Sunny Days and Nights
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Sunny Days and Nights was a radio comedy show on CBC Radio One
that aired during the summer of 2004. It was ostensibly a CBC show set in the "Hundred Lakes" region of Ontario from the CBC affiliate station CBNR, celebrating its 25th year on air. It was in fact a satire of overly-earnest regional CBC radio programming, and featured the return of the character of Paul Moth (played by Mack Furlong), previously the hapless host of The Great Eastern
radio comedy series.
The back story for the show was that long-time host Frank "Sunny" Day had gone into hiding when a circulated CBC publicity photo of him caused the law to indict him for a Ponzi scheme
involving cheese futures. Paul Moth was quickly found as his replacement, and he went around insulting interviewees, inadvertently mocking local festivities and spouting bucolic observation of the rural life that came out more crazed and manic than intentioned by the obliviously self-unaware host.
This show was written by Mack Furlong, Steve Palmer
, Ed Riche and Glen Tilley (all previously writers for The Great Eastern), and ran for one 10-week season.
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
that aired during the summer of 2004. It was ostensibly a CBC show set in the "Hundred Lakes" region of Ontario from the CBC affiliate station CBNR, celebrating its 25th year on air. It was in fact a satire of overly-earnest regional CBC radio programming, and featured the return of the character of Paul Moth (played by Mack Furlong), previously the hapless host of The Great Eastern
The Great Eastern (radio show)
The Great Eastern was a radio comedy show on CBC Radio One. It ran from 1994 to 1999.Billed as Newfoundland's Cultural Magazine, The Great Eastern was an hour long summer replacement show on CBC Radio One for the first two seasons, and then became a half hour regular show for the next three...
radio comedy series.
The back story for the show was that long-time host Frank "Sunny" Day had gone into hiding when a circulated CBC publicity photo of him caused the law to indict him for a Ponzi scheme
Ponzi scheme
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation...
involving cheese futures. Paul Moth was quickly found as his replacement, and he went around insulting interviewees, inadvertently mocking local festivities and spouting bucolic observation of the rural life that came out more crazed and manic than intentioned by the obliviously self-unaware host.
This show was written by Mack Furlong, Steve Palmer
Steve Palmer
Stephen Leonard Palmer is an English former footballer who played for Ipswich Town, Watford and Queens Park Rangers. He played either as centre-half or a central midfielder....
, Ed Riche and Glen Tilley (all previously writers for The Great Eastern), and ran for one 10-week season.