Don Cherry: You Messed Up

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Don Cherry disappointed me the other day.

Don, speaking as both a hockey fan and one of the "artsy people"? You blew it. Big time.

A confession I've already made to the Toronto Star's Facebook people: I got a lot of drawing practice as a kid in grade school - we're talking grades 1-3 level here - drawing people playing hockey. The figure work wasn't much improved over "stick figure" levels and their chins were almost nonexistent. But this is what inspired me as a kid to draw like a comics-artist-in-training fiend. NHL hockey.

Just sad, Don. Really...sad.

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Inconvenient Truths

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You just pointed out one or two of them right now.

And, no, it doesn't. Anyone who still largely considers Hockey Night worth watching for the actual games covered likely considers it part of the price of admission. Like me.

Re: Inconvenient Truths

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You know, despite your dispensation, I heard him speak at Ford's inauguration (or whatever it was) on the radio a coupl'a hours back and I suddenly found myself unable to laugh at Cherry's antics.

Not sure, but the next time he shows up on my screen I just might turn down the sound, on principle. Logically, the next step would be to give up on HNIC completely, wouldn't it?

Re: Inconvenient Truths

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I'd leave it at the "sound muted" end of things for now. And tell CBC why.

Granted, if John Doyle's latest in the Globe and Mail with his alleging the "kettling" of the network is correct, then they may not be allowed to do anything to your liking about it. But at least they'll know.

I hope Doyle's wrong on that point, though.

Re: Inconvenient Truths

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Jesus, thanks for hipping me to the Doyle piece; that's an excellent piece of analysis. I fear it's all-too close to the truth (maybe less so for Radio), though I watch so little television I won't swear to it.

My impression has always been, though, that the CBC (television especially) has always (subtly) made nice with whatever party held the reins in Ottawa.

The big difference now is that our current government isn't one of two establishment parties, but rather is one with a pretty radical agenda designed to change the establishment in a very big way.