Pamela Wallin & Company 1999 – 2000 Season Episode Guide

September 10, 1999
Barenaked Ladies
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Join Pamela Wallin and some of the sensational Barenaked Ladies, along with Canadian actor/director Jason Priestley, in the leopard-spotted living room for the first program of the season of Pamela Wallin & Company. The Barenaked Ladies – the hardest working band in Canada – and Jason Priestley are celebrating the world premiere (at the Toronto International Film Festival) of their documentary, Barenaked in America – a chronicle of their U.S. tour.

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September 17, 1999
Two Thumbs Up: Let’s Go To The Movies
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Pulitzer prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, movie mogul Robert Lantos, Academy Award-winning director Norman Jewison and acclaimed actress Arsinee Khanjian join Pamela Wallin & Company to talk film.

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September 24, 1999
Buyer Beware
Producer: Susan Ferrier MacKay

Shopping as religion, therapy, reward, bribery, revenge and entertainment. Paco Underhill, urban anthropologist and author ofWhy We Buy: The Science of Shopping, joins Pamela Wallin along with Annette Verschuren, President of Home Depot Canada; Colleen Moorehead, President, E*Trade Canada; and psychiatrist Irvin Wolkoff, to deliver the goods on shopping.

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October 1, 1999
Brain Drain
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Are we losing our minds? Is the brain drain a torrent or just a trickle? Does quantity matter – or just quality? Columnist Jeffrey Simpson, Andrew Heintzman, publisher of SHIFT magazine, and others on why some choose to leave and others come back.

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October 8, 1999
The Me Generation Becomes the We Generation
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

The Me Generation is giving over to the We Generation. More Canadians are living en famille than ever before. We’ll meet one such extended family, The Hofferts: mom, dad, grandma, son, daughter-in-law and two small children – in one house pooling resources to make ends meet – and finding ways to live in harmony.

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October 15, 1999
Are Prairie Farmers Facing Extinction?
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Falling prices, rising costs – times are tough – even worse, say farmers, than the Great Depression. We’ll talk to the farmers themselves about the crisis and the solution.

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October 22, 1999
Punish the Parents
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Should parents be held legally responsible for their children’s crimes and for their safety? In a landmark legal case in Edmonton, the parents of a five-year-old boy who was killed while riding his bike have been charged with criminal negligence. Join lawyer Edward Greenspan, academics Katherine Covell and Brian Howe of the Children’s Rights Centre at the University College of Cape Breton, and stay-at-home dad and author of Housebroken, Dave Eddie, to decide who sets the standards of parenting.

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October 29, 1999
“I Vant To Be Alone”
Producer: Susan Ferrier MacKay

Some people seek solitude as a means to spiritual awakening; others want to simply ‘find’ themselves away from the madding crowd. Novelist Alistair Macleod, artist Carolyn Whitney-Brown, Jesuit Seminarian Erik Oland, Gordon Gibson, co-owner ofSolitudes CDs and tapes, and Sister Carolyn Giroux join Pamela Wallin to explore the meaning and value of solitude in our lives.

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November 5, 1999
Home for the Geminis
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

We have gathered together some of our finest Gemini-award-nominated actors – including Sonja Smits, Wendy Crewson, Gordon Pinsent and Michael Sarrazin – to explore what home means to each of them…nationalism, border values, family, landscape, identity, shared history…and how, in the business of being a chameleon, they keep a sense of self and their place in the world.

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November 12, 1999
Genetic Testing
Producer: Susan Ferrier MacKay

Science is on the verge of cracking the human genetic code. But how will the knowledge be used? To deny jobs or insurance to the genetically flawed? To create designer babies? Dr. Thomas Hudson, internationally renowned expert in human genetic diseases, joins Pamela Wallin & Company to look at the pros and cons of genetic testing.

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November 19, 1999
Plumbing the Depths of Desire
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Plumbing the depths of desire – a source of power and of distress. Award-winning poets and writers, including Lorna Crozier, Susan Musgrave and Bonnie Burnard, dig deep into the sexual, spiritual and moral implications of our dance with desire.

