MuchMusic: The Revolution will be televised
August 31, 1984 was when MuchMusic signed on to fulfill its promise of a 24/7 music video service for…
Read All About It! With interesting people there’s a mystery to be solved…
September 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of TVOntario’s barmy science-fiction edutainment serial Read All About It!, which was shown…
The wistfully wonky world of Uncle Bobby
Uncle Bobby was a legitimate local institution: a real-life Krusty the Klown whose alleged misadventures involving scotch, mothers, and school buses have…
The Littlest Hobo: Maybe tomorrow forever
October 11, 1979 was when The New Littlest Hobo debuted on CTV. It was the third iteration of the adventures of…
Who Created Multicultural TV in Toronto?
Here at Retrontario, we were saddened to learn of the passing of former Rogers Media Television CEO Leslie…
People City: Toronto’s Lost Anthem
In 1972, Moses Znaimer commissioned singer-songwriter Tommy Ambrose and ad-guru Gary Gray to create a love song about…
That time when Master T gave MuchMusic its groove
Pop quiz, hotshot: Can you name the very first Canadian hip-hop music video as listed in the MuchMusic…
Goofball City: Toronto mascots past and present
Derived from the French word “mascotte” meaning bringer of good luck, mascots have amused, embarrassed and terrified us…
That time when Star Trek fever gripped Scarborough
Stardate 1993 — television series Star Trek: The Next Generation is midway through its celebrated 6th season, and…
Museum of Television flips switch in Liberty Village
Toronto’s own visionary prophet of the airwaves Moses Znaimer re-opened his Museum of Television yesterday, and now welcomes…
That time when the Jays had songs, anthems & albums
Where have the all Blue Jays songs gone? For much of their formative era, campy odes and anthemic…
Wasteland of the Gods at Muzik Nightclub
Mythical Toronto sculptor Elford Bradley “E.B” Cox (1914-2003) would likely be appalled to see what has happened to…
