzy Bits of Junk" - June 30 1984 Let's See What's on the Radio The Corny Car Salesman Ad: Belts and Welts Superhero Boot Camp Rhonda's Going to Have a Baby: Doug's Perspective Song: A Song Which Follows You What If the Sky Above Us Was Green? Rhonda's Going to Have a Baby: Rhonda's Perspective Ad: Manfred's Nuclear Asbestos Saccharine Red-Dye #2 Drink Little Fuzzy Bits of Junk Song: Impressionist Painters |
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Show #90
"The Anti-Solar Concert" Playing with Somebody Else's Cat The A-Team Mr. Interesting: If You Took Every Grain of Sand on Earth... Problems Renting a Video Tape Mr. Interesting: An Interesting Fact from Nature... The Anti-Solar Concert (Song: I'm Sunburned) A Big Scary Noise Song: Fernando Poo Mr. Interesting |
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Show #91
"Brown Car" Edna & Chester Code 421 Couch Stain Ad: Manfred's Sour Cream and Onion Bremerhavens Retirement Home Talk Man Berating a Motel Sign Frantic Times Song Contest The Ultramind Gets a Day-Pass from Prison The Ultramind and Bruno vs Mr. Canoehead Song: Brown Car ** |
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Show #92
"Socrates" Suicide Watch: The Werewolf (Ad: Manfred's Low-Cal French Fries) Household Hints Halloween in Nastyville Never Date the Enemy Fred Head's Rock Club Update Song: Multiple Personalities Win the Money Game Show Great Giant Titans: Socrates Song: I Sweat |
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Show #93
"Denim vs. Corduroy" - November 1984 Denim or Corduroy: You Be the Judge Suicide Watch: Roland Grit and the Other Woman (Ad: Manfred's Amphetamine Tortilla Chips) In My Village (Metric system) Denim or Corduroy: A Historical Perspective Ad: The Supercom IV I'm A Creature of Habit If You Don't Invest, I'll Unleash the Monster in My Briefcase Denim or Corduroy: Statement on Behalf of Corduroy PSA: If You Drink, Drive Todd Booster: Moo Moo Bunnylips Installs a Toll Booth Denim or Corduroy: Statement on Behalf of Corduroy Song: Hey Fritz |
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Show #94
"Olympics" Intro from the New CBC Headquarters Ad: Canadian Olympic Fundraising #1 Sam Horowitz Literary Agent Ad: Canadian Olympic Fundraising #2 Frantic Times Sports: Diving / Sweating Song: I Like 'Em Tall Spooning with Beckie Sue Ad: Canadian Olympic Fundraising #3 Mr. Canoehead vs. Old Mrs. Dumpy Song: Carp |
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Show #95
"Mud" Controlling Inventory Complaining Letters and Mud A Salute to Mud The Ultramind Hijacks a Plane The Ultramind's Brother Ted vs The Ultramind Mr. Synopsis The Ultramind in the Cockpit SuperCloud Ultramind Turns Cockpit into a Salad Bar A Stewardess Lands the Plane Canadian Army vs The Ultramind The Ultramind Gets Rained Out Song: Mud |
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Show #96
"Seraphim Boot Camp" Seraphim Boot Camp Mrs. Zarnicky and Mama Tarino's Spaghetti Sauce Fixing a Leak at Three Mile Island Kinds of Love Grunt-a-gram ** Miniature Adults Donating Blood and More The Ultramind vs Wayne Gretskzy Song: It's a Rodent ** |
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Show #97
"D-Day Landing" - December 1984 Dork Test Cheating in Your Dreams Class of 1985 Valedictorian Speech Mr. Interesting: An Apple a Day... D-Day Landing Mr. Interesting: Before Man Invented Written Languages... Flintstones: Fred Loses the Fire Mr. Interesting Todd Booster vs Bunk Trousers Bunnylips' Voter Disintegration Ray Song: Muzak Party Down |
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Show #98
"The High School Show" Teachers Skipping Class Sex Objects What Did You Do Friday Man? Morning Announcements I Hope You Brought Enough for Everyone How Do You Spell Relief? Principal Strickland Talks to Miss McQuaid Jason Mahooch's Geography Mark A Few More Announcements Valentine's Day Card for Teacher The Hitler Bomb Plot Corporal Punishment Song: Heavy Metal Shop |
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Show #99
"The High School Christmas Dance" - December 1984 Suicide Watch: Hugh Beaumont (Ad: Manfred's Irradiated Chili) Ad: Mrs Sarnicky Tries Wrinkles Potato Chips Hugh Asks Loretta To the Dance PSA: If You Drink, Don't Dance... Hugh Tries to Asks His Father for the Car Christmas In My Village Christmas Isn't Much Fun in Nastyville Ad: Mrs Sarnicky Tries Wilbur's Fish Sticks Hugh Reporting to the Guys About His Date Song: All I Want for Christmas is $100,000 Bucks |
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Show #100
