CBC Is Back
The CBC is back. I don’t know what the average number of hours Canadians listen to CBC Radio is but I know that I missed the CBC on weekday mornings and evenings and on Saturdays. I’m a huge fan of the CBC. In fact, the CBC is the only thing that I get close to fanatical about. I absolutely love the CBC. Ali tried to replace the CBC with Lite 96 but it just wasn’t the same. We both missed the Calgary Eyeopener, As It Happens and Cross Country Checkup, and I missed Go, DNTO and Quirks & Quarks.I think we likely listen to more CBC than the average person but the thing with the CBC is that it’s pretty hard to replace any of the CBC Radio shows with something else. That’s because the shows are so unique and of such great quality.
Take, for example, today’s episode of GO. A big chunk of the show was dedicated to ‘junk mail’, where a guest sent a bunch of weird items, which they considered worthy of Amelia Bedelia, from Toronto to Ottawa via Canada Post. The catch? None of the items were packaged in anything whatsoever. Instead all they had on them was an address and some stamps. So far so good. Except, it gets better. The items were: a can of soup, a hockey puck, a bag of human hair, a feather duster, a hammer, a saucepan and two shoes (sent separately). As it turns out Canada Post delivered everything except the two shoes and to Canada Post’s credit, only the hammer and saucepan were delivered in over 4 days. There is no way you could find a show as creative and entertaining any else but CBC Radio.
And the Amelia Bedelia reference is so quirky, you’d only find that on the CBC. And I love that. Especially when it reminds you of reading that book 25 years ago with your Mum.
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:40 Posted in General