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November 26, 1999
What is Art?
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

What is art anyway, and how can you tell? From Rembrandt to elephant dung: join David Mirvish, Matthew Teitelbaum of the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the three award-winning actors of the international hit comedy, Art: Scott Hylands, Stephen Oimette and Richard Poe. Everyone’s a critic!

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December 3, 1999
Women Who Give Away Millions
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Canadian women and philanthropy – a personal look at the joys and burdens of having a lot to give. Guests include philanthropist and former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Margaret McCain; feminist philanthropist and founder of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Nancy Ruth (Jackman); and scientist and author Professor Ursula Franklin.

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December 10, 1999
Advertising
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Sometimes they make you laugh; sometimes they make you crazy. They may even make you buy something. Love them or hate them, there’s no denying the power of commercials. We’re bombarded daily with hundreds of images and sound bites telling us what we need or how we should think. We’re going to look at some of the best commercials of the century, many of them classics. We’ve brought together some players of the ad game – Gary Prouk, Judy John, Keith Stinson and Tim Thorney – to help us celebrate the art of the commercial.

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December 17, 1999
A Christmas Musical Celebration
Producers: Shelley Ambrose & Sandra MacEachern

Please join us for our annual Christmas musical celebration – the last one of this century. Every year at this time we gather together some friends – some new and some old, all talented performers – to celebrate the festive season. This year: Murray McLauchlan, Ashley MacIsaac, Kim Stockwood, Jackie Richardson with Joe Sealy, and The Ennis Sisters.

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December 24, 1999/March 19, 2000
Anne of Green Gables: The Musical
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Anne of Green Gables: The Musical first opened at the Charlottetown Festival on Prince Edward Island in July 1965. The story of Anne-with-an-e Shirley – the red-headed, freckle-faced orphan who first appeared in 1908 in a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery – has gone on to become Canada’s longest-running and best-loved musical. Join eight of the actresses who have played Canada’s most recognized character.

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January 2, 2000
Millennial Wisdom
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

On the cusp of the millennium we ask: What wisdom does the past have to offer us? Governor-General’s Award-winning authors Karen Connolly and Susan Swan; novelist and historian Ronald Wright; historian Marlene Shore; and Royal Ontario Museum archeologist Tim Kaiser gather for a look at history – with an eye to the future.

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January 7, 2000/March 26, 2000
The Simple Pleasures of Food
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

The simple pleasures of food: have they been lost to the stresses of modern life? Join columnist, food enthusiast and author ofThe Importance of Lunch John Allemang, freelance culture watcher and food writer, Jacob Richler, and others for a feast of gastronomic conversation.

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January 14, 2000/April 2, 2000
When Pews Sit Empty
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

The scads of new spirituality-seekers aren’t necessarily supporters of organized religion. Are mergers the answer for churches with dwindling congregations? Join author of Jacob’s Blessing: Dreams, Hopes & Visions For The Church and United Church Minister Reverend Christopher White; Anglican Reverend Doctor Eric Beresford; Reverend Michael Pawelke of the Brant Bible Church; and former Catholic editor and writer, Lucinda Vardey, for visions of the church in the 21st century.

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January 21, 2000
The Culture of Branding
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Join journalist Naomi Klein, author of the newly published NO LOGO: Taking Aim At The Brand Bullies; Murray Dobbin, author of The Myth of The Good Corporate Citizen, and consumer and culture strategist Max Valiquette, for a smart look at the resistance to the corporate branding of the world.

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January 28, 2000
The Court Rules
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Willard Estey; Chief Justice of Ontario, Roy McMurtry; former president of the Canadian Bar Association, Thomas Heintzman; and former president of Ontario’s Advocates’ Society, Eleanor Cronk, rule on the purpose and future of the Supreme Court of Canada.

