tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post1131974585907174687..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "The Puck Crisis"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-7574080199194993622020-07-01T21:44:01.071-07:002020-07-01T21:44:01.071-07:00Also a Detroiter. Loved this sketch when I saw it....Also a Detroiter. Loved this sketch when I saw it. Especially the Derek Sanderson reaction -- I guess I'm going to score a lot less goals, and the woman who asked incredulously, "We grow pucks?!??!?!? <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383507152424543145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-77416315031405991952019-07-16T19:25:00.337-07:002019-07-16T19:25:00.337-07:00I saw the Dutch puck mockumentary, it cycles throu...I saw the Dutch puck mockumentary, it cycles through my mind, one of the very best. Was living in northwestern Ontario at the time, and as I was a southern Ontario transplant, had so many people ask me anout the puck farms. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09908119558730953942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-18193700257313073632017-07-04T05:51:58.121-07:002017-07-04T05:51:58.121-07:00Living in Detroit, we were able to see the Wayne a...Living in Detroit, we were able to see the Wayne and Shuster material on the Windsor stations. This was epic. I lived in Trenton, a huge hockey town, and this short was the talk of school for a week or more. I wish dearly I could find this somewhere to show to my kids. I know it would be as funny today as it was then.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08887262418211558725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-73890408577811458492014-02-23T00:00:55.455-08:002014-02-23T00:00:55.455-08:00Just uploaded some short "Terrific Hour"...Just uploaded some short "Terrific Hour" excerpts from two CBC anniversary specials. Some footage from the Dutch Puck Disease included. I really wish the CBC would release those shows on DVD!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gXQAt8VBbs<br /><br />Thank you for a great blog!Charles Gauthiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-11973479507491954882012-07-24T23:24:15.425-07:002012-07-24T23:24:15.425-07:00This may be the funniest sketch I've ever seen...This may be the funniest sketch I've ever seen on TV, and I still remember it 40 years later. Shame it's not available anywhere. Johnny Bower was great, as was the desperate farmer: "My brother wants me to try apples, but, I don't know, I've been a puck man all my life". But the funniest bit was the man-on-the-street interviews: "I think it's terrible. I'd like to know how it got over here in the first place." Only one person reacted correctly "We GROW pucks??", but who knows how many of those were edited out. It was classic. "Send a buck to save a puck". Genius!<br /><br />GRD<br />Hawaii, ehAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-41450388258457065012012-06-21T08:10:18.923-07:002012-06-21T08:10:18.923-07:00The programme was circa 1971-72. I know because I ...The programme was circa 1971-72. I know because I was working at an Ottawa Valley TV station. We had a staff of four that night and we taped four quarters onto a card and mailed them to the Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour. I still have a wire copy which came over our teletype a few days later. Lorne Michaels said they received play money and monopoly money, but the biggest donation was one dollar from the staff of the TV station. The pucks were infected when they were mixed with dutch pucks in a puck bucket. The programme showed pucks grew on trees and women wearing hair nets were working on assembly lines throwing the bad pucks into a huge pile. Outside Maple Leaf Gardens, actual NHLers were interviewed. Derek Sanderson wondered without pucks "How am I going to score goals?" while Johnny Bower declared "I don't care if I ever see another puck again!" The show was pure genius but as one post noted, you really have to be Canadian to appreciate the humour.<br /><br />ALC<br />Grimsby OnALCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-23194262453138448502012-05-23T11:42:07.385-07:002012-05-23T11:42:07.385-07:00Mr. Pomerantz,
I clearly remember watching that s...Mr. Pomerantz,<br /><br />I clearly remember watching that sketch on CBC in the mid 1970s (CFTK-TV in Terrace/Kitimat). I thought it was very funny at the time. I recall some people taking Dutch Puck Disease seriously! Really? Most unfortunate it's not on You Tube. <br /><br />All good things,<br /><br />Paul Barriscale<br />VancouverVanBossFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929010277632185570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-59669116827036093422012-02-08T14:27:55.313-08:002012-02-08T14:27:55.313-08:00Every time my tulips droop I think of that little ...Every time my tulips droop I think of that little mockumentary. Wish I could see it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-30655515908033758892011-09-23T18:03:54.652-07:002011-09-23T18:03:54.652-07:00Once again, shear delight. I've been away for...Once again, shear delight. I've been away for awhile, very busy at work, and haven't been able to keep up but just happen to have had a minute and so very funny!Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672224572109778657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-59070501932349347372011-09-22T10:31:41.128-07:002011-09-22T10:31:41.128-07:00The puck you say!
Get the puck outta here!
That wa...The puck you say!<br />Get the puck outta here!<br />That was puckin' great, eh.<br /><br />*I'll stop now.* (Poor attempt at humor by an engineer.)GRayRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355369343845540787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-41991446922428270252011-09-22T09:42:19.056-07:002011-09-22T09:42:19.056-07:00i forgot about the tulips. That was a nice touch....i forgot about the tulips. That was a nice touch. It must have come from one of the brain cells I don't have anymore, as I do not remember making that up.Earl Pomerantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-90221918649169281442011-09-22T09:31:29.948-07:002011-09-22T09:31:29.948-07:00Dear Mr. Pomerantz; thank you so very much for the...Dear Mr. Pomerantz; thank you so very much for the summing up. I'd forgotten about Foster Hewitt (Americans, think Madden here) and the poor puck farmer's heart not being in lacrosse sticks. Lacrosse was a very nice touch (think like a Canadian time) as lacrosse was the sole national sport when the show was broadcast.<br /><br />Alas, you didn't mention the test for determining if an apparently healthy puck had the disease - exposing the pucks to tulips. In a brief scene you see a small group of women holding pucks over a tulip. They then move the puck to the side and down from the tulip bulb. If the tulip bends to follow the puck it is infected. Completely lunatic, but done deadpan.<br /><br />Dear Mr. Blonski; Rush might make this palatable for a foreign audience, but there are some nuances that would be lost. You really do need to think like a Canadian from that time to get some of the jokes - lacrosse sticks, eh?<br /><br />-zZarayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336440600394588306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-57202998114760462402011-09-22T04:45:14.566-07:002011-09-22T04:45:14.566-07:00I bet if you added Rush songs (apparently eclipsin...I bet if you added Rush songs (apparently eclipsing even Anne Murray at this point in history as Canada's #1 music export) this mockumentary would have a glorious resurgence.<br /><br />Neil Peart (drummer and lyricist of said rock band)introduced Hockey Night in Canada to the United States by recording a drum-heavy update of the theme song.<br /><br />Think what Rush could do for your TV special!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683862388676163629noreply@blogger.com