kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) (02/22/90)
The following is a request from a friend in USofA... while I have "heard of" The Frantics, I have to admit to knowing nothing. Can anyone out there shed some light on me so I may answer him? Thankx!! -ken >You wouldn't happen to know (and if you don't know, can you find out) if >recordings by a Canadian comedy group called The Frantics are still available? >I'm primarily looking for a couple of routines I refer to as "The Reading Of >The Will / Boot To The Head" and "Tae Kwon Leap / Boot To The Head" -- I don't >know what the "real" titles of the bits are. -- - Ken Dykes, Software Development Group, UofWaterloo, Canada [43.47N 80.52W] kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu [129.97.128.1] kgdykes@waterloo.csnet kgdykes@water.bitnet watmath!kgdykes postmaster@watbun.waterloo.edu B8 s+ f+ w t e m r
psmielke@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Peter Mielke) (02/22/90)
kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) writes: > >You wouldn't happen to know (and if you don't know, can you find out) if > >recordings by a Canadian comedy group called The Frantics are still available > >I'm primarily looking for a couple of routines I refer to as "The Reading Of > >The Will / Boot To The Head" and "Tae Kwon Leap / Boot To The Head"-- I don't > >know what the "real" titles of the bits are. The sketches come from the album "Boot to the Head" which as far as i know is still available. Peter Mielke psmielke@dahlia.waterloo.edu "Kannst' Schwaebisch schwetze?"
darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) (02/22/90)
In article <34504@watmath.waterloo.edu> kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) writes: > >The following is a request from a friend in USofA... while I have "heard of" >The Frantics, I have to admit to knowing nothing. Can anyone out there shed >some light on me so I may answer him? Thankx!! > -ken > >>You wouldn't happen to know (and if you don't know, can you find out) if >>recordings by a Canadian comedy group called The Frantics are still available? >>I'm primarily looking for a couple of routines I refer to as "The Reading Of >>The Will / Boot To The Head" and "Tae Kwon Leap / Boot To The Head" -- I don't >>know what the "real" titles of the bits are. > The Frantics were a comedy troupe consisting of four guys. They had a TV show on CBC for a while. Paul Chatto (sp?), one of the members, was a member of Canada Remote Systems at one time. Don't know if he is still there. He is also head of the CBC comedy department or something. CBC is probably the best place to get information on them. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | Thank goodness we don't get all D'Arcy Cain Consulting | the government we pay for. West Hill, Ontario, Canada | (416) 281-6094 |
djohnson@watserv1.waterloo.edu ( DOUG JOHNSON - GEOGRAPHY ) (02/23/90)
In article <34504@watmath.waterloo.edu> kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) writes: > >The following is a request from a friend in USofA... while I have "heard of" >The Frantics, I have to admit to knowing nothing. Can anyone out there shed >some light on me so I may answer him? Thankx!! > -ken > As far as I know, the Frantics are no more :-(. Paul Chatto does Chiclets ads and is in the comedy department at CBC. Dan Redican is (was?) the neighbour on the 'comedy' Mosquito Lake. Rick Green was doing promos for TV Ontario the other night: I've heard he has a show on TVO called 'Commander Rick'. Worst off is Peter Wildman, who is now doing every commercial he can. Too bad - their humour was better than Double Exposure, even better than Air Farce. Rick and Peter had a relatively recent revival on CBC-radio with their exploits of raising kids in suburbia (and, before that, a revised history of the world). They released an album which, I believe, was available from CBC enterprises (if its still around). Their TV programme was a disappointmnet, excepting perhaps the 'Heavy Metal Shop' video. Signed, Mr. Interesting and avid Frantics fan and viewer (UW, Mac, CBC Studios).