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February 4, 2000
Net Tycoons
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Talking ’bout the Net Generation: join 20-something dot.com tycoons for a look at the lifestyle, the culture, the work ethic, the motivation and the money behind the hype. Join president of communicopia.net, Jason Mogus; founder and president of bitcasters.com, Nathon Gunn; founder of BuyBuddy.com, Michael Hayman; and Internet guru Tom Williams for a look behind the Web.

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February 11, 2000
Pirate or Pioneer?
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Upstart Internet broadcaster iCraveTV boss William Craig and others look at developments in broadcast technology: the rules – or lack thereof – and the implications for broadcasters, viewers and the future.

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February 18, 2000
Pamela’s Annual Book Levee
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

What’s your favourite book? Newspaper publishers Doug Knight and John Honderich; National Ballet stars Rex Harrington and Martine Lamy; artists Charlie Pachter and Doris McCarthy; singer/songwriters Marc Jordan and Amy Sky; actor C. David Johnson; lawyer Julian Porter; culture critic Robert Fulford; and Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director of the Canadian Film Centre, discuss their love of the written word.

Levee Guests’ Favourite Books:
DOUG KNIGHT
The Innocent on Everest by Ralph Izzard
currently reading
The Mark of The Angel by Nancy Huston

JOHN HONDERICH
Lament for A Nation by George Grant
Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
currently reading
The Trust: The Private & Powerful Family Behind the New York Times by Susan Tifft & Alex Jones
Elusive Subject: A Biographer’s Life by Phyllis Grosskurth

MARTINE LAMY
A Course in Miracles by Inner Peace Foundation Staff
currently reading
Sister Aimee: The Life of Aimee by Daniel Mark Epstein

REX HARRINGTON
The Piano Man’s Daughter by Timothy Findley
currently reading
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg

AMY SKY
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
currently reading
Poetry by Maya Angelou

MARC JORDAN
The Subterraneans by John Kerouac
currently reading
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

ROBERT FULFORD
The Tangled Bank by Stanley Edgar Hyman
currently reading
Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday, and Tortilla Flat all by John Steinbeck

JULIAN PORTER
Anything He Says by A.J. Leibling
Another Life: A Memoir of Other People by Michael Korda
currently reading
Five Days in London by John Lukacs
Headlong by Michael Frayne
Null and Void by Joe Gores
Protest to Power by Bob Rae
Walking Since Daybreak by Modris Eksteins
Rembrandt’s Eyes by Simon Schama
Shakespeare’s Kings by John Julius Norwich

WAYNE CLARKSON
Dribbling Fool
The Incomparable Atuk by Mordecai Richler
USA (a trilogy) by John Dos Passos
currently reading
The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene

CHARLES PACHTER
The Story of Painting for Young People
currently reading
Interviews with Interesting People by Studs Terkel
Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston

DORIS MCCARTHY

The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy Sayers
Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch
currently reading
Volume 2 of Conversations With God

C. DAVID JOHNSON
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
currently reading
Life in the Bush by Roy McGregor
Summer’s Gone by David Macfarlane
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

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February 25, 2000
Peace, Love & The New Moral Authority
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

Join Maurice Strong, Chairman of Earth Council and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General; Dr. Sylvia Ostry of the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto; former premier of Ontario, Bob Rae; and international affairs columnist and author Richard Gwyn, for a look at how to manage the global economy.

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March 3, 2000
Party Games!
Producer: Shelley Ambrose

On the back page of Vanity Fair magazine each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to notable people about their lives, thoughts, values and experiences. Join Pamela and a roster of women used to asking those questions – including award-winning host/interviewer Vicki Gabereau, host of CTV’s Gabereau!; vice-president and general manager of MuchMoreMusic, Denise Donlon; Holly Doan, anchor of wtn.ca, the Women’s Television Network’s new weekly current affairs program; CBC TV host of CBC Morning, Nancy Wilson; and Prime TV’s Deirdre McMurdy for their answers to big questions.

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March 12, 2000/April 9, 2000 (pre-empted)