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Identify the Canadian celebrity! Win a crappy prize!

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SDT
Sweet Daddy Tiki posted on 02/15/2008

Yes, I know what you're thinking - "Canadian celebrity... isn't that an oxymoron?"

Nevertheless, this fellow enjoying a Mai Tai poolside at Trader Vic's Lounge in the Beverly Hilton is a household name here north of the 49th.

Who is he, and what is he promoting?

In the tradition of Canadian game shows, the prize is almost inconsequential - 100 Sweet Daddy Tiki Bonus Points, redeemable for valuable, um...

Really, all you get is bragging rights.


-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

My new blog

[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2008-02-14 23:43 ]

PLT
Pepe le Tiki posted on 02/15/2008

I know who he is but what he's promoting, I do not know.... the fabulous Mai Tai should be savoured in pool???

BB
Bongo Bungalow posted on 02/15/2008

straw hats?... he's promoting STRAW HATS!

JIM
John in Montreal posted on 02/15/2008

Give the Americans a clue at least... initials are B.B.

But I wouldn't exactly say he's a household name in Canada...

BB
Bora Boris posted on 02/15/2008

Thanks for the clue John, is it Brent Butt? :roll:

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naugatiki posted on 02/15/2008

Is he promoting Corner Gas or alcoholism?

T
TikiLaLe posted on 02/15/2008

That's Artie, my accountant !!!

PTD
Psycho Tiki D posted on 02/15/2008

Since he did a voice-over in "Tiki Tiki" back in I think 1971, my guess is Barry Baldero?

Promoting the Beverly Hilton or Mai Tai's?

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2008-02-15 07:04 ]

SF
Slacks Ferret posted on 02/15/2008

Do I get to play? Or is it only open to 'Mericans?

TAM
Tiki A. Moaikingbird posted on 02/15/2008

given the gentleman's excellent taste in headwear, i think he should appear on the 1000-point Swankola Buck.

UB
Unga Bunga posted on 02/15/2008

Probably "Come visit America" because right now, the American dollar SUCKS!!

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dogbytes posted on 02/16/2008

On 2008-02-15 07:18, Slacks Ferret wrote:
Do I get to play? Or is it only open to 'Mericans?

yer an 'merican.. a North American..
oh and i have no idea who the dude is.

O
Ojaitimo posted on 02/16/2008

I think I know what he is promoting. The new Trader Vic's using cocktail umbrellas?

Oh, I forgot. BB?

Benny who owns this Trader Vic's?

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2008-02-15 16:16 ]

SF
Slacks Ferret posted on 02/16/2008

It's Brent Butt. Is he promoting his show Corner Gas being on WGN?

BK
Basement Kahuna posted on 02/16/2008

Tom Green? Geddy Lee-that nerd band guy? Alanis Morrisette? Anne Murray? (I think that's all the Canadian celebrities I can think of...)

SF
Slacks Ferret posted on 02/16/2008

Really BK? C'mon...you forgot Bryan Adams, Michael J. Fox, Leonard Cohen, Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, Celine Dion, Lorne Greene, John Candy, Jim Carrey, Seth Rogan, Peter Jennings, Neil Young, k.d. Lang, Dan Akroyd, Howie Mandel, Margot Kidder, Kim Cattrall, David Cronenberg, James Cameron, Donald Sutherland, Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne, Michael Buble, Mike Meyers, Shania Twain...

...I could go on, but that's plenty of crappy celebs right there!

BB
Bora Boris posted on 02/16/2008

Don't forget Wayne Gretzky, Paul Shaffer, Natasha Henstridge, Dave Foley and um..Theron Fleury.

And when can I start Bragging about winning?

T
tikipedia posted on 02/16/2008

And don't forget about these two guys, eh?

SDT
Sweet Daddy Tiki posted on 02/16/2008

100 points to Bora Boris for identifying comedian Brent Butt.

100 points to naugatiki for knowing he was promoting his sitcom Corner Gas.

100 points to Slacks Ferret for mentioning Chicago superstation WGN.

Kudos and 100 points to PTD for knowing Barry Baldaro and the very obscure Canadian film "Tiki Tiki", an odd mix of original animation by Gerald Potterton intercut with a bizarre Soviet children's film. It's been maybe 35 years since I saw it at a film society and since then I've never encountered another soul who's even heard of it.

And 1000 Brent Butt points to Tiki A. Moaikingbird for designing the Swankola bonus points. Remember, for all your currency design needs, that name again is Tiki A. Moaikingbird.

P.S. You can redeem your Swankola points for Mai Tais at Bachelor Bastion (some restrictions apply, void where prohibited by law)


-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

swankola.com

[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2008-02-15 23:21 ]

BB
Bora Boris posted on 02/16/2008

Thank You Sweet Daddy Tiki!

I feel good.

BK
Basement Kahuna posted on 02/16/2008

On 2008-02-15 20:22, Slacks Ferret wrote:
Really BK? C'mon...you forgot Bryan Adams, Michael J. Fox, Leonard Cohen, Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, Celine Dion, Lorne Greene, John Candy, Jim Carrey, Seth Rogan, Peter Jennings, Neil Young, k.d. Lang, Dan Akroyd, Howie Mandel, Margot Kidder, Kim Cattrall, David Cronenberg, James Cameron, Donald Sutherland, Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne, Michael Buble, Mike Meyers, Shania Twain...

...I could go on, but that's plenty of crappy celebs right there!

Oh, yeah...huh. Need to, ah, brush up on that. Canada did give the U-S-Of-Animals Vice Magazine and the do's and dont's...one of my faves. http://www.viceland.com/int/dos.php?country=us

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