"Sam's Theory of Atomic Decay" Suicide Watch: The Quotation Compiler (Ad: Manfred's Contraceptive Melba Toast) The Over-Metaphoric Cowboy Cops Threaten to Kiss a Suspect ** You People Are Fat * Moses is Sent to a Shrink Complaint Letters about the Previous Sketch Sam's Theory of Atomic Decay Song: Crazy Subatomic Love |
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Show #100a
"The Ultramind vs Mrs Sarnicky" Mrs. Sarnicky for Sunburst Margarine Todd Booster: Moo Moo Bunnylips is Up to Nothing Caveman Love A Man Nitpicking a Sunset A Man is His Tie Mrs. Sarnicky for Oasis Deodorant A Man Embarrassing a Tape Deck In the Offices of Mrs. Sarnicky International The Ultramind vs Mrs. Sarnicky and Mr. Canoehead Song: Peterborough Date for Todd Booster is 1934, meaning that this show was broadcast in 1984; It is announced that this was Frantic times episode #100, though this episode was not labelled as such according to the master tapes -- interestingly enough, this is formerly a lost episode derived from a non-CBC source. The episode also has the distinction of having two guests: Caroline Scott and Magg Ruffman both appear on this show. |
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Show #101
"Ode to Laura Petrie" Ted and Marcie Arrange Their Marriage Newton Feeb Has a Date with Candy Vavoom Rick the Nickel Ted and Marcie's Wedding Song: Donut World Removing War from the Language Ode to Laura Petrie Gangsters Divide Up Their Territories Ted and Marcie's Honeymoon Song: I'm Rich, I'm White, I Love It ** |
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Show #102
"Legal Bar Exams" Legal Bar Exam #5 Quennell and Mary: Thinks About Death I Need New Socks A Man Policing a Desert The Fortune Teller Sees a Dipstick Legal Bar Exam #8 The Inventor of the 4-Colour Pen Legal Bar Exam #15 A Woman Shaving her Legs Elderly Couple Talk About Money Song: Making Love in Outer Space |
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Show #103
"Family Feud: Good vs Evil" Family Feud: Good vs Evil Devising Game Shows Evil Plots the Downfall of Mr Canoehead Evil Trade Show Ad: Disabletronic Lana the Shapeshifter Teams Up with The Ultramind Lana Meets Mr Canoehead Mr Canoehead Trapped! Lana Reveals Herself to Be Evil Eva Gabor/Escape Song: Manitoba This was formerly a "missing" show, recently recovered from a non-CBC source. |
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Show #104
"The No Audience Show" Ad: Thunder & Jesus Seal Removal Speech at a Wedding (Kiss the Bride) A Punk Square Dance The Tree Pruner Todd Booster: The Martian Death Ray Fable: Why Chipmunks Have No Ears The Horrors of Fruit Cocktail Song: Something's on Henry A Man Taunting the Great Barrier Reef The Last Spike (aka It Was the Railroad) Ad: Breasts and Bytes National Geographic Looks at How Animals Adapt on the Etosha Pan Rooster Private Eye Song: Meat This was formerly a "missing" show, recently recovered from a non-CBC source. |
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Show #105
"From the Extremely Quiet People's Club" Mr Interesting: If You Took Every Grain of Sand on Earth... Great Giant Titans: The Red Baron Ad: Chester's Spivey's Trailer Park Mr. Interesting: Turtles Buying French Pastry ** Theories of Creation Song: I Shot Bambi's Mother Man Yelling at a Loaf of Bread Fishing with Live Bait: Using Bengal Tiger for Bait Mr. Interesting: People in China Buying a Pair of Shoes ** Ad: Fanny Fudger Toilet-Seat Warming Service The Police Sculptor Mr. Canoehead vs. Michealengo's David & The Quarry Boys Song: Gas Station Washroom ** This was one of only two shows recoded wholly in the studio (hence the title). |
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Show #106
"Obi Wan Kenobi Driving School" From the Extremely Quiet People's Club Eating at a Baseball Game The Cliched Affair Fred Head's Rock Club Update: Talks about Chile Dog Tricks Obi Wan Kenobi Driving School New Baby Tests ** Driving Chicks Mad: Ordering at the Drive-In Burger Marvin the Mole Buys a Car ** The Invisible Family Salem Witch Trial Mr. Canoehead vs Car Thieves Song: I'm Gonna Be Car-Sick |
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Show #107
"Egg Mover Man"
Getting on a VIA Train
Escaped Young Offender Alert
A Poem #1 (Toothbrush Poem)
The Frantics Rewrite History: Saving Christ
Egg Mover Man
Todd Booster vs Moo Moo Bunnylip's Giant Space Mirror
Thanksgiving
Driving Chicks Mad at the Beach
Alternative Three Bears Story
Fighting or Squabbling
Stopping a Man from Smoking ** Song: Vancouver SWAT Team |
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Show #108
