This week in Strombo (Oct 24-29)

The Strombo Show can be heard every Sunday night on  CBC Radio 2 from 8 pm 'til Midnight. 
On the Strombo Show Bob M Jr and George are talking best lyricists and Rich Terfry brings in tune from his tour. George continues the 80's dance party. Dance in your seat or stand up and dance, enjoy the show any way you feel comfortable.


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 This week on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight
 

Monday Oct 25

The newly elected Calgary Mayor, Naheed Nenshi

And George talks to Canada's own stand up comic, actor, writer  Jeremy Hotz 
Here is a taste of his humour from a Just For Laughs clip

 

Tuesday Oct 26

Battle of the Blades eliminated pair whoever it may be, talk to George about the experience. 

plus

The most successful stand up comic from Brampton and now Author
Russell Peters

Wednesday Oct 27
Millionaire, CEO, author and star of Sharktank and Dragons' Den

Robert Herjavec 

Thursday Oct 28

John Leguizamo 
This is clip of the actor when he was on The Hour the last time

Friday Oct 29

Filmmaker and Author John Waters

  and
British Pop band The xx

Have a Happy Halloween!

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The Last Hours

What's coming up this week on The Hour, you ask? More re-runs? Alas yes, it's true, but fret no more friends....this is the LAST week for them & the last week for the show formerly known as:
The Hour

Monday, Sept. 13
Ugh, what can I say? It was a Monday

Tuesday, Sept. 14
Singer Rosanne Cash, director Kevin Smith & actress Saoirse Ronan

Wednesday, Sept. 15
Actor Bruce Greenwood, comedian Danny Bhoy & hip-hop group Cypress Hill

Thursday, Sept. 16
Actor Jay Baruchel, director Jacob Tierney & musician Rufus Wainwright

Friday, Sept. 17
Actor Christopher Plummer & actor Jake Gyllenhaal

Tune in next week for a blast of freshness!
New Website: Sept. 19th
New Season: #7 to be exact - Sept. 20th
New Name: George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight
New run-time: 30 minutes
New interviews: Fresh from TIFF & pre-tapes
New set? Yes, according to my TO gals
New hair? Tune in to check
New piercings? Only George can say

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The Gemini nominations are in...

From the website of the 25th Annual Gemini Awards:

"The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is pleased to announce the nominations for the 25th Annual Gemini Awards, recognizing the year’s best in Canadian English-language television. This year’s celebrations will be held in Toronto over three nights in November. The Industry Gala Presentations will take place on Tuesday November 2nd and Wednesday November 3rd at the Kool Haus Entertainment Complex; the Broadcast Gala will take place on Saturday November 13th at the historic Winter Garden Theatre and will be broadcast live-to-tape on Global and Showcase."

Congratulations to the following nominees:

Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series

George Stroumboulopoulos

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

&

Best Talk Series
The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

p. George Stroumboulopoulos, Claire Adams, David Freeman, Susan Taylor

Click here for a complete list of ALL Gemini Award nominees...

among them, many past visitors to The Hour!

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Put your thinking caps on!

It's the week before Labour Day! If you are a student (or a teacher), likely you are in a state of mourning, as the countdown to the start of another school year is underway! I feel your pain...trust me! Bright and early on Tuesday, September 7th, I will be standing in Room 104 asking myself where July and August went. :-)

With many brains on hiatus over the past several weeks AND both The Hour and The Strombo Show still in re-run mode, I decided to turn this week's 'what's coming up' into a brain teaser...a word scramble to be exact. You've likely seen the interviews with this week's guests at least once. So lets test your memory and your puzzle solving ability! If you get stuck, click on the link and all will be revealed. Happy unscrambling!

Monday, August 30

ELE NDELIAS

VADE REWSTAT

NYMID NOHC

Tuesday, August 31

NEUGEE VLYE

RYOC TTOMEHIN

HANRO EOSNJ

Wednesday, September 1

MOAT NAGYOE

BORIN KITHCE

BUCHBY KREHCEC

Thursday, September 2

(this one is easy)

ICLAMEH J. OXF

Friday, September 3

HEALCIM LEBUB

RITAITPC CKARLONS

VICEL NOWE

So, how did you do? Did you have to click?

