Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Wednesday, July 1st 2009

The peoples of Abaza TV wish to wish Canadians a happy Canada day, eh, and pay tribute to Canada's greatest actor John Candy.

4:00am
Movie: "Tunnel Vision" (1976)
Phil Proctor, Howard Hesseman, Ron Silver, John Candy
This 1976 film tries to predict what American television will be like in the year 1985. Tunnelvision is America's first "uncensored and free" television network. Although wildly popular, it is also blamed for increased crime and unemployment. Christian A. Broder, president and founder of Tunnelvision, is called to defend his network in front of a Senate sub-committee. The sub-committee decides to view excerpts from a "typical" day of Tunnelvision broadcasting. What follows is a series of brief skits lampooning television, including cop shows, news broadcasts, situation comedies, and (of course) commercials.

5:10am
SCTV 2.24 - "The Flaming Turkey" (1979)

5:35am
SCTV 2.20 - "SCTV Disco" (1979)

6:00am
Movie: "The Blues Brothers" (1980) (extended version)
John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy
Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.

8:30am
Movie: "Stripes" (1981)
Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy
Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

10:15am
SCTV Network 90 2.14 - "Midnight Cowboy 2" (1981)

10:40am
Movie: "Going Berserk" (1983)
John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy
A clumsy chauffeur is hypnotized by a cult to kill the father of his fiancée, a congressman who's suing the cult for fraud, and encounters several weird characters during the days leading up to his wedding.

12:05pm
Movie: "The Canadian Conspiracy" (1986) (TV)
John Candy, Joe Flaherty
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infilitrate American culture through employment in the entertainment industry.

1:15pm
Movie: "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" (1987)
Steve Martin, John Candy
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

2:50pm
Movie: "The Great Outdoors" (1988)
John Candy, Dan Aykroyd
A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.

4:20pm
Movie: "Uncle Buck" (1989)
John Candy, Macaulay Culkin
Laid back commitment-phobe Buck babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.

6:00pm
Movie: "Only The Lonely" (1991)
John Candy, Ally Sheedy
A Chicago cop must balance loyalty to his controlling mother and a relationship with a shy funeral home worker.

7:45pm
Movie: "Delirious" (1991)
John Candy, Mariel Hemingway
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.

9:20pm
Movie: "Cool Runnings" (1983)
John Candy, Leon, Doug E Doug
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.

11:00pm
Movie: "Canadian Bacon" (1995)
John Candy, Alan Alda
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.

12:30am
Movie: "JFK" (1991)
Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

3:35am
SCTV 2.22 - "Consumer Action Line" (1979)

4:00am

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