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This Is The Law
''This Is the Law'' was a Canadian panel game show which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1976. It presented short, humorous vignettes supposedly set in various towns and cities across Canada which ran with musical accompaniment rather than a soundtrack, and challenged panelists to guess which (obscure) law of that particular region was being broken by the "Lawbreaker" character (portrayed by Paul Soles), who always got arrested at the end of the vignette ( Robert Warner starred as the police officer). The vignettes were quite subtle, and more often than not, despite many guesses, the panelists were unable to come up with the law that was actually being broken, as the laws featured were generally archaic - though, at the time of production, still on the books in the featured communities. (An example: in one vignette, the Lawbreaker is seen wearing a caveman-style costume at an event and engaging in dubious behavior before being suddenly arrested. After the panel failed to cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Napier-Andrews
Nigel Napier-Andrews (born 1942) is a British/Canadian TV producer, director, and author. In 2014 he became the host of the TV series ''Escapes with Nigel''. Early life Nigel Napier-Andrews was born in England, and spent parts of his childhood in Wimbledon, Cairo, Egypt and Benghazi, Libya. He attended Oundle School and then travelled to Kenya in 1959 to work at the Kenya Weekly News. Career Nigel Napier-Andrews returned to England to work for the BBC, and later moved to Canada, where he subsequently switched to working for the CBC as producer and director of several television series including: * Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date from 1969 to 1971 * the panel show This is the Law from 1972 to 1976 * ''The Bob McLean Show'' a daily interview program from 1977 to 1979 and 1982 to 1984 * the comedy series '' Stay Tuned'' in 1977 * the psychic panel show '' Beyond Reason'' from 1977 to 1980 He was director of Pierre Berton’s 26 episode half-hour television drama series '' Heritage T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart Pomerantz
Hart Pomerantz is a Canadian lawyer and television personality, best known for his collaboration with ''Saturday Night Live'' producer Lorne Michaels in ''The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour'', and to Canadian audiences for his many appearances as a regular on ''This Is the Law'', where he brought a unique sense of irreverent humour to the show along with his legal knowledge. He also hosted the 1974 quiz show '' Double Up'' and the short-lived 1998 Prime talk show '' Grumps''. His brother, Earl Pomerantz, was also known for television comedy. Bibliography * * Title in the online table of contents is "Life of Einstein". References * External links * * Blog postingon Pomerantz by Steve Paikin Steven Hillel Paikin (born June 9, 1960) is a Canadian journalist, author, and documentary producer. Paikin has primarily worked for TVOntario (TVO), Ontario's public broadcaster, and is anchor of TVO's flagship current affairs program '' The ...; includes TV interview from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Legal Television Series
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Canadian Game Shows
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Parker
Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, and actress *Saint Monica, mother of Augustine Places * 833 Monica, a minor planet * Monica, Kentucky * Santa Monica, California Arts, entertainment, and media Fiction * ''Monica'' (2011 film), an Indian film * ''Monica'' (2022 film), an American-Italian film *Monica, a fictional country in ''Æon Flux'' *Monica, a fictional planet in David Weber's science fiction Honorverse Music * MONICA, a Scottish band featuring members of Win/ The Apples and Trembling Bells * "Monica" (song), a song by The Kinks from their album ''The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society'' (1968) *"Monica", a song by Dan Bern from his album ''Fifty Eggs'' *"Monica", a 1984 song by Kōji Kikkawa **Leslie Cheung, covered into Cantonese in 1984 ** Leo Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McHeady
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trudy Desmond (actor)
