Happy Canada Day, eh?

[rusty_armour]

I looked for all kinds of CanCon on YouTube, but ended up with the McKenzie Brothers -- as I so often do. It's hard to get more Canadian than this:

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And this is distinctly unCanadian:

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Comments

[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

Happy Canada Day my dear! xx

[puckrobin.livejournal.com]

Happy Canada Day, Rusty. I saw Rose Marie a few months ago. The two leads Jeannette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy were meant to star in a operetta film version of Robin Hood released shortly after the Flynn film.

Warner Bros. had controlling rights on the 1890 Robin Hood comic opera and traded those rights to MGM in exchange for MGM's draft scripts of a non-musical Robin Hood. The contractual agreements were that the Nelson/Macdonald film will come out a year after the Flynn one.

I'm not sure why they ended up abandoning the Macdonald/Eddy musical version, as MGM was still releasing pre-production publicity after the success of Flynn's Robin Hood.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

And a Happy Canada Day to you too, puckrobin! :-D Considering when it was made, Rose Marie isn't a bad movie. Its portrayal of Canada is more flattering than what you see in The Scarlet Claw (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037248/?ref_=sr_2). I also got a kick out of spotting a very young Jimmy Stewart playing Jeanette MacDonald's younger brother. Anywaaaaaaay, it's too bad they didn't make that comic opera. I could easily picture the two of them playing Robin Hood and Marian. And I would have thought they'd want to take advantage of the positive buzz from Flynn's Robin Hood.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly! It's much appreciated, alysscarlet! :-D I hope you enjoy what's left of Canada Day yourself! :-D

[crimsoncorundum.livejournal.com]

Happy Canada Day! Will you be doing anything special?

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thanks, crimsoncorundum! :-D No, I don't have anything special planned. I was originally going to go to a park near my place and do some reading and writing, but I woke up with a migraine, slept in really late, and, then, I just didn't feel like it. I'm afraid the best I'll be doing is eating leftover "Canadian Classic" pizza and watching a documentary on a Canadian artist at 10:00. Oh! I might hear -- and possibly catch sight of -- some fireworks from my balcony! :-o Umm...I'll try to be a better Canuck next year. *g*

[thegreenring.livejournal.com]

:) I hope you'll have a great Canada day

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thanks, thegreenring! My Canada Day was pretty good, even though I didn't do much to celebrate the occasion. :-)

[radiogaga80.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you didn't have such a great Canada Day. Hope you feel better soon and have a better one next year. :)

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Ah, it was okay. I just felt a bit guilty for not doing more to celebrate the occasion. At least I learned a bit more about Canada by watching a documentary on the War of 1812. :-)

[radiogaga80.livejournal.com]

I actually may have been able to send you a small book on that topic. I bought it at the time because the soldiers wore the same uniforms as they did in Sharpe - sadly, Sean Bean wasn't around. ;-)

[avictoriangirl]

Happy Canada Day, hon! ♥

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, avictoriangirl! :-D

[njc2007.livejournal.com]

Happy Canada Day, Hoser, from another Hoser.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly! :-D I'm a day late, but I hope you had an awesome Canada Day, eh?

[karen9.livejournal.com]

Apologies - I'm too late to wish you for Canada Day. Thanks for the first vid - it's funny. I especially liked the bits about America and American TV in the script at the end.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Ah, no worries. :-) I'm glad you enjoyed the first vid. The McKenzie Brothers actually came about because the network was insisting that SCTV include more Canadian content to meet CRTC guidelines. The first skit they wrote was in direct reaction to this and meant to be a joke. However, the McKenzie Brothers were so popular that the skits continued. The bits about America and American TV are definitely poking fun at the CRTC. *g*