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Now is the Time on Shprockets ven ve Daunce...
Just for future reference, because people often do not believe me - it might be possible that a younger Mike Myers, then 13 and growing up in Scarborough, could have known about this show and used it as the inspiration (from the Canadian TV Archive, http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/18576/sprockets/details/):
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Sprockets (1975-1976) (series)
Sprockets was a CBC series that provided a television window on independent filmmaking in Canada in the mid- 1970s. The program showcased experimental and animated short films, but most were short dramas or documentaries. Among the films to go on the air were At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch, by Deepa Saltzman; O Canada, by Henning Jacobsen; Dull Day Demolition, produced by Insight Productions; The Brotherhood, by Vancouver animator Al Sens; and The Journals of Susanna Moodie, by Marie Waisberg.
Cast
Frederick Manter....Host
Michael Hirsh....Host
Mark Stone....Host
Whitney Smith....Host
Jana Veverka....Host
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It's possible - on looking up some of his bio trivia, Myers got an early start in show business (a TV commercial with Gilda Radner at age nine, doing a project on Lorne Michaels in Grade 8 (1978?), getting hired at Second City the day he graduated from high school). He also seems to be quite the nerd - collects model soldiers, played D&D in high school (whence the SNL character "Lothar of the Hill People").
More Sprockets trivia:
In June 2000 Myers was sued by Universal Pictures for $3.8 million for backing out of his contract to play Dieter in a feature film version of "Sprockets". Myers was quoted to say he would refuse to honor the $20 million contract rather than "cheating moviegoers with an unacceptable script".
In 1991 there aired on British TV a film program for Dandelion Productions called "Sprockets". It was co-presented by Barbie Wilde, a Canadian-born "classically-trained robotic mime" who also appeared in Hellraiser II. Hm!
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Sprockets (1975-1976) (series)
Sprockets was a CBC series that provided a television window on independent filmmaking in Canada in the mid- 1970s. The program showcased experimental and animated short films, but most were short dramas or documentaries. Among the films to go on the air were At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch, by Deepa Saltzman; O Canada, by Henning Jacobsen; Dull Day Demolition, produced by Insight Productions; The Brotherhood, by Vancouver animator Al Sens; and The Journals of Susanna Moodie, by Marie Waisberg.
Cast
Frederick Manter....Host
Michael Hirsh....Host
Mark Stone....Host
Whitney Smith....Host
Jana Veverka....Host
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It's possible - on looking up some of his bio trivia, Myers got an early start in show business (a TV commercial with Gilda Radner at age nine, doing a project on Lorne Michaels in Grade 8 (1978?), getting hired at Second City the day he graduated from high school). He also seems to be quite the nerd - collects model soldiers, played D&D in high school (whence the SNL character "Lothar of the Hill People").
More Sprockets trivia:
In June 2000 Myers was sued by Universal Pictures for $3.8 million for backing out of his contract to play Dieter in a feature film version of "Sprockets". Myers was quoted to say he would refuse to honor the $20 million contract rather than "cheating moviegoers with an unacceptable script".
In 1991 there aired on British TV a film program for Dandelion Productions called "Sprockets". It was co-presented by Barbie Wilde, a Canadian-born "classically-trained robotic mime" who also appeared in Hellraiser II. Hm!
