By Craig McKee As a journalist, I’ve had my share of encounters with famous people. But much rarer have been encounters with people who only became famous after I met them. When I was studying film at York University in Toronto, Canada, around 1980, I participated in a film that starred a young theater student named Scott Thompson. Years later, I would see Scott rise to stardom as a member of the Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. The group had its own show from 1989 to 1995. Later he joined the cast of one of my favorite TV shows of all time,
Dear Mr. McKee, I read your engaging personal story, commend you on your talents, and encourage you to continue in that vein if it pleases you. The only thing that confuses me and that I still don't have an answer for: do you classify that work as a "thought crime" or a "thought misdemeanor" for it to be published here? (End Joke.) //
Thanks for the story Craig! I haven't met any of the Kids but I did get to see Bruce McCullough doing standup at Yuk Yuk's in the mid 80s. I love the show. They're all funny but my favourites are Bruce and Dave. And Bruce does a skit about "the bass player"!
yes you got a good story. I was in the York U film school during my fourth year based at Glendon. The prof was Terrence McCartney Filgate from the glory days of NFB. I hustled my way into making a CBLT (Toronto local CBC) news report called, "The Special Court at Christian Island
Dear Mr. McKee, I read your engaging personal story, commend you on your talents, and encourage you to continue in that vein if it pleases you. The only thing that confuses me and that I still don't have an answer for: do you classify that work as a "thought crime" or a "thought misdemeanor" for it to be published here? (End Joke.) //
Thanks for the story Craig! I haven't met any of the Kids but I did get to see Bruce McCullough doing standup at Yuk Yuk's in the mid 80s. I love the show. They're all funny but my favourites are Bruce and Dave. And Bruce does a skit about "the bass player"!
Great story, Craig. I never before noticed your thespian roots.
yes you got a good story. I was in the York U film school during my fourth year based at Glendon. The prof was Terrence McCartney Filgate from the glory days of NFB. I hustled my way into making a CBLT (Toronto local CBC) news report called, "The Special Court at Christian Island