steve@utzoo.uucp (Stephen Smith) (02/24/90)
In article <1194@watserv1.waterloo.edu> djohnson@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Doug Johnson) writes: >In article <34504@watmath.waterloo.edu> kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) writes: >>The following is a request from a friend in USofA... while I have "heard of" >>The Frantics, I have to admit to knowing nothing. Can anyone out there shed >>some light on me so I may answer him? Thankx!! >> -ken >As far as I know, the Frantics are no more :-(... >Rick Green was doing promos for TV Ontario the other night: I've heard he >has a show on TVO called 'Commander Rick'... The show is "Prisoners of Gravity" and has Commander Rick (aka Rick Green) as the sole occupant of some earth-orbiting bootleg television broadcast station. Rick's "illegal" broadcasts invade TV Ontario's signal at irregular intervals (at least I haven't yet figured the pattern). Subject matter is sort of a visual fanzine for the state of the art for movies/literature in Comics/Science-fiction/Fantasy. Should your recreational proclivities run in such direction(s), it is definitely worth a look-see (if you can discover when it's going to be on, that is). --- -- +==========================================================================+ + Stephen Smith || uunet!attcan!utzoo!steve steve@zoo.utoronto.ca + +==========================================================================+
don@tse.uucp (Don Marks) (02/24/90)
In article <34504@watmath.waterloo.edu> kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) writes: > >The following is a request from a friend in USofA... while I have "heard of" >The Frantics, I have to admit to knowing nothing. Can anyone out there shed >some light on me so I may answer him? Thankx!! > -ken > The Frantics had a radio show on CBC radio for many years, followed by a short lived TV series. CBC put out one album "FRANTIC TIMES" which contains "Last Will & Temperment", the first Boot To The Head sketch. I believe this album is out of print (I found mine in a used record store), but I don't know for sure. Check with CBC Enterprises. Their second album "BOOT TO THE HEAD" was out on Attic records and contains "Tae Kwan Leap" (The second Boot To The Head sketch) and a "Boot To The Head" song. I believe the album is still available. Very funny stuff, indeed. Don Marks "Mr. Canoehead. Canada's only aluminum crimefighter!"
miller@ria.ccs.uwo.ca (J G Miller) (02/24/90)
In article <1990Feb23.181622.14277@utzoo.uucp> steve@utzoo.uucp (Stephen Smith) writes: >The show is "Prisoners of Gravity" and has Commander Rick (aka Rick Green) >as the sole occupant of some earth-orbiting bootleg television broadcast >station. Rick's "illegal" broadcasts invade TV Ontario's signal at irregular >intervals (at least I haven't yet figured the pattern). Monday nights at 19:30h (?) and repeated at 23:00h. -- ++++++++: J G Miller mail: Room 024, Chemistry Building InterNet: <a4346@uwocc1.uwo.CA> University of Western Ontario NetNorth: <A4346@UWOCC1.BITNET> LONDON, Ontario, N6A 5B7 UseNet: <a4346@julian.UUCP> phone: (519) 679-2111 ext 6325
brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) (02/24/90)
I don't know if I would call Prisoners of Gravity worth a look see. The subject material is interesting and unusual, but the presentation is stupid. Constant interruption by pointless video effects, stupid camerawork on guests, annoying background sound effects. I have it from a reliable source (a relative who worked on the show) that everybody on the show, including Rick, thinks this is stupid, but the producer/director is on drugs. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473
keithh@atreus.uucp (Keith Hanlan) (02/26/90)
In article <34504@watmath.waterloo.edu> kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) writes:
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-The following is a request from a friend in USofA... while I have "heard of"
-The Frantics, I have to admit to knowing nothing. Can anyone out there shed
-some light on me so I may answer him? Thankx!!
- -ken
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->You wouldn't happen to know (and if you don't know, can you find out) if
->recordings by a Canadian comedy group called The Frantics are still available?
->I'm primarily looking for a couple of routines I refer to as "The Reading Of
->The Will / Boot To The Head" and "Tae Kwon Leap / Boot To The Head" -- I don't
->know what the "real" titles of the bits are.
You can find the Frantic's "Boot to the Head" album on ATTIC LAT-1232. It
is current.
Good stuff that.
Keith Hanlan
Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada 613-765-4645
uunet!bnrgate!atreus!keithh or (via bitnet) keithh@bnr.ca
"You're making me feel wierd Adrian" Jack Carney to Adrian LeDuc, Apartment Zero