Live It Up! (TV program) explained

Country:Canada
Network:CTV

Live It Up! was a Canadian lifestyle, entertainment and consumer awareness television program, which aired nationally on CTV from 1978 to 1990.[1] Reruns of the show aired on talktv until January 2005.

The program's hosts included Jack McGaw,[2] Alan Edmonds,[3] Mary Lou Finlay,[4] Liz Grogan,[5] Dianne Buckner and Sharon Seto.[6] Live It Up! featured a mix of serious consumer-affairs topics and lighter consumer topics, mostly delivered in a tongue-in-cheek style.[7] Regular segments included the Watchdog (played by Ron Carlyle, a man whose face is never shown while testing different brands of a product),[8] "What bugs you?" (concerned consumers talk about problems with household products, and those involved in those products explain why those problems occur and/or mentions how they are improving them; segments began and end with a person (Miss Judy) in a bug costume flying around, saying "What bugs you?" in a high-pitched voice), "The Legal Beagle" with lawyer, Jonathan Rudin explaining unusual Canadian laws in humorous sketches performed by the Live It Up Players (notably Tracie Tighe and Art Szoczi)[9] and "The Great Canadian Joke-Off" (a nationwide search to find the funniest joke in Canada, with each segment ending with an annoyed monkey). Segments were mainly filmed at first, but moved permanently to videotape in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Live It Up! (TV Series 1978–1990) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170208150933/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0341863/ . 8 February 2017 . dead .
  2. News: Mcgaw Uses Humor In Show On Safety. 16 May 1983. Leader-Post. A10. 18 July 2012.
  3. News: What Bugs You? The Live It Up Van Wants To Know!!!. 2 July 1980. Val d'Or Star. 10. 18 July 2012.
  4. Book: Finlay, Mary Lou. The As It Happens Files: Radio That May Contain Nuts. 18 July 2012. 2009-10-27. Random House Digital, Inc.. 9780307396631. 282.
  5. News: Live It Up! is guide to the good life. Mordan. Andrew. 23 July 1982. Calgary Herald. 18 July 2012.
  6. News: Live It Up in danger as CTV drops news for drama. https://archive.today/20130131154409/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/471984841.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+01,+1990&author=Antonia+Zerbisias+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Live+It+Up+in+danger+as+CTV+drops+news+for+drama&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. Zerbisias. Antonia. 1 June 1990. Toronto Star. D.16. 18 July 2012.
  7. News: A look inside business. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325181955/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-112088514.html. dead. 25 March 2016. 1 November 2003. Northern Ontario Business. Laurentian Business Publishing. 18 July 2012.
  8. Web site: Ron Carlyle: The man who could answer (almost) any question. Ferrier MacKay. Susan. 21 March 2012. The Globe and Mail. 18 July 2012.
  9. Book: Kenter. Peter. Levin. Martin. TV North: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Canadian Television. 18 July 2012. 2000-10-01. Whitecap. 9781552851463. 97.

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