"I Sell Computers" Nit Test Suicide Hotline: The Depressed Janitor (Ad: Manfred's Giblet Chiclets) Mr. Interesting: Marriage Statistics Driving Chicks Mad at the Pizza Joint Come on Get on with it the Suspense is Killing Me Ad: John & Frank's Restaurant (x2) Mr Interesting: The Hypotenuse Ad: John's Stand-Up Sushi Bar Dr. Wallaby Goldfarb: UFOs Why Become a Non-Sexist Male? Mr Canoehead vs Waring Gang Members Song: I Sell Computers ** |
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Show #109
"I'm a Fungus" Request Time Man Eating a Pizza I'm a Fungus Jack and the Beanstock Part 1 Calculating Why Fat Shirley is the Only Woman for Me ** Jack and the Beanstock Part 2 I Lost the Cord for My Glasses... The Right Woman? Giving Acid to an Accountant Todd Booster: Moo Moo Bunnylips Blockades Ore from Mars Song: Last Night We Made Love |
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Show #110
"Dating a Woman More Intelligent Than You" Intro Buying a First Class Ticket on Air Canada Mrs. Sarnicky Tries Miss Evelyn Face Cream Moebius Strip Theatre / Destined to Be a Guidance Councilor Alternative Three Little Pigs Story The Family Reunion Picture Lateral Thinking Theatre: Gone with the Wind Dating a Woman More Intelligent Than You ** Mr. Canoehead vs The Ultramind (Who's Stealing All the World's Bacon Bits) ** Song: Our Family Store / Outro |
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Show #111
"What Dreams Mean" Mrs. Sarnicky Tries Sunshine Yogurt Morally Handicapped Battle of the Sexes: Toilet Seats Idiot Tax ** Message for Liz Taylor What Dreams Mean The Last Chapter of a Marriage Quennelle Meets Newton Feeb Song: The Man for You Note: Mag Ruffman and Caroline Scott both co-starred on this show. |
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Show #112
"Roughage" Manfred's Zit Die Mrs. Sarnicky Tries Perkin's Pork Pie Todd Booster: Stopping the World from Being Flooded A Poem #1 Lateral Thinking Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire A Poem #2 The Interior Decorator A Poem #3 World in Perspective A Poem #4 Arlene, Someone's at the Door ** Tyrannosaurus Rex, Private Eye Song: Roughage |
| Originally broadcast as a holiday special around Xmastime 1987, the series deals with fictional New Brunswick Premier Buddy Wentworth and his quest to create Fran of the Fundy -- a New Brunswick alternative to Anne of Green Gables. All of this while trying to win a provincial election, a caucus that betrays him, and battling his own personal demons in overcoming the evil Anne. A truly warped short series that along the way takes a swipe at various Canadian cultural icons. (A good piece written immediately prior to this series can be found on the clippings page). |
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"Fran of the Fundy Part 1" - December 19 1987 Premier Buddy Wentworth Takes Japanese Investors on Tour Japanese Catch Ferry to PEI Buddy Attacks Tourist Going to PEI Jimmy & Barney Buddy & Press Aide Discuss Political Fallout Cabinet Discusses Idea of Emergency Leadership Race Buddy Loses it at a Campaign Rally Newscast Buddy in the Looney Bin Emergency Leadership Convention |
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"Fran of the Fundy Part 2" - December 26 1987 Newscast: Interview with Buddy Buddy Talks to Press Aide / Finance Minister Buddy Meets Berton Peters Election Update: Politcal Analysts Ad: Nihilist Lumber League Buddy Visits Atlantic Television Buddy Visits the CBC Buddy Visits CTV Buddy Visits Galactic Productions |
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"Fran of the Fundy Part 3" - January 2 1988 Buddy Dreams About Fran Buddy Lands in Fredericton Election Update: Political Analysts Fran of the Fundy Contest Nihilist Lumber League Production Begins on Fran of the Fundy Election Update: Political Analysts Buddy Visits the Set Buddy in Hospital TV Debut of Fran of the Fundy Anne of Green Gables Nightmare Buddy Recovers / Conclusion |
| This eight-part special series comprises what is arguably The Frantics' best work. Inventive and very funny, this series looks at the whole of history as seen through the eyes of Jimmy & Barney, two guys sitting at some anonymous local bar with East-coast accents who have "been there" and seen it all. The series runs from the age of the dinosaurs to the future, covering everything from the plight of a two-brained Diplodocus dinosaur having an argument with itself to a couple of Visigoths trying to explain to a Roman why they are sacking Rome, to a future Star Trek-inspired "Church of Kirk". Sadly, it is also the very last Frantics series that involved all four members of the comedy troupe. |
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History #1
