Regular Guy Reviewer – Page 11 – All The Reviews That Are Fit to Post

The Debaters – Don’t Touch that Dial for Rowdy Radio Comedy

November 2, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

Who knew that the microwave oven has been around for 50 years? Thanks to CBC Radio One and The Debaters, this little-known fact was one of many my wife and I were thoroughly entertained by on the first night of November at Kelowna Community Theatre. During the live taping of the three-hour radio comedy extravaganza, in front of a packed house that came primed for an evening of laughter and logic, we got a behind-the-microphone tutorial on how they produce…

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The Commonwealth Comedian and the Clean-Cut Millennial

October 30, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

If laughter is indeed the best medicine, then a whole lot of folks were feeling a whole lot better after Saturday night’s “Just for Laughs” comedy twin bill at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Headlining the evening was Scotsman Danny Bhoy, billed as the “Commonwealth Comedian” known for his observational storytelling and razor-sharp wit. This was his sixth tour of Canada (he loves Canada and apparently Canadian audiences love him!), and on this late October evening, this show was the final…

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An American in Kelowna – ABBA-lutely, it was a Sweet Caroline and Crocodile Rock Kind of Night

September 10, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

“There was Something in the Air that Night…..Fernando” On the second Friday of September, “A Hot Vegas Night” shuffled into Kelowna for a one-night stand at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Billed as THREE Shows in ONE Night, this rock-and-roll triple-header for all ages featured The Piano Man (an unforgettable tribute to Billy Joel and Elton John), Nearly Neil (a world-class tribute to Neil Diamond), and ABRA Cadabra (a tribute to the music and magic of ABBA). …

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An American in Kelowna – 61 Years of “Mom”-rabilia

August 28, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

Can you imagine living in the same house for 61 years? My Mom, Julia, can. That’s more than six decades of sleeping in the same master bedroom over the one-car garage. That’s 22,265 days of rinsing dishes in the same kitchen sink and flushing the same commode. That’s going back to the 1950’s when living in the Pittsburgh suburbs meant not all the roads were paved and the milk man delivered his homogenized goodness to the back door. For goodness…

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An American in Kelowna – Carded with Permanent Resident Status

July 17, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

Friday, July 15, 2016. 9:30 AM. Elaine and I went to our cluster mailbox. Did we get it? The anticipation was dripping like August humidity in Pittsburgh. Key in. Slot opened. THERE IT WAS! A nondescript white envelope from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Mailed from Sydney, Nova Scotia via Canada Post. Two years in the making. Bingo. Joy. Relief. Happiness. We got it. Thanks to Elaine’s organizational skills and a boatload of patience, we finally got my PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD….

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An American in Kelowna – Defeating Dupuytren’s

June 13, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

It’s Day 13 of Dealing with Dupuytren’s. I feel lucky. The Penguins won the Stanley Cup. The Steel City rejoiced. My cup runneth over with physical therapy – most of which I can do alongside Elaine in the comfort our lakeside home. Last Thursday I met with Dr. Williamson in his swanky office. Off came the bandages after nine days of two-finger imprisonment. There was dried blood and zigzag stitches. I loved it. The sight of my pinkie darn…

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An American in Kelowna – Giving my Plastic Surgeon the Finger

May 31, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

On the last day of May 2016, I’ll be going under the knife for my first-ever surgical procedure (on a body part below the neck). In the past, I’ve had oral surgery – wisdom teeth removed and root canal drilling – but never any scalpel incisions on my torso or extremities. I credit darn good genes and God-given guidance based on all the sports and activities I’ve participated in as a youth through AARP adulthood. Now comes reality. Over the…

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An American in Kelowna – Sucked into a Hoover Vacuum

February 24, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

Hoover – damn, you had our money but lost our confidence. On a balmy February Saturday afternoon, Elaine and I were on the hunt for an easy-to-use house vacuum. We needed a super-sucker that would work on carpeting, laminate flooring, and hopefully in couch crevices. Our in-house central-vac contraption was outdated and clunkier than Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign. It was time for a primary update. We zipped over to our Kelowna Canadian Tire to see what Hoover,…

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An American in Kelowna – Owl Be Back

February 7, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

On the eve of Super Bowl 50, I took lovely wife Elaine out for a romantic evening that was filled with energy, passion, and a lot of heavy sweating. Did we go dancing – no?! Did we go ice skating at Stuart Park – no?! Did we go to the Kelowna Community Theatre for a Vegas-style live show – no?! Mr. Romance took his bride to a secondary school basketball game. Whoa – slow down,…

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An American in Kelowna – Holy Mackerel, Driving Upstream to Salmon Arm

January 18, 2016 Regular Guy Reviewer

Allow me to explain that fishy headline. A few weeks ago a select crew of Kelowna-based senior basketball officials were offered a two-day weekend (Friday + Saturday) assignment in Salmon Arm, BC. It was first come-first served at the 2016 Salmon Arm Nugget Invitational at Salmon Arm Secondary School high above Shuswap Lake. Never in my officiating career did I imagine working games in an outpost called Salmon Arm?! Cool name. Cool chance to…

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