Grey Cups of Yore

[Zontar]

Watched a lot of the old broadcasts.

Naturally, CBC pushes the nation building aspect but not the French aspect of it (as CFL/Alouettes were still an Anglo driven market and French fans would be watching the French broadcast anyway..) But by 1976 or 77 someone at CBC decided everything else should be bi lingual...Player intros, on screen graphics of player positions etc should have the French equivalent.

Not a coincidence as Quebec nationalism was asserting itself , seperatists in office, and the English vestiges of Quebec quickly swept away and swept out and Als were an East power house and we're getting 60 plus thousand at the Big Owe

But by 1980 or 81 poof, it's all gone. Again, not surprising as PQ lost referendum the Als fortunes plummeted and it's new found French audience lost interest in the CFL.

Grey Cups can serve as interesting time capsules for Canada and the league in general.

Edited November 23, 2019 by Zontar

[SpeedFlex27]

I just remember the Grey Cups in the late 70's to the mid 80's. The Feds sponsored the halftime shows & they were awful. All about national unity. 

[Fatty Liver]

41 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I just remember the Grey Cups in the late 70's to the mid 80's. The Feds sponsored the halftime shows & they were awful. All about national unity. 

So this year's half time show is going to be all about Wexit?

[SpeedFlex27]

1 minute ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

So this year's half time show is going to be all about Wexit?

No, there's some Australian country singer doing halftime.  They say he's famous. 

[Fatty Liver]

4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No, there's some Australian country singer doing halftime.  They say he's famous. 

Oh yes, Rolf Harris and his diggereedoo, I have his latest LP.

 

[Stickem]

43 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Oh yes, Rolf Harris and his diggereedoo, I have his latest LP.

 

My boomerang won't come back...practiced till I was blue in the face...waved the thing all over the place...but the bloody thing won't come back....

Edited November 23, 2019 by Stickem

[Zontar]

CBC in the 70s.

Crown Corp with adverts for Canadian Pacific another Crown Corp wrapped around adverts for itself with maybe one private sector ad so it doesn't look at too soviet.

[SpeedFlex27]

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Oh yes, Rolf Harris and his diggereedoo, I have his latest LP.

 

Tie Me Kangaroo Down was HOOOOOOT!!!! Toddlers everywhere loved him. 

[SpeedFlex27]

37 minutes ago, Zontar said:

CBC in the 70s.

Crown Corp with adverts for Canadian Pacific another Crown Corp wrapped around adverts for itself with maybe one private sector ad so it doesn't look at too soviet.

Labatts was a big sponsor of the CFL back then. "When you're smiling say Labatt's Blue. The whole world smiles with you". Remember that song? 

[Tracker]

35 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Tie Me Kangaroo Down was HOOOOOOT!!!! Toddlers everywhere loved him. 

 

36 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Tie Me Kangaroo Down was HOOOOOOT!!!! Toddlers everywhere loved him. 

Rolf Harris also tried hid best to "love" children until he was arrested for it. Paedophile. Burn your records- Harris has a record all by himself.

[Fatty Liver]

31 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Tie Me Kangaroo Down was HOOOOOOT!!!! Toddlers everywhere loved him. 

......and apparently Rolf loved children too!   

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rolf-harris-child-abuse-images-stash-found-under-floorboards-by-plumber-40-years-ago-9589111.html

[SpeedFlex27]

3 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

......and apparently Rolf loved children too!   

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rolf-harris-child-abuse-images-stash-found-under-floorboards-by-plumber-40-years-ago-9589111.html

Yikes, I had forgotten about that. 

[Zontar]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Labatts was a big sponsor of the CFL back then. "When you're smiling say Labatt's Blue. The whole world smiles with you". Remember that song? 

Yup, Blue Smiles Along With Youuuuu...