The Punk Look and Something Else
I only post this (likely too long) tome on hair, since Shane asked in a recent comment about the punk look. Let me explain. At some point in the 1980's, we had the chance to produce a pilot for Disney, called Bear Rapids. Roger Price wanted me to look different, so I got the go-ahead to cut my hair. This led to the much-hated (by me) wig years. Apparently, at one point, I took the wig out to the CJOH parking lot and ran it over with my motorcycle. This is fodder for another post, and will require some research, since I don't remember doing this and may well have been in some kind of psychotic rage at the time. But I digress.
Since the hair was cut, and the wig was bought, no one seemed to have a problem with me doing what I had always wanted to do: subject my head to all manner of interesting dye jobs in an effort to look ever-more punky. During this time, we also produced a local Ottawa game show called "Something Else", and, well, here's the picture:
Note the snazzy letraset job I did myself on the actual photo. Very 80's...post modern, I would venture to suggest. That's Geoffrey Darby in the picture with me.
Something Else was a crazy, completely meaningless show. It was as if a television station manager took some 17 year old kid and told her "here's an hour on Saturday morning: do whatever you like, just don't swear too much".
Hang on-that's EXACTLY what it was. We took every aspect of the classic "Game Show" model and threw it in there: live audience of kids? sure! heck, let's take a page from Let's Make a Deal, and have them show up in costume! Phone-in contests, free stuff...and if that wasn't enough, we even had bands. Yes, musical, performing, bands. More on Something Else in a future post. If I can manage it, I may even be able to upload some audio from one of our first bands, theBop Trash Cats, a rockabilly ensemble composed of a few of my buddies from high school. It was short-lived, but a ton of fun!
Since the hair was cut, and the wig was bought, no one seemed to have a problem with me doing what I had always wanted to do: subject my head to all manner of interesting dye jobs in an effort to look ever-more punky. During this time, we also produced a local Ottawa game show called "Something Else", and, well, here's the picture:
Note the snazzy letraset job I did myself on the actual photo. Very 80's...post modern, I would venture to suggest. That's Geoffrey Darby in the picture with me.
Something Else was a crazy, completely meaningless show. It was as if a television station manager took some 17 year old kid and told her "here's an hour on Saturday morning: do whatever you like, just don't swear too much".
Hang on-that's EXACTLY what it was. We took every aspect of the classic "Game Show" model and threw it in there: live audience of kids? sure! heck, let's take a page from Let's Make a Deal, and have them show up in costume! Phone-in contests, free stuff...and if that wasn't enough, we even had bands. Yes, musical, performing, bands. More on Something Else in a future post. If I can manage it, I may even be able to upload some audio from one of our first bands, the
How not to geek out on this over much, it's impossible.
The word giddy comes to mind.
I am filled with such glee, thank you.
You have mad my day, week month and so on.
I can't recall being so elated, in the last decade.
thank you so very much.
your fan
Shane
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you can geek out here. you're among friends.
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Have you checked out democracy player yet?
http://www.getdemocracy.com/
Please do, i would love to see a vlog of you and some day to day thoughts etc, bty are you putting out anymore audio blogs?
Hopefully Shane
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Great post!! Can't wait to hear more about Something Else and the wigicide :-)
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I say this with all the due respect in the world: These are the first two things that popped into my head re, the picture -- Pippi Longstocking, Wendy from Wendy's Hamburgers.
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Hey! Great. I don't see anything wrong with the picture/hair. Maybe a chisle for his teeth, but, Christine, you have nothing to fear or be embarrassed about. After all, on my monitor, the contrast is off. All I see is a bald-headed woman with a big bruise on her forehead. I need to buy a new monitor. I'm sorry.
As for Something Else, I never saw it.
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You took the wig out and ran over it with your motorcycle?! In a "psychotic rage"?! (Claudia struggles to wrap her head around this image). That sounds like something I would do if I were, what, 19, had a motorcycle and a wig I hated. I like the picture. I would like to see one with more of your hair showing to get a better idea of what it looked like. Keep up the pictures and stories. I'm enjoying them.
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You're so right about Disneyfied images giving kids complexes. What was great about YCDTOTV was the underlying reality of the show, and the authenticity of the kids on it. That's true of a lot of Canadian and European children's product. Incidentally, I was born in the U.K. and lived there until age seven when I moved to the U.S. One of my earliest memories is of a British Saturday morning kids show called "Why Don't You...Just Turn Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead" which I think was a Roger Price endeavor in his pre-Canada days! (That puts you and me firmly in the same age bracket, Christine! We're both in our prime.)
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Ever Been to a rainbow gathering?
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Love your hair!
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Oh Boy Do I remember those days!!!!!!! What I would give to go back and do it all over again!
:)
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Um? Silly question, But.. Do you wear a wig these days?
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nope. never.
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Hi, Christine, this is Gus from Texas... I finally got a couple of computer bugs straightened out so hopefully i can keep in touch with all that is going on.
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Hi Christine...
You and YCDTOTV are my first memories of Nickelodeon. I was 6 back in 1981 when I first watched you. I still think of it often. Thanks for the many laughs.
~JAY~
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I am so thrilled to have found this site. YCDTOTV was my favorite show as a kid and is one of the first thoughts I have when I think of "the good 'ol days". Thanks so much for the memories!
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See, Its all your fault... I ended up a television director and movie cinematographer. Thanks for keeping us glued to the channels above 13 for all those years... And for showing what CAN be done on television.
JB
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That 'snazzy letraset job' reminds me of what Liz Phair did on the insides of her albums 'Exile in Guyville' and 'Whip-Smart'... in "Exile" she quoted the famous Dirty Harry lines "I know what yer thinkin/Did he fire 6 shots or only 5?/Frankly in all the confusion I kinda lost track myself/But you've got to ask yourself one question/Do I feel lucky?/Well do ya punk," splaying letters on various Polaroid pics
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I have to wear a wig for Irish dance, and it kind of looks similar to the one you wore. After a while it starts to hurt and last time I wore it, it started to fall off as I was dancing! I agree, those synthetic wigs can be a nuisance!
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This is rather slutty. Why would Christine write such crap? Maybe she has a darker side than any of us are aware of!
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