In other news...

Have you been trying your luck at the "Weekly Win" contest on The Hour's website? Many great prize packs are up for grabs including books, DVD's and CD's.

Did you miss George's visit this week to Q with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio One? Click here to listen to the August 24th podcast of the interview with substitute host Zaib Shaikh.

And finally...

Last week Tracy touched upon a reminder that while we very much appreciate people reading and commenting, we'd respectfully ask that everyone play nicely. To keep the conversation going, we have elected not to use comment moderation. For those of you unfamiliar with this, basically it is a blogger feature that allows us to approve comments before they are published to the blog. We really do not want to go down this route as it is both time consuming for us and does take away from the genuine real time conversation going on amongst readers. We are trusting our readers to leave comments relevent to The Hour and The Strombo Show. Please do keep in mind that our blog is viewed by people of all ages and that as adults we need to all be good role models. Thank you.

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So Hip even Gordon Downie sings it!

And I don't mean George's 'Sleeping Sickness'.......But I'm pretty sure he's kissed a girl.

Happy Birthday George!!!
From The Stroumboulopouli.


And now onto something really old (re-runs...bah!):
This Week on The Hour:
Mon, Aug 16

Singer Meatloaf, actresses Caroline Rhea & Michelle Forbes

Tues, Aug 17

Singer Michael Buble, actress Patricia Clarkson & actor Clive Owen

Wed, Aug 18

Actress Andrea Martin, actors Viggo Mortensen & Michael Douglas

Thur, Aug 19

Authors Richard Dawkins, Chris Hedges and William P. Young

Fri, Aug 20


Bruce Greenwood, comedian Danny Bhoy
& hip-hop group Cypress Hill

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Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?

As usual, the week kicks off with The Strombo Show on CBC Radio2 starting at 8pm EST.

Coming up this week on The Hour...the re-runs continue:

Monday, August 9th



Filmmaker Jason Reitman.



Actress Isabella Rossellini.



From the alternative band Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell.

Tuesday, August 10



NKOTB Joey McIntyre.



Actress Melissa Gilbert.

as well as...actor Louis Ferreira.

Wednesday, August 11



One of the stars of the most excellent CTV drama Flashpoint, actor Enrico Colantoni.



Actor Jamie Farr.



Guitarist and hat enthusiast Slash.

Thursday, August 11



He makes you afraid of the dark (among other things), author Stephen King.



X-Men man Shawn Ashmore.

...as well as actress Anika Noni Rose.

Friday, August 13



Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara.



American actress and film producer Drew Barrymore.

...as well as novelist and essayist Nick Hornby.

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Finally...Zombielopoulos!!!!

The Hour is still on "Summer Shuffle"
For the week of July 19th - 23rd

But first, for those of you hungrily awaiting for the North American premiere of George A. Romero's "Survival of The Dead"....well, you're in for a tasty treat!!
Our Strombo, appears in this film as a TV host (although I can't imagine him not wanting to appear in a realistic flesh rotting costume at least once!).
The movie will be shown at TIFF, but is also slated for an exclusive one week run at the Toronto Underground Theatre, for those of you that can't wait for the main course.

Mon, July 19th

Canadian Actor - Bruce Greenwood,


Scottish comedian - Danny Bhoy, Hip Hop Band - Cypress Hill

Tues, July 20th

Filmmaker - Michael Moore,


Actor - Peter Sarsgaard, Actress/Rock Star - Juliette Lewis

Wed, July 21st

Actor - Morgan Freeman,


Comedian - David Cross, Canadian Author - John Irving

Thur, July 22nd

Actor - Harrison Ford,


Actor/Screenwriter - Terry Gilliam, Wrestler - Hulk Hogan

Fri, July 23rd

Comedian - Bill Maher,


Actress - Vivica Fox, Actor/Singer/My other boyfriend - Hugh Dillon

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