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''The Radio Show'' was a Canadian radio show, which aired on CBC Radio from 1983 to 1992. The show incorporated some aspects of a conventional radio talk show, filtered through the warped comedic sensibilities of host Jack Farr.〔John Doyle, "The Radio Show is surreal and addictive". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 13, 1991.〕 The program, described by some critics as an "electronic pub" or a "radio chautauqua", had as its core philosophy the provision of light entertainment for people who suffered from "information overload" during the week.〔"Saturday fun on CBC Radio". ''Brandon Sun'', January 16, 1988.〕 Premiering on April 23, 1983 as a summer replacement for the network's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts,〔 the show aired on Saturday afternoons. By its third season, the program was airing throughout the year. ==Content== The show was noted particularly for Farr's irreverent and surreal humour. He billed himself as "Captain Radio"〔 and "The Prairie Groovemaster",〔 regularly claimed that his program was being "pirated by a prestigious New York-based show" which he never named, and made exaggerated claims about the size of his radio audience; the number increased each week throughout the show's run, and by the time the show ended in 1992, he was claiming to have two billion listeners worldwide.〔John Doyle, "Cross current". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 11, 1992.〕 Guests were interviewed on offbeat topics, such as champion pumpkin growers,〔 doormen to royalty,〔"'Electronic pub' to close doors". Canadian Press, February 8, 1992.〕 people reporting attacks by wild cows,〔"Farr-out! Radio Show beaming from city park". ''Calgary Herald'', June 30, 1989.〕 and inventors of new gadgets of varying usability. Ongoing stories included claimed attempts to locate the stolen brain of Albert Einstein and the missing Last Spike,〔 and coverage of the cancellation of Christmas because Santa Claus was on strike.〔"The Farr side: CBC says wacky Radio Show's days are numbered". ''The Gazette'', February 10, 1992.〕 Regular contributors to the show included Allan Fotheringham as a political commentator, Bill Casselman as a columnist on words and language, Danny Finkleman as a financial correspondent, Joy Fielding as a book reviewer, Mary Ambrose as a television critic, Peter Jordan as a "know-it-all", Stan Fischler as a hockey commentator,〔"CBC Radio's Inside Track Is Off Track". ''The Gazette'', December 10, 1994.〕 and Jon Ljungberg (billed as Elvis Presley) as a travel and Olympics correspondent.〔"CBC stings Saturday radio fans". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 25, 1992.〕 Impressionists Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen, who would later be given their own CBC Radio show as ''Double Exposure'', got their start as contributors of comedic sketches to the program;〔"Master mimic Robertson thankful for his Exposure". ''Edmonton Journal'', April 16, 1995.〕 comedy musical group The Arrogant Worms also gained their first national exposure as contributors of comedic songs to ''The Radio Show''. In a column upon the show's cancellation, ''The Globe and Mail'' critic John Doyle lauded Farr's "''haute hoser''" aesthetic, singling out "dog-bark operas, dust-bunny sculptures and impassioned debates about whether curling is really a sport",〔 and called Farr "a sort of Peter Gzowski from hell" — which he meant as a compliment.〔 Debates on issues "of no consequence" were a recurring feature of the show; another famous debate was on the resolution that being green (in the environmental sense) "is pointless because it's too hard".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Radio Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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