Hinterland who-was-who

When I was a wee kid, the Canadian Wildlife Service's Hinterland Who's Who commercials were my favorite commercials. Now you can watch them online, and listen to a narrator tell you all about many Canadian animals as you watch them scamper through the forest.

The theme music is known by every Canadian over the age of 30. That and the old address of the USC charity ("56 Sparks Street, Ottawa.") The old Coffee-mate jingle ("Coffee-mate tastes great....Coffee-mate soothes the flavour so that your cup of coffee tastes great."). The jingle for the Trouble board game. That old Shake-and-bake commercial with the hokey harmonica music where the kid rides his bike home to get some chicken. All-Star Wrestling, with Ron Moirier (sp?) and Gene Kiniski. The old Kraft commercials with the two disembodied hands working with a table of ingredients to make something. "Add two cups of Velveeta" and the hands would add the Velveeta. Popeye cartoons. Super Chicken. Peter Puck (not Pocklington). Howie Meeker and his telestrator (One of the neatest story assignments I've done was to interview him about one of his books.). CFL Football on CTV, and how the CBC and CTV crews would do one half of the Grey Cup each. "Towel power" in 1982. The Vancouver Blazers and their horrendous uniforms.

I remember Kraft Koogle chocolate spread (I had it in my school sandwiches for a year) and Frankenberry cereal too.