Can't sleep, scanning DVDs.

[teddog]

... Discovery Channel footage got found first. HA!

I'm not sure if the Discovery Channel in Canada was separate from Discovery in the US. I believe that may explain that whole EXN.ca thing. Who remembers that? Who remembers this logo?



I DO! I DO!

Now, early Discovery Channel in Canada had issues. Um, many issues. Like many early tier stations (and some newer ones) they had content problems! CanCon regs, you know. It also could not promote worth crap at the beginning. This means laughing for us.







You have to imagine there being cartoony music being played in the background. There was a better ad that appears later in the Discovery run that parodies the Star Wars scrolling text with much better, if with stereotypical music (sounds like the season one credits music, but less tippy). I can't find my copy of that.

Because the show is hacked up (the original has no ads), Discovery put in these bumpers. They mostly use the comic art and aren't nifty outside of giving you a faint idea at how the program was presented. Also note that the TVOntario logo is loud and clear.









And before I go off, I usually like posting caps from another ad I find on these things. I found one for Future File:



Given this was probably recored in 1998, ten years ago actually they're probably from much eariler in the 1990s, they were probably talking about us. There's something to ponder.

Comments

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

I was a little middle school brat when Discovery first came up to Canada. There's some good series (Mythbusters) but a lot of the decent programs are docs that can't be followed regularity, because there is nothing!

It's okay. I have a TV in my new place, but I only get CBC and CTV and I barely watch those.