the "Moose" Moniker
When I was 9 we moved to Ottawa, Ontario. We moved in December, and driving North East on highway 7 was like a scene from Kamouraska; snow, woods, snow. For a kid from Toronto, it was a little alarming. At that age I was NOT pleased about moving (I am convinced that there are life changes at age 9 that rival those of the teenage years, and even menopause. I think there is an exit from childhood that is really tough. Carole Hay once said to me that "nine is the saddest age") and I wasn't keen on making friends.
The funny thing is, when I started at my new school, everyone thought I was this other kid's sister. This other kid was named Danny Burns, and he was this short, freckled, Irish-looking kid who everyine assumed I was related to. I was also short, freckled, and Irish looking, believe it or not, so of course we became friends. We carried this ruse that he was my brother all the way into high school.
Sometime in grade 6, Danny Burns started calling me "Moose", based on the fact that I was always the smallest kid in the class. I think he may have been referring to the character in the Archie comics, the giant blonde one, called Moose. I think I revealed this in a moment of stupid candour to Roger Price, and after gleefully rubbing his hands and likely compulsively combing his hair, he decided to make it part of the show.
The funny thing is, when I started at my new school, everyone thought I was this other kid's sister. This other kid was named Danny Burns, and he was this short, freckled, Irish-looking kid who everyine assumed I was related to. I was also short, freckled, and Irish looking, believe it or not, so of course we became friends. We carried this ruse that he was my brother all the way into high school.
Sometime in grade 6, Danny Burns started calling me "Moose", based on the fact that I was always the smallest kid in the class. I think he may have been referring to the character in the Archie comics, the giant blonde one, called Moose. I think I revealed this in a moment of stupid candour to Roger Price, and after gleefully rubbing his hands and likely compulsively combing his hair, he decided to make it part of the show.
Interesting story Christine. On the show you guys used to call Lisa Ruddy "Motormouth". Was that really her nickname off air also?
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Yea, 9 sounds about right. I had a couple of eye opening life changes myself at 9. So thats the story behind "Moose". Yep, Thats pretty cute.
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I can *somewhat* relate, I guess. I sort of distanced myself from my peers when I went off to a middle school that most of my elementary friends weren't going to. Of course, I was 11 at the time. I didn't like very many kids there; we didn't exactly relate. They seemed so different from the kids I was with in elementary.
Also, it's funny, I was 9 years old when Nickelodeon pulled YCDTOTV from their line-up in the mid 90s. I wasn't all too happy about that. ;-)
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Hey Moosie,
That's just like the story I sent you about my friend Joan.What are trhe odds of two people having the nickname Moose for kinda the same reason.We should start a Moose club.Because my name is Bruce kids called me Moose too.The name didn't stick.Anyways how about posting a pick of you and that Danny kid?Can't imagine you being the tinyest...
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It's like I always say, there's nothing more sinister than a compulsively hair-combing British man. Ah, that's right, I never say that. Oh darn..
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I also moved at age nine, from a big city to a smaller city. And I was *miserable* and could not have been less interested in making new friends. I hear ya.
Didn't pick up any life-changing nicknames, though.
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I don't even know how to respond.
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Alright, I have to be honest here.
All I keep thinking of is Mr. Ed...
The song...
A horse is a horse, of course of course...
I think you should find that Danny Burns chump and leave his car on bricks for calling you "Moose". How could you really know at 9 years old what he was saying? He was starting stuff! I know 9th graders, being a community leader!
And he tried to water it down with an Archie Comic book character? You bought that?
BLAHHHHHH!! AHH-HA-HA! BLAHHHHhHHHHH!!!
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Ok, alright. I'm ok now. I've done the posting wrong. I'm soooo sorry. Look, I guess I just expected something really touching about the name "Moose". So, for future reference and for another great entre into your biography best seller I'd like to create for you, just say that your name came from a giant moose that you wrestled down to save a group of door-to-door saints or something like that. That friend of yours... That's cold. Archie? Just to think that that's all he could think of... when you asked how the heck he got that... BLAAAAAHHHHH!!!! HA-HA-HA! OK. ok. ok. I'm ok. check the pulse. Ok, I'm ok. I'm not crying. it hurts.
I love this post though. Now we all know how you got that name.
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Ummm...
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What can I say? YCDTOTV created a monster in me!
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Where did you live before Ottawa?
Kids called me "Chwissy" because of a childhood lisp - i hated them for it but that didn't stop them. I also hate those people today that call me the informal "Chrissy" or "Chris" in formal or professional situations - i don't know them, they aren't friends and i'd like them to call me Christine in those situations thank you very much!
Sorry, rant over.
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P.S.: According to Wikipedia (there's an entry for "Christine McGlade" or maybe it's YCDTOTV) the Moose name was also because your curly hair looked like antlers. (I have very curly hair and I am skeptical about this.) Is that true?? Or is that yet another reason I tell my students *not* to use Wikipedia??
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Not true! No antler connection, at all. But that is, after all, the power of Wiki: you can go on in there and make the correction!
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Huh.
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RE: Chase
Yes, there is. Any one compulsivley stroking their cat.
"I'll get you next time, Moose. Next time!!!"
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Kool story!
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Hey Moose! Very cool, I always wondered why they called you that. Anyway, 9 was a tough age for me too; a lot of people picked on me (then I started karate, and everything changed!). I don't really have a nickname that stuck- this one kid who was in my school play with me calls me "Psycho Woman," but that's about it. :)
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Ah! I always wondered where my slimed crush's moniker came from! Good story.
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Greetings,
I want to thank you for the work you did in the 1980s. "Moose" is a name that I recall well.
