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So excited to announce the publication of my first book! Releasing this Fall from @DundurnPress, ImagiNation: The Golden Age of Toronto Kids’ TV is a memory-filled trip for anyone who spent their childhood staring at the squawk box: imagination.retrontario.com/
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Shoppers Drug Mart Flyer from 1989 featuring Halloween items and candy.
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"E.B COX (1914-2003) Legendary and incendiary Toronto sculptor who basically invented coffee table art, stuck it to the eliteist effete art snobs, never took a dime in Government funding, and was an all around one-of-kind visionary Canadian. Also friend to the Group of 7; he carved most of their tombstones. This short look at E.B and his work aired on TVOntario in 2000, just a few years before his death. He is still very sadly missed, even though his art will outlive us all!" - @retrontario
E.B Cox - A Life in Sculpture (2000) youtu.be/2ZODPylIuD0?si=zwzN… via @YouTube
LLOYD ROBERTSON - 10 is 20 - GROOVY CANCON SPOOF (1973) 🍁 youtu.be/Cufacg3uWgQ?si=1zoI… via @YouTube
TORONTO - TERRORISTS THREATEN TO BLOW UP TTC (APRIL 2, 1985) youtu.be/Smov60L9HVk?si=SyT3… via @YouTube
Symbiosis - Psychedelic Toronto Islands Animation (1976) youtu.be/59yuqBVtsh0?si=txYj… via @YouTube
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Episode 120: "ImagiNation: The Golden Age of Toronto Kids’ TV" author & @retrontario's Ed Conroy joins host @JeffSammut. Ed remembers the programs that became cherished memories of growing up in Canada. Listen on rememberingpodcast.com & your favourite platforms. #Remembering
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New City TV "Not So" Great Movies podcast: this time, I sit down with author and @retrontario channel host Ed Conroy to discuss the 1976 pseudo-doc "Sasquatch."
Spotify: bit.ly/42rtQ6N
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YT: youtu.be/m00HwJnwANE
Mr. Dressup exhibit opening at Pickering’s new community centre Saturday durhamradionews.com/archives…
🍁💥THE STUNT DRIVER (2026) TEASER TRAILER💥🍁 youtu.be/CqF-tKAKWhs?si=faP-… via @YouTube
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Let me take you back to 1993 in Toronto Canada.
McDonald’s had 23 outlets in Skydome and guess who they employed? 1600 Teenagers aged 16 to 18 years old.
These jobs were not meant to be careers, they were a way for teens to earn some money for the summer and post secondary school.
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE – PAST & PRESENT WITH GUY HENDRIX DYAS AND PLAID... youtu.be/vTtGK9tYH44?si=yF2m… via @YouTube
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Take a nostalgic trip through the golden age of Toronto kids’ television bit.ly/WTYm126 In this episode of @ChamplainSoc Witness to Yesterday, Ed Conroy shares the story behind over 100 children’s programs produced in Toronto between the 1950s and 2000.
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From Mr. Dressup and Degrassi to @tvo's Polka Dot Door and Today’s Special, Toronto‑made kids’ TV shaped generations. @ColinEllis81 talks with Ed Conroy (@retrontario) about his book “ImagiNation,” and why these shows still matter. youtu.be/faGOWNnK3hQ?si=IOa6…
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Many people, myself included, may not know that Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood has a Toronto connection. Cultural historian Ed Conroy (@retrontario) explains in our interview for @therundowntvo
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Before streaming, there was something magical about after-school TV. This week’s @ChamplainSoc Witness to Yesterday dives into the creativity, imagination, and lasting impact of Toronto’s kids’ TV golden age. Listen: bit.ly/WTYm126 @retrontario @dundurnpress
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matt and jay shouldve done speakers corner when it was still around so they could try and get a gig at the rivoli
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Toronto‑made kids’ TV helped shape culture far beyond Ontario — and it deserves to be preserved not just as nostalgia, but as art, says cultural historian Ed Conroy (@retrontario). The author of “ImagiNation” talks with @ColinEllis81, tonight at 8pm
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Tonight, we examine whether Canada should enter Eurovision with Nomi Claire Lazar (@uOttawa) and @KarenFricker2 (@BrockUniversity).
Then, I speak to cultural historian Ed Conroy (@retrontario) about the golden age of Toronto kids' TV.
8/11pm @therundowntvo
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Before streaming, there was something magical about after-school TV. This week’s @ChamplainSoc Witness to Yesterday dives into the creativity, imagination, and lasting impact of Toronto’s kids’ TV golden age. Listen at: bit.ly/WTYm126
@retrontario @dundurnpress
