Since all the other Canadians are slacking...

Nosmada · 06-10-2008, 10:32 PM

I personally, hate this move. That song is Hockey night in Canada. All kinds of people have their own hockey night in Canada story. When that song came on the kids shut up and sat infront of the tv.

Its pretty funny, i am friends with Scott Russel's Son ( CBC commentator) i must dig into if he knows anything more, why they dident resign the rights.

mr dave · 06-11-2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ashtray

In a way it does (as I mentioned I am ignorant on this topic so bear with me). Of course it will still be nostalgic but only to dudes like you because you know that stuff. That's why it pisses off your average Canadian period because it's like everybody's inside joke (the hockey song, cherry, hockey night and all that) and they are like changing the joke so that only dudes like you will get it (but I see your point of course that song will always be remembered). hahah sorry if that doesn't make much sense at all but it's the best way I can explain it.

i think i get what you're saying... that dave guy is old

but how else can anything be nostalgic if it's not from the past. does "look up, look up, look WAAAYYYYYYYyyyyy up, and i'll call Rusty" mean anything to you? unless you're in your 30s and up it shouldn't - but does it really make you feel like you missed out on something? like anything else in pop culture nothing lasts forever, you just happen to be around and cognitive to witness a significant change first hand.

keeping with your analogy of the joke i don't think it's so much that the joke is becoming more private so much as the club around the comedian delivering the joke has drastically changed to the point where the comedian has to move.

basically the NHL is the comedian, and the club was the television broadcasting industry. consider how much that has changed since in the last 2 decades. how many specialty channels are there now? how many sport specific specialty channels? is it even possible to get a basic cable tv package in canada without getting TSN? then consider the kind of budgets privately owned commercial broadcasters can provide to their stations compared to the government sanctioned budget of a public broadcaster. all while continuing to adhere to the CRTC regulations for canadian content in broadcasting.

the CBC has had issues with the NHL for years now. i wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that CBC brass has been indirectly trying to offload the NHL for a while now while trying to save face and act like they want to keep it at the same time. they're dumping close to 20% of their annual budget for a single evening of ratings. from a logistical standpoint it just doesn't seem feasible to continue down that path.

i really think having the theme move to TSN is the best thing that could have happened in the current situation. i'm sure it helped them secure a better deal with the NHL which in turn helps them become an even better canadian based all sports specialty channel. while freeing the CBC to go back to being canada's provider of homegrown arts and entertainment.

it's not like the theme was bought by foxsports or espn.

06-10-2008, 10:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
Nosmada Holding Back The River Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 240	I personally, hate this move. That song is Hockey night in Canada. All kinds of people have their own hockey night in Canada story. When that song came on the kids shut up and sat infront of the tv. Its pretty funny, i am friends with Scott Russel's Son ( CBC commentator) i must dig into if he knows anything more, why they dident resign the rights.