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22 July 2005

Famous Canadians

post by: warbaby at: 12:04 | 31 comments

Rick Danko. Robbie Robertson. Mordecai Richler. Wayne Gretzky. Ferguson Jenkins. Gordie Howe. Rik Emmett. Myles Goodwin. Gilda Radner.

posted by jonmc 22 July | 12:08

Dave Foley (and all the other KITH), Michael J. Fox, Jim Carrey, Anne Murray, Bryan Adams.

This reminds me of the "Dead or Canadian" game on Remote Control.

posted by jrossi4r 22 July | 12:19

Pamela Anderson, James Doohan (of blessed memory), William Shatner, Martin Short, Mike Meyers

posted by Capn 22 July | 12:19

Robertson Davies.

And pretty much all current US-famous comedians. Or at least it seems that way.

Fergie Jenkins too? These Superwebs learn you something new every day.

posted by Absit Invidia 22 July | 12:19

Wolverine

posted by Capn 22 July | 12:21

Michael Ondaatje

posted by Capn 22 July | 12:23

Neil Young, Chris Farley, Alanis Morrisette, Celine Dion..

isn't everyone a famous Canadian.

posted by muddgirl 22 July | 12:24

The band Our Lady Peace (new album august 30) ... assuming a band counts.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 22 July | 12:28

Lorne Green, Norman Bethune.

posted by warbaby 22 July | 12:31

Celine Dion

≡ Click to see image ≡
WE HAVE ALREADY APPOLOGIZED FOR CELILNE DION!

Neil Young, Alan Thicke

posted by Capn 22 July | 12:36

Whatever happened to Wayne Gretzky? Does he do the ex-sports star celebrity tour up in Canada the way Jordan and Butkus and Montana do in the States?

posted by me3dia 22 July | 12:40

He made my spring/fall jacket

Yann Martel, Alice Munroe, Margaret Atwood

posted by Capn 22 July | 12:50

The Arcade Fire? Broken Social Scene? Are they "famous" yet?

posted by Capn 22 July | 12:51

Songstresses Avril, Alanis, Shania, Celene, Joni Mitchell, and Sarah Maclaughlan.

Obscure actors Elias Koteas (aka Davey Jones from the TMNT movies), Matt Frewer (aka Max Hedrom!), Raymond Burr (tv's Perry Mason!), Jason Priestley (aka the guy from 90210), William B. Davis (aka the Cigarette Smoking Man),

Beauties Estella Warren, Shannon Tweed, Meg and Jennifer Tilley, Kim Catrall, Natasha Henstridge, Elisha Cuthbert - plus porn star Peter North!

Influential thinkers Marshall Mcluhan, Dorothy Smith and David Suzuki

Funnymen like Mathew Perry, Rick Morranis, Dan Ankroyd, Tom Green, John Candy(r.i.p.), Phil Hartman (r.i.p.), Martin Short (r.i.p.), Chong, Eugene Levy,

posted by Quartermass 22 July | 12:54

Martin Short (r.i.p.)

He or his career?

posted by gramschmidt 22 July | 13:02

David Paul Cronenberg, William Gibson, Cory Doctrow. Spider Robinson is an adopted son.

posted by Capn 22 July | 13:05

Corey Hart, Atom Egoyan.

posted by omiewise 22 July | 13:17

John Kenneth Galbraith

posted by matteo 22 July | 13:20

We forgive you Celine because you also gave us Joni Mitchell. And even though James Cameron is yours too.

Peter Jennings
Nelly Furtado
k.d. lang
Paul Schaffer
Alex Trebek
Brendan Fraser
Keanu Reeves AND Carrie-Anne Moss

posted by Specklet 22 July | 13:21

Gibson's ours! Give him back.

posted by warbaby 22 July | 13:23

Martin Short (r.i.p.)

He or his career?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287872/

posted by Quartermass 22 July | 13:25

Yes. Yes, that exists.

So the "r.i.p." is for...

posted by gramschmidt 22 July | 13:35

Don't be deliberately obtuse, silly gramschmidt.

posted by Specklet 22 July | 13:43

Oh yeah, and Michael Jackson.

posted by Specklet 22 July | 13:44

They're all kind of shrill and high strung. Now, the Togolese, on the other hand....

posted by Hugh Janus 22 July | 14:30

Gibson's ours! Give him back.

indeed. he moved to Canada to avoid the draft. he's from North Carolina or something.

posted by matteo 22 July | 14:32

I meant to type that Gibson and Robinson were both adopted, but that got lost somehow.

posted by Capn 22 July | 14:43

Some people just really want to get into Canada.

posted by warbaby 22 July | 17:22

The word "bud" cracks up any sentence, whether it's a reference to tha danq or a nickname. In print, bud, particularly in quotes, draws the eye, thus:

But U.S. and Canadian officials say a group of drug smugglers went to elaborate lengths to breach the heavily patrolled border, spending more than six months and $1 million to build a sophisticated, lighted tunnel so the smugglers could transport potent "B.C. Bud" marijuana from Canada into Washington state.

Potent word.

"Bud."

posted by Hugh Janus 22 July | 19:51

Barenaked Ladies, Jann Arden. It's hard to believe there's anyone left here.

posted by deborah 23 July | 00:57

all the Anchormen/Game Show Hosts--Peter Jennings, Trebek, um...others...

posted by amberglow 23 July | 12:01

← Christopher Walken || Ladies and Gentleman... Bloodhag →

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