Trudy Desmond (October 11, 1945 – 19 February 1999) was a Canadian jazz singer. Career After moving from New York to Toronto, she worked as an actress, interior designer, club manager, and theatrical producer. She was one of the 16 original members of the Dr. Music ensemble led by Doug Riley Douglas Brian Riley, CM (April 12, 1945 – August 27, 2007) was a Canadian musician, also known as Dr. Music. He spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects .... She performed in concert with the Don Thompson Quartet ( Ed Bickert on guitar, bassist Paul Novotny, and drummer John Sumner) during the Sound of Toronto Jazz Series at the Ontario Science Centre on January 23, 1989. Discography * ''Tailor Made'' (The Jazz Alliance, 1992) * ''RSVP'' (Jazz Alliance, 1994) * ''Make Me Rainbows'' (Koch, 1995) * ''My One and Only'' (Justin Time, 1998) References External Links * * 1999 deaths 1945 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Clavering
Eric Clavering (1901–1989) was a British-born actor who spent much of his career in Canada. He played supporting roles in a number of British films during the Second World War. He later moved to Canada, and had a recurring role on the Canadian television series '' The Forest Rangers''. He is currently buried at Beechwood Cemetery in Vaughan, Ontario.https://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/en-CA/General-Information/Our%20Monthly%20Story/story-archives/Beechwood%20Cemetery/Clavering.aspx Selected filmography * ''Undercover Men'' (1934) - Madigan * ''Thoroughbred'' (1936) * '' Mr. Satan'' (1938) - Wilson * '' Where's That Fire?'' (1939) - Hank Sullivan * ''The Frozen Limits'' (1939) - Foxy * ''Neutral Port'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Sailors Three'' (1940) - Bartender * ''Gasbags'' (1941) - Scharffuehrer * '' The Patient Vanishes'' (1941) - Al Meason * ''The Saint's Vacation'' (1941) - Reporter at door (uncredited) * ''Facing the Music'' (1941) * '' Tower of Terror'' (1941) - Riemers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valri Bromfield
Valri Bromfield (born February 10, 1949) is a Canadian comedian, actress, writer, and television producer who started her career as one half of a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd. Together, they joined the first Toronto company of The Second City where she was one of the original players. Career She formed a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd. Bromfield was a regular performer on the 1974 '' The Bobbie Gentry Show''. She performed comedy on the first episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' on October 11, 1975. Between dress rehearsal and the live airing, Lorne Michaels told her she had to cut her monologue from five minutes to two. She also appeared on another ''SNL'' episode in 1978. In 1979 she played "Mary Mary" on the ABC series '' Angie''. In 1980, she appeared as the character "Debbie Smith" on ''The David Letterman Show''. She played "Laney Gibbs" in ''Best of the West'' in 1981 and appeared on six episodes of '' SCTV'' between 1983 and 1984. In 1984, she appeared on nine episodes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bradley (Canadian Actor)
Paul Bradley (September 2, 1940 – September 1, 2003) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Joey in the classic Canadian film ''Goin' Down the Road''. Cayle Chernin"Goin' Down the Road: Revisited". ''Canadian Actor Online''. Bradley and his ''Goin' Down the Road'' co-star Doug McGrath were jointly named the winners of the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor in 1970.''Goin' Down the Road'' director Donald Shebib made a documentary film about him for CBC Television's ''Telescope'', titled ''Born Hustler''. His other acting credits included the television series ''This Is the Law'', ''The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour'' and ''The Whiteoaks of Jalna'', as well as the films '' The Merry Wives of Tobias Rourke'', ''Wedding in White'' and ''Lions for Breakfast''. Bradley died in 2003 in Victoria, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Solway
Lawrence S. "Larry" Solway (13 August 1928 – 9 January 2012) was a Canadian actor and broadcaster. Career During the 1960s he hosted radio programmes at CHUM in Toronto such as the early Canadian talk show ''Speak Your Mind''. He left the station in 1970 due to a dispute with the station over a series of shows on sex. In the aftermath, he wrote ''The Day I Invented Sex'' about the controversy. Solway was known nationally as a panelist of the CBC Television programme ''This Is the Law'' in the early 1970s. He returned to the radio talk show circuit later that decade with ''Talkback'' on Brampton, Ontario station CHIC until management there dismissed him without warning. He was seen in minor roles in films such as '' Meatballs'' and ''The Brood''. In the late 1970s he was a columnist for the newly launched '' Sunday Star''. He was a candidate for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1999 Ontario general election but was unsuccessful in his campaign in St. Paul's riding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
