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stitchtowhere

in brief

Jun 13, 2010 17:33

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ghostworld00 June 14 2010, 03:01:03 UTC

I'm listening to your podcast now. Who is the most-famous person from Winnepeg?

stitchtowhere June 14 2010, 03:11:08 UTC

this is probably up for debate, but probably Neil Young or The Guess Who and/or Burton Cummings!

cool: are you enjoying the cast?

catchstars June 14 2010, 03:39:26 UTC

And BTO! Taking Care of Business! (Now I won't be able to get that out of my head, damn.)

ghostworld00 June 14 2010, 05:00:52 UTC

Ahhh. I learned something.

I like the podcast, I jumped around and listened to a few different ones. I agree with your observations on Sex in The City and Kate Plus Eight.

stitchtowhere June 14 2010, 21:03:16 UTC

the reason i didn't bring up BTO is that my unconscious tries to protect me from their relentless repertoire of ear worms!

lowbudgetdiva June 17 2010, 15:00:16 UTC

What about Guy Maddin? Just kidding, sort of.

stitchtowhere June 14 2010, 03:13:55 UTC

also, famous cancer activist Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg.

pseudohistorian June 14 2010, 03:59:19 UTC

Although we in Canada think of Terry Fox as being super-famous, most Americans (in my experience) have never heard of him, so that might not be a familiar name, depending on where ghostworld00 is from.

It's all relative, though...age is also a factor. For example, both Monty Hall and Anna Paquin were born in Winnipeg, but which one is more famous depends on who you ask.

pyroclasticgrub June 14 2010, 14:46:17 UTC

Nellie McClung (fought for womens' suffrage and all that). Not really famous, more just important.

Also, Winnie the Pooh is *sort of* from Winnipeg. :)

gemsweater June 14 2010, 20:34:54 UTC

Hi, it's Jenny. To be honest, I don't think there IS a most-famous person from Winnipeg. All I know is that Chris Jericho is definitely NOT the most-famous.

Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings are in the running, but now there is a whole generation of people who don't know who the Guess Who are, so they're not as famous worldwide as they were in the '70s/'80s.

The most famous person to be BORN in Winnipeg is Anna Paquin. However, she has not lived here since the age of 2, so she does not count, to me, as a "Winnipegger."

pyroclasticgrub June 14 2010, 20:56:46 UTC

All good points.

stitchtowhere June 14 2010, 21:00:33 UTC

And most famous Winnipegger is different from the most famous Manitoban. Thanks to Chester Brown's book, and the stat holiday, Louis Riel is pretty famous across Canada now. (as he should be!)

In lit circles, Margaret Laurence, as well as Miriam T are very famous, but I'm not sure of their mileage outside of Canada.

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