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Sunday, July 1, 2007

Happy Canada Day - Mr. Canoehead

In honour of Canada Day, I wish to resurrect the memory of a long lost Canadian hero - Mr. Canoehead; our unofficial aluminum crime fighter.

Mr. Canoehead is the product of the comedy troupe known as The Frantics. For a brief time in the mid-1980s, The Frantics had a sketch comedy show on the CBC called Four on the Floor (@IMDB.com; @Wikipedia). Mr. Canoehead was one of their reoccurring characters that highlighted this quintessentially Canadian group/program.

Though the program was short lived, members of The Frantics have gone on to influence other great Canadian programs such as: The Red Green Show, History Bites, and Puppets Who Kill.

You can view the first installment of Mr. Canoehead below [NOTE: Press the play button, otherwise you will be redirected to the clip's YouTube page.]:

You can view more Mr. Canoehead videos at: http://www.youtube.com/user/Ransolix

Enjoy! Happy Canada Day!

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