Weird and interesting TV facts

[Lord Punctual]

Don't feel bad. I have trouble telling American and Canadian accents apart, and I'm Canadian. I mean, everyone can pick out Deep south, Boston, Rural Newfoundland and French Canadian, but the middle of the read accents really blur together. I used to work in technical support over the phone, and it was very rare that Americans could pick out my accent as being Canadian. (And I'm actually from one of the more recognizably accented parts of Canada, the Maritime provinces.)

I watched Degrassi when I was a kid too. Actually, there's a new series on now called Degrassi, the Next Generation, that actually features a lot of the children of the original characters - often with the original characters (same actors) playing the background roles of their parents.

I must admit, I'm really surprised to hear that Canadian television is shown in Australia. I mean, the CBC always claims that our programs are shown all around the world, but I just thought that was one of those things that they say to make us feel important, like "Santa Claus is Canadian" and "Spelling colour with a U makes us seem cultured."

There's a comedy show they just started showing here called something like We Can Be Heroes and another one called Summer Heights High that seem to be Australian in origin. Are they?

Arthur's a Canadian show? Neat.