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A family member put on a game show that included Brian Blessed and I commented it 'must be old as he's been dead for a while'?

Nope. 88 and going strong.

Who else has surprised you?

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[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I thought Mr dress up was dead for years before he actually died . Pretty sure that was just a Canadian show so most people probably have no idea what I'm talking about . But he was like Mr Rogers and made lots of cool things with construction paper and glue .

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Poor Americans don't know what they missed out on. There's a very small list of people who I would legitimately call "Canadian Treasures" and he's pretty much at the top of it.

The kicker is, he was an american who came to Canada to help Mr. Rogers develop a Canadian version of his show, and then decided to stay.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

He came to my small town and did a show there. Huge highlight of my childhood. My sister got an autograph for me, but I lost it somewhere. Such a great show.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Also keeping with the theme of Canadian Treasures who moved here from America, I thought Robert Munsch had passed away, but turns out he's still kicking. Though he's come out and said that he is suffering from dementia and no longer able to write.

One of my earliest school memories is him coming to read to us in the school library.