Rick’s TV has a fine nostalgia page about kids’ programming on TVOntario. As a border dwelling TV consumer, we spent many an hour enjoying the TVO programming. Athough it seems like lots of people my age remember the dancing mannequin guy on “Today’s Special,” I never hear geeks give Billy Van and “Bits and Bytes” their shoutouts. [Occasionally I would have the Sunday afternoon Francophone block on in the background while playing with Lego or something, and once ran across the French version of "Bits and Bytes," which starred different actors and was called "Octo-Puce." No kidding.]
Also, Rick’s dream TV network shows “What’s Happening” and “What’s Happening Now” back-to-back every Monday and Friday starting at 4 [4:30 in Newfoundland]. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: nothing follows young Raj, Dwayne, and Rerun better than old Raj, Dwayne, and Rerun.
