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

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I was on Discovery in 1995 or 96. One of their shows would talk to people in the street, and they came to Ryerson. The host was asking people what a Veeblefetzer was, and I was the only one who knew!

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

I actually like Discovery a fair bit, both then and now. It's not perfect, but it's at least interesting television.

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

My favourite programmes in the early 90s were Doctor Who (on YTV), The Dennis Miller Show (back when he was still left-leaning), Imprint! (loved those in-depth interviews with authors. Daniel Richler ruled!) and Prisoners of Gravity. They were the only shows I watched with any regularity.

I wasn't living at home when the Discovery Channel came around. What I saw of it when I visited Mom seemed like a good channel, but I've never had television in my apartment. Probably the only way I get anything done, though the internet eats up plenty of time that TV probably would have back in the day.

Lee.

[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.