"The Beginning" - September 1 1988 Jimmy & Barney Talk About History in General Ad: Napoleon for Maher's Pile Preparation Jimmy & Barney Talk About Fame Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous: Gerld the Caveman Ad: Hun Mouthwash Nobel Prize Committee Meeting Jimmy & Barney Talk About Royalty Robin Hood and King John Fight Jimmy & Barney Talk About Having Good Names Spanish Inquisition Game Show Columbus Discovers America Song: Renaissance Man Closing Time for Jimmy & Barney Note: This show features guest star Brian Moffat from The Norm, which was the comedy show that replaced Frantic Times. |
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History #2 "Age of the Dinosaurs to the Ancient Greeks" - September 8 1988 Jimmy & Barney Talk About Pre-History A Diplodicus' Two Brains Get in an Argument Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Age of Mammals Cave Man Invents Language Cave Man Cooking with Org Primitive Sex Call-In Show Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Ancient Greeks #1 The First Olympics Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Ancient Greeks #2 Ad: Rambocles Part VI: The Big Horsey Men Behind Bars: Socrates Zeus Explains The Birds and the Bees to Hercules Jimmy & Barney Talk About The Four Ages of Mankind A Redecorator in Ancient Troy Closing Time for Jimmy & Barney |
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History #3
"The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire" - September 15 1988 Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Romulus and Remus Ides of March Parade Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Rise of Christianity Christian Groupies Song: The Twelve Disciples Coliseum Games Review A Christian Faces the Lions Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Romans Borrowing Everyone Else's Gods Song: At the Orgy Emperor Claudius at the Orgy Mt. Vesuvious Erupts Song: Back Off, We're Druids Visigoths Sack Rome Closing Time for Jimmy & Barney |
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History #4
"The Dark Ages and the Time of Chivalry Through to the Renaissance" - September 22 1988 Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Dark Ages #1 The Early Kings of England Waiting for the Renaissance History Corrected: Ghengis Cohen Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Dark Ages #2 Song: Here Come the Christians Joan of Arc's Trial at The People's Court Ad: Sistine Chapel Magazine Jimmy & Barney Talk about the Popes Luther's Bake Sale Marco Polo Returns from China Audience Reaction to Macbeth Doctor Debate Cure for the Plague Song: Holy Crusade |
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History #5
"From the Time of Columbus to the Age of Cowboys" - September 29 1988 Jimmy & Barney Talk about Cortez and the Aztecs I Hate Amerigo Vespucci Jimmy & Barney Talk about Canada and the U.S.A. Pilgrims Land in Virginia Choosing the American National Animal A Prisoner is Sent to Australia Jimmy & Barney about European Gentry and Cassanova Cassanova is Overbooked Song: "All You Need is a Pulse" Pirate Dance Steps Jimmy & Barney Talk about How Canadians Treat Their History Rush Bagot: 1812 Am I Eh? Jimmy & Barney Sheriff Canoehead vs. The Hole-in-the-Head Gang Jimmy & Barney |
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History #6
"The Industrial Revolution and the Victorian Era" - October 6 1988 Jimmy & Barney Talk About Living in France During the Age of Enlightenment Alessandro Volta Creates Electricity Song: The Miner's Lament Jimmy & Barney Talk about Queen Victoria Queen Victoria: Straight Sex Jimmy & Barney Talk about Literature Fishing with Captain Ahab People Killed at Gettysburg Lincoln Assassination Review Jimmy & Barney Talk about Confederation Watson Answers the First Phone Call Edison's Assistant Creates the CD Ad: Statue of Liberty Jimmy & Barney Talk about the Boar War A Soldier Leaves for the Boar War Jimmy & Barney Talk about Henry Ford |
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History #7
"The 1900s" (The Modern Era) - October 13 1988 Jimmy & Barney Anarchists and WWI Xmas in the Trenches During WWI Jimmy & Barney Talk about the 1920s Todd Booster vs. Moo Moo Bunnylips & His Giant Lens Bradford Guthrie, Brother of Woody Heckling Winston Churchill America Gets into WWII Jimmy & Barney Talk about Mahatma Ghandi McCarthy Hearings Improvements to Vacuum Cleaners Jimmy & Barney |
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History #8
