Everybody Wang Chung Tonight.

Eh, not really.

I don't have much time but here's a few tidbits:

- While surfing I found this description on Winkopedia about the CBC/Halifax Film Company show Poko. This is verbatim;

"In August 28, 2008, Season 3 of Poko will be added 3 characters will be added and Poko got a bigger house for 3 more.

Troy He lives with Poko. He is newborn. He sleeps during the outside scene.

Lip Lock Lip Lock lives with Bibi. Lip Lock kisses. She is a cat. On the outside episode, Lip Lock chased Minus.

Sharon Sharon was Poko's new friend she is 9 years old. When Sharon says 'TAKE A BOW!' Poko, Bibi, Lambert, Lip Lock, Minus and Troy bowed. Sharon was sometimes shorten to Share which Poko called out Sharon.

Quiz will be planned to be on Season three of Poko on September 3, 2008."

Does the above sound like some sort of Eastern European satire? It's either briliantly satirical or fucking stupid.

- www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/databases/easterneye/history.asp

This is the website for a history of film in Nova Scotia. An except follows;

"The second private motion picture company established in Nova Scotia was the less prolific but equally important Maritime Motion Picture Company (MMPC).

Canadian in its philosophy but less so in its practice. While most of the productions were filmed in Cape Breton and Atlantic Canada and told Canadian stories, the company imported most of its directors, casts, and crews from the United States. (WTF?) This practice was not uncommon across the country during these early years of film production when trained personnel were hard to come by.

A report to shareholders in 1922 stated,

It [the newly-released Sea Riders] has been well received wherever screened [and] the returns have been unexpectedly big ... outstanding evidence of the fact that the Canadian people will, if given the opportunity, support and give a preference to Made in Canada products.15"

So, we've been deceiving ourselves for a looongg time.

Anyway, Paris Hilton bumped Michael Moore from The Larry King Show. Ya know, if she hadn't invented a cure for cancer I would be a little miffed.

In local film news, there's a website that promises to entertain you with original content. Another website/blogger that promises to make television obsolite. If only. I've surfed it and found myself going, "yawn, okay, that's cute". I can't recommend it as a great way to spend an evening but it is local.

www.untv.ca