Archives: CanCon Flashback

Starring a fro’d and funky Alex Trebek, Pitfall ran for one season from 1981-82 and was shot in Vancouver. Pitfall required players to answer questions under pressure while avoiding falling down lethal elevator shafts. We remember watching this as a kid and totally catching Trebek reading the questions super-slow to sabotage players chances [...]

I was never a huge Beachcombers fan. But I always loved the opening, and one can’t help but be humbled by its landmark position in Canadian pop culture. The longest running dramatic series in Canadian history — 387 episodes.
Bruno Gerussi is the only moustached Canadian icon I can think of. [...]