"The Future" - October 20 1988 Jimmy & Barney Talk About the Future Drag Race Ad of the Future Jimmy & Barney Talk About How Fast Things Get in the Future Intergalactic Phone Sex Therapist Presidential Address of the Future Jimmy & Barney Talk About How the Future Is Not How We Thought It Would Be The Church of Kirk Jimmy & Barney Talk About Future Nostalgia Religious TV of the Future Astronauts Return to a Future Earth Song: Those Witnesses Was Right This show features guest star Brian Moffat from The Norm, which was the comedy show that replaced Frantic Times. |
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This special summer-replacement series starred Rick Green and Peter Wildman as two long-time friends
and neighbours who deal with various situations that face them. Unlike Frantic Times this show
took a single story and ran with it -- much like a sitcom -- instead of the more typical sketch
comedy. Arguably one of the most consistenly funny of the post-Frantic Times radios shows done
by members from the original troupe.
While this could have been a six-part series, chances are that it may have been a 7-part or longer series. If you happen to have any of the missing episodes and would be willing to trade, please let me know! This series is one of the few ocassions where I can post the "official" title for the show, since it was announced at the beginning of each show. |
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"The Freezer" - July 8 1989 "Death by Weed-Whacker" - July 15 1989 "Somebody's Having a Baby" - July 22 1989 "The Robbery" - July 29 1989 "No Pain, No Gain" - August 5 1989 "Peter's Number Comes Up" - August 12 1989 |
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Another special summer-replacement series which again paired up Rick Green and Peter Wildman, this time as two
friends who go through puberty together, marry and have kids. At the beginning of each show, the series was
described as "The story of Rick and Peter chasing girls, getting married and raising kids. An odyssey from
the suburbs to the singles-bars and back to the suburbs". This show was a return to the sketch comedy format
typical of the "Frantic Times" shows.
This series is another one of those few ocassions where I can post the "official" title for the show, since it was announced at the start of each episode. This would be the final radio series done by members of the Frantics troupe until the advent Dan Redican's "Mr. Interesting" series 8 years later. |
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Show #1 - Virgin Territory
Intro |
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Show #2 - College Girls
Intro |
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Show #3 - What If They Had a Sexual Revolution, and No-One Came?
Intro |
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Show #4 - Bells are Ringing for Me and My Live-In Lover
Intro |
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Show #5 - He Has His Father's Eyes, His Mother's Mouth, and a Monkey's Body
Intro |
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Show #6 - The Terrible Twos, The Terrible Threes, The Terrible Fours...
Intro |
(My copy of show #2 is incomplete, and am missing shows #3 and #4. If you have a copy of any of these shows, please let me know!)
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Show #1 - July 3 2000
Mr. Interesting Intro The Show |
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Show #2 - July 10 2000
Mr. Interesting (Incomplete) |
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Show #3 - July 17 2000
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Show #4 - July 24 2000
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Show #5 - July 31 2000
Intro - Embalming for Teens |
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Show #6 - August 7 2000
Intro - Mr. Interesting's Internal Combustion Drinking Straw |
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Show #1 - July 8 2000
Mr. Interesting Introduces the Show |
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Show #2 - July 15 2000
Intro - Mr. Interesting Intros the Show |
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Show #3 - July 22 2000
Intro - Kansas |
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Show #4 - July 29 2000
Intro - Las Vegas, New Mexico |
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Show #5 - August 5 2000
Intro - Mr. Interesting in the High Desert |
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Show #6 - August 12 2000
Intro - Reluctant Rectal-Probing Aliens |
* This skit was later used on one of the Frantic's two records.
** This skit was later used in the television series, "Four on the Floor"
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