(Yes, yes, I know, I'm s'possed to be memorizing music, but I had to save this gem before it gets lost in the blogosphere. First published in the Globe and Mail newspaper, written by John Doyle and posted to Norman's Spectator.)
Now, some clarifications and an update in the matter of Most Irritating Canadian (television-related). Please note the word "television-related." Telling me you loathe certain newspaper columnists who almost never appear on TV is not on. It makes you feel better, I know, but I must decline to include, on the MIC list, some nitwit who writes reactionary nonsense for a newspaper in Calgary. I've never heard of him and he's not on TV. Take comfort in that. Right now, following the flag flap, Our Glorious Leader is way out in front. The Lilydale chef is running a close second. CTV weather guy Tom Brown, who inspires some readers to spew the sort of venom you won't see printed in this family newspaper, is also up there. Michael Ignatieff is holding strong, followed very closely by the woman who yells about serving cheese to grown-up kids -- The Screaming Cheese Lady. Evan Solomon has made a leap to head up a group including George Stroumboulopoulos, Debbie Travis, Rex Murphy, the Idomo guy and the Wendy's salad-commercial woman -- Salad Wailer. After a strong showing at first, The Body Break Couple has dropped in the ratings. The same goes for Ben Mulroney, Don Cherry and Colleen Jones. I propose a May sweeps period for MIC (television-related). Let's clarify the Top 20 and begin nitpicking: It's May, but let's not mellow out, people.
Screaming Cheese Lady is the old woman in the Canadian Milk Marketing Board's series of commercials who pops up at the end of the ad to scream "CAN'T GET YOUR KIDS TO LEAVE HOME? STOP COOKING WITH CHEESE!"
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