From nevileb Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 22:08
From nevileb Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 22:08
>The National Film Board of Canada (usually called the NFB for short)
>produced a series of wildlife vignettes back in the early 70's that
used
>to be shown on television here in Canada during commerical breaks. They
>were basically 30-60 seconds of footage of a particular animal with a
>bit of music and a narrator giving info about the animal ("The
woodchuck
>lives in snowy climes", etc.). Anyone who grew up watching Canadian
>television in the 70's has these little things engrained in their
skulls
>for all eternity, and they've been parodied many times on Canadian TV
>shows and movies.
They were still playing all the time in the 80s, too. Someone
smart is going to make a great tune out of that vignette that
had the natives dancing in the drum circle.
bbn