Friday, June 06, 2008
CBC to shit on our unofficial national anthem.
I just read on the CBC website, that Wednesday night's Stanley Cup Playoffs (which I had been following religiously: Pens, you will reign next year...) was the last time they will play the Hockey Night In Canada Theme. If I hated the CBC already, which I do, I hate them forever and ever now. THEY CAN NOT DO THAT!!!! It's the fucking unofficial national anthem of Canada! Who does not have memories of hearing that song, Saturday night after dinner, from late winter till spring, while playing with Lego or something, sensing the excitement from the adults watching, knowing not to try to get your Dad's attention for at least 3 hours, even if you managed to figure out how levitate or spontaneously combust. And who's mom or dad doesn't remember the exact same thing themselves, from when they were kids(providing they are Canadian)? What in the bloody hell???? Everyone loves that theme, even people who don't watch hockey! They won't renew the rights they say. Idiots. A blazing, stinking example of everything that is wrong with the world. Blind, stubborn, heartless, selfish bureaucracy. Fuck you CBC. I hope some other sports channel buys it and everyone stops watching you forever.
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I wouldn't blame the CBC. Have you heard what they have to pay for each time they play the hockey song? Something to the tune of $500. Just to obtain the rights to a song that was written 40 years ago.
Want to save CBC money in a useful way? Cancel Air Farce and every miserable bastard earning money from that sad sack of tv shit. CBC is government run television. We pay for their budget but we don't get to choose where our money goes. I bet a great deal of Canadians would be happier to pay the cost of playing that song than enduring another bloody episode of Just For Laughs:Gags(as in the reaction caused by watching it).
Do you know how much money, theme songs for flakey, trashy sit-coms cost? Tens of thousands of dollars per play. 500 bucks is nothing.
I think many, aside from myself, feel it is more than just a song written 40 years ago. It's about collective memory, nostalgia, national identity...
I blame the CBC. I really do.
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