The Tomorrow Show (February 13, 1980)

Adieu Alouette (1972)

Although Classic Television Showbiz primarily hosts footage of what you woulda seen on American television (and therefore Canadian television) growing up, there's plenty of Canadian stuff here and they're equally as fascinating and, if you grew up in Canada, very nostalgic. NFB films of varying lengths were used as filler between shows for decades on Canadian television. Some of them are brilliant, many amazing, some ridiculous. All are time capsules of a Canadian landscape that has long since been replaced with gaudy Wendy's restaurants. The song that opens this show is ridiculous.


"Adieu Alouette was a series of 12 half-hour films produced by the National Film Board, intended to revise stereotypes of Quebec for English Canada. In the wake of the October Crisis of 1970 and during a period of rising Quebec nationalism, the series offered a survey of Quebec culture instead of politics."

Superfriends (1973)

Miss Canada Pageant with host Jim Perry (1973)

The Parent Game (1972)

Double Up (1974)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1971)

Green Acres (1970)

Tattletales with celebrity contestants Vic Tayback, Richard Kiel and Norm Crosby (1982)

Treasure Hunt with host Geoff Edwards (1981)

The Price is Right with host Tom Kennedy (1985)

Hot Dog with Woody Allen, Jo Ann Worley and Jonathan Winters (1971)

What's My Line with guest panelist Woody Allen (1963, 1966 and 1967)

Joanie Loves Chachi with special guest star Henry Winkler (1982)

Laverne and Shirley (1976)

Password Plus (1980)

Hippodrome with host Woody Allen (1966)

That Was the Week That Was with Tom Lehrer (1964)

Dodge Promotional Film starring Tom Lehrer (1967)

Batman (1966)

The Sixth Annual Emmy Awards (1954)

The Bob and Ray Show (1951)

Up to Paar (1953)