Underplayed Gems

Double Exposure

Double Exposure poster
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Canadian comedy series that makes fun of politics and public figures. A married couple impersonate voices of real politicians and cultural personalities in sketches with no live audience.

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What happens

Double Exposure was a Canadian radio and television comedy series which satirized contemporary Canadian politics. The show starred the married couple of Linda Cullen (born 1958) and Bob Robertson (1945–2017), and focused primarily on the stars' voice impersonations of Canadian political and cultural figures. In addition CBC staff announcer Bob Sharples provided the introductions and conclusions to Double Exposure shows and provided narration for many Double Exposure skits. It played on CBC Radio (now known as CBC Radio One) at 11:33 on Saturday mornings and on CBC Stereo (now known as CBC Music) on Saturday evenings at 6:32 (one half-hour later in Newfoundland). Unlike many previous CBC radio comedies, such as The Royal Canadian Air Farce or Frantic Times, the show would be recorded wholly in a studio without a live audience. The duo made the jump to television with an initial satirical special in 1994, and became a television series in 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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