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From: djohnson@watserv1.waterloo.edu ( DOUG JOHNSON - GEOGRAPHY )
Newsgroups: can.general,ont.general
Subject: Re: The Frantics
Summary: The Intergalactic Warlord Larry kills Mr. Canoehead
Message-ID: <1194@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Date: 23 Feb 90 06:24:25 GMT
References: <34504@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: djohnson@watserv1.waterloo.edu ( DOUG JOHNSON - GEOGRAPHY )
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In article <34504@watmath.waterloo.edu> kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes) writes:
>
>The following is a request from a friend in USofA... while I have "heard of"
>The Frantics, I have to admit to knowing nothing.  Can anyone out there shed
>some light on me so I may answer him?  Thankx!!
>   -ken
>

As far as I know, the Frantics are no more :-(. Paul Chatto does
Chiclets ads and is in the comedy department at CBC. Dan Redican
is (was?) the neighbour on the 'comedy' Mosquito Lake. Rick Green
was doing promos for TV Ontario  the other night: I've heard he
has a show on TVO called 'Commander Rick'. Worst off is Peter
Wildman, who is now doing every commercial he can.

Too bad - their humour was better than Double Exposure, even
better than Air Farce. Rick and Peter had a relatively recent
revival on CBC-radio with their exploits of raising kids in
suburbia (and, before that, a revised history of the world).

They released an album which, I believe, was available from CBC
enterprises (if its still around). Their TV programme was a
disappointmnet, excepting perhaps the 'Heavy Metal Shop' video.

Signed, 

Mr. Interesting and avid Frantics fan and viewer (UW, Mac, CBC
Studios).