YCDTOTV shaped my "stage persona" and eventually allowed me develop the personality needed to effectively do my current job...an 8th Grade American History Teacher in South Texas.
Thanks.
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I recall that you were short. Moose are the opposite of short. Sometimes the funniest jokes are the simplest ones. Like Curly on the Haarlem Globe-Trotters. I am laughing all over again.
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It would appear that Moose has left the building. Will she return??? Stay tuned...
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I always wondered why they called you 'Moose'. I felt bad for you because I thought they were implying that you were fat. I didn't understand this, because you were anything but. But I digress... I loved the show in the early to mid-eighties. I was probably eight when I started watching. Now, my own children love to watch the little snippets of skits, etc, found on YouTube. YCDTOTV was one of a kind. No show has ever compared. You guys were hilarious. Thanks for the memories.
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Christine,
Always wondered why, Now I know...
Thanks for sharing.
OBTW, I would never have called ya Moose... Other names, yes
Never Moose
Will
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nothing Nickelodeon will ever do could possibly come close to what YCDTOTV did! it is, was and will be the best thing that ever happened to that network!
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Interesting....All this time I thought your nickname was "Mousse"...
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hey christine; i just had to tell you that you were my absolute hero as a kid and YCDTOTV is my favorite show of all time. i was always trying to get my parents to move to ottawa so i could be on the show. :P anyway, it's an honor to leave you a comment!! take care.
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hiya christine, i like to say i always was wondering what ever became of u after you cant do that on TV, and another thing to i think i might have been close to the same age as u but not really sure, im happy that i finally found ur blog to ask u some question and to also tell u some things, too for 1 thing on You cant do that on TV, i always found that between u and lisa ruddy i hope i spelt her last name right been awhile...lol but i have back then always found the both of u very beautiful and of course me being younger i found both of u very hot....lol and very attractive, i read ur home page and glad to hear that it sounds like ur doing very well for urself and do u still keep in touch with lisa and if so does she have a site like this 1 too??? and also whats has she been doing since after the show too, also have the both of you ever got married yet, i already now that if yall werent i still would never have a chance to impress yall, and yes im an american but was born in the phillipines...i live all the way down here in Florida.....but i guess i took enough time from u, all im looking for is good chats from beautiful women such as u and lisa to see hows its been since the day of You cant do that on tv...oh shoot i forgot im rambling on here i go by the name JT and i was born in 1967, so like i think we all might be same age group when i watched, hope to hear back from u and possibly lisa, too back then i was tring to find both of yalls fanmail addies it would have been great back then to have been writing yall since then, but it never happened, so be safe in whatever u 2 have been doing, and have fun in life and try to not take to much to serious, ok? hopefully ur biggest from from long ago, JT
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...Moose --- i had a crush on you way back in the day that friends of mine said was "weird" because i was in my 20's during the time of YCDTOT but now reading your bio i know now that i am only 7yrs older than you and the age difference is a "moot" point, now as well as back then --- please update your blog for all of us "still" fans of yours --- i hope that you are able (or will be) to discuss the show with your grandchildren as you talked about during your audition --- continued happiness and hope to hear from you...
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Hey Christine, you were sort of a hero of mine when I was watching YCDTOTV - I thought of you like a cool, worldwise older sister. I also had an aunt named Kristine ("Tina" for short) whom I looked up to in the same way, so it wasn't hard to make the connection. :) Anyhow, thanks for clearing up the origin of the "Moose" name - the "antlers" thing came from one of your fellow 1979 cast members who mentioned it in an interview, so that's how these stories get started.
How often if at all did you get called "Chris" in real life? There was an episode in which Kevin Schenk called you "Chris" (if I remember correctly it was "Dating") but I don't remember anyone else calling you by that name on the show.
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Christine:
You were my favorite and one of the anchors of that show. Things took a definite nosedive when you left--none of the later kids possessed your natural performance talents. I was always surprised that your acting career didn't continue into your adulthood, into perhaps American television or even films--I always thought you had the looks and the natural comedic ability to be a modern-day Carole Lombard or Judy Holliday, or even Katharine Hepburn (of her films with Spencer Tracy, or "Bringing Up Baby"). I'm 54 now, but I videotaped most of your episodes, and you, Seinfeld, the Marx Brothers, and MST3K are the select few who without fail make me fall out of my chair laughing. (I should be careful about that--at my age I could break some bones!)
Love you, God bless, and continued success in all your efforts.
Dane Chamberlain
classicclassics@yahoo.com
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Hello. I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."
I am from Ecuador and also now am reading in English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "Excessive sweating might not be a case of nerves or hygiene."
With best wishes ;), Oakes.
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Hey Moose, thanks for the intro to proper sketch writing as a kid. It sounds corny, but I think the writers treated us viewers with respect, which is why I still hold YCDTOTV to very high regards.
My condolences for the loss of Les.
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Hi Christine,
I just wanted to let you know that I am a HUGE fan of ycdtotv and i am so sad that they wont release this show on DVD. My mother used to watch it with me and she would laugh too!! I sure do miss it! just wanted to say hi and my condolences on the death of les lye.
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Hey there. I just wanted to say hi,lolol .... so ... HI .... just kidding, I was and still am a huge fan of ycdtot. I would watch it every single day after school. i still look for the episodes on the net. You were an awsome host and seem like a great person. Do some more acting! .. you would do great. Take care and good luck to you.
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i just watched ycdtotv. you were a lot prettier than i remembered. this show was one of a kind, nickelodeon sucks now. i cant believe the stuff my nieces and nephews watch these days.
this show needs to be released on DVD.
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