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OH, AND MEANWHILE:

From today's National Post ...



Ben Mulroney and George Stroumboulopoulos are the ying and the yang, possibly even the Salt N Peppa of Canadian television. And now, according to something that the latter let slip recently, it turns out George was actually supposed to be Ben!

While doing a guerilla-style online video interview with the Web site The Stroumboulopouli, the host of CBC's The Hour strongly insinuates that he turned down a job at Canadian Idol.

Musing on his career track, the so-called Strombo, who certainly doesn't have Ben's cufflink collection, had this to say: "I mean, I took that show in the States and it bombed, and it was an amazing experience, and I was offered a show that's a huge show here now and I turned it down. And people said to me 'that's the biggest show in Canadian history, why don't you do that show?' "

In a later interview with yet another Web site, insidethecbc. com, Strombo denied having been approached about Canadian Idol, though he didn't say what the aforementioned biggest show could be.

- - - - Shinan Govani

Huh?

Did George Turn Down Canadian Idol?

AND CRANK UP THE VOLUME!

From The Teamakers:

"I mean I took that show in the States and it bombed, and it was an amazing experience, and I was offered a show that's a huge show here now and I turned it down.

And people said to me 'that's the biggest show in Canadian history, why don't you do that show?'

Because I wouldn't have felt right, you know?

And, you ...
But I don't regret it.
I think it was awesome.

Because of that I was able to get this show here."


June 5, 8 am addendum-
The Stroumboulopouli took down the blog post and video early this morning

... is rarely about The Hour

ANYONE CAN DO IT
Even George



TO THE STROUMBOULOPOULI
I really enjoyed this a lot. It's actually quite an achievement in communication, and arising from the web like that. Homegrown journalism.
Serves a very useful purpose, and should be emulated more often.
Kudos to Stephanie in no small measure. And way to save the low budget quality by rubbing George's nose in that silly song at the end. Which of course was not your intention but that's how I prefer to view it.
The editing was pleasant, and some nice close-ups.
It played perfectly on my Mac.
I truly think this was good work, and in some ways superior to what George does.
The questions came from people, and not writers. And not from anyone who had an agenda to protect or beholding to anyone other than the subjects cooperation.
It was also a first attempt, so understandably a bit superficial and tentative. Far deeper and more serious questions could have been posed.
Too bad you can't find another dufus to interview.
But you are now officially members of a new breed of broadcasters, perhaps the first embodiment of the Strombo dictum, that if George can do it, anyone can.