When the Leafs play on CBC, Joe Bowen calls the game for radio. When Joe Bowen is calling the game for television, Dennis Beyak fills in. Both call fine games. That's how we roll in Leafsville. Florida Panthers games are called by a cat named Randy Moller. After each goal,
There I was at the Air Canada Club, an hour before tipoff and enjoying my pasta, when the Gatorade guy told me why I was there to watch the Raptors and Celtics from the very first row. It's called “Experience G”... "Experience G" will give sports fans the opportunity to
Tied 1-1 in the second period, Alexei Ponikarovsky was awarded a penalty shot. I saw it, you saw it, it happened. It never happened. Instead, they determined that Sergei Gonchar had scored 13-seconds earlier. There's a rule somewhere about scoring two goals on the same play, so the penalty shot
I almost made it two whole days without writing about that damn Pepsi cheer. I really don't understand how it got out of the design phase. Why would Pepsi insert itself awkwardly between Canadians and hockey? Coke would know better... Case in point: eight years ago, Coke ran an ad
This is everything you need to know about Lost in 8:15. It's a smart refresher before we start season six.
I'm submitting a song for SLS23 consideration. I'm submitting "Brothersport" by Animal Collective. This isn't just a great song, it's a fantastic video. I dare you not to love this.
Art Clokey was 88. He was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, creating Gumby and Davey and Goliath.
I have an idea that will instantly improve our hockey club. Let's stop playing the Buffalo Sabres. We've now lost 10 in a row against them, going 0-5 this season. I have another idea. Let's stop spotting the opposition a two goal lead. For the 23rd time this season, we
I review every movie I see, giving them a score out of ten. You can read every one of my reviews at http://www.torontomike.com/reviews/. Here are movies I saw in 2009 that earned 8 out of 10 or greater. Star TrekAvatarFantastic Mr. FoxAnvil! The Story of AnvilDear
There's a whole bunch of chatter about Jay Leno's 10pm show getting chopped and Leno going back to 11:30 once the Olympics are over. That slot currently belongs to Conan O'Brien. I'm not sure what that move would mean for Conan. Here's something I wrote six years ago about
You know that movie you really, really like that everybody else hates? We all have one. For me, that movie is Dirty Work. I've always liked Norm MacDonald, so when I learnt Norm was filming a Bob Saget film right in my own backyard, I was pretty psyched. There are
For a while this past summer, my ring tone was Lester Freamon in The Wire saying "all the pieces matter". It's perhaps that line more than any other in the series that rings most true. All the pieces do matter, and they all connect, but you have to recognize them
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The Leafs fell behind 1-0 for 31st time in 44 games. But you know what's scary? This was the 22nd time they were down 2-0. We've been down 2-0 or more in half of our games. In this one, we actually fell behind 4-0 in a snoozer of a game.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Nirvana vs. Lady Gaga DJ Lobsterdust mashed up Nirvana's
What was Pepsi thinking? That's what I want to know. I work in marketing. I'm shocked Pepsi's "Cheer Nation" campaign got off the drawing board. I totally understand why Pepsi would want to associate their beverage with our national game, that's just smart business sense, but asking us to abandon
My buddy Kic is a big Raptors fan, so I asked him to chime in on the Raps periodically. Here's his mid-season report card for our Toronto Raptors. Mid-season GradesHey Raptors fans! I know it’s been a while since I last blogged about our beloved Raptors team, so I
I thought it might be wise to get this Leaf recap up before tonight's game against the Flyers. You see, there was another game last night, and this Leaf victory sort of got buried. What I'd like to see is a PPM look at GTA viewers of this game. If
The last time I wrote a World Junior Hockey Championship game recap without Canada winning the gold medal was January 5, 2004. I titled that entry "Silver Sucks". Since then, we've won five straight gold medals and silver still sucks. Tonight we lost, but not before coming back from a
Canada, your junior team needs you. It's 2-2 in our gold medal game against the USA, after one period. We're gunning for #6 in a row. Come on CANADA!
Lost is the only network drama I follow. We're about to begin the sixth and final season and I'm pretty psyched about it. As per FCC regulations, the cast of Lost has appeared in The Last Supper positioning. Here's that great new promo. Click image above to see it super
Up in the Air: 8 out of 10. I've heard from a few trustworthy souls that this is a perfect movie. It's not that good. Don't get me wrong, I'm giving it 8 out of 10 because... well, because it's lovely, but it's far from perfect. Then again, it does
Back on December 12, 2009, Humble and Fred recorded Humble and Fred's Fifth Podcast It's a good thing we didn't make this Christmas themed, because here it is going live on January 4th. The home page for this podcast, should you want to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or
I don't know Stephen from Kitchener, but he just sent me a long but heartfelt and passionate email about his disdain for corporate radio and his disappointment in 102.1 The Edge. It seems he did some Googling and came across my Edge 102 ~ CFNY category page. I think he
If you like funny, you like Louis CK. I'm not sure there's a funnier guy out there right now. I've been a big fan of his for a while. Heck, I even enjoyed his very short lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie. From the "better late than never" pile, I finally
