Peterborough DJs Pitch "Dead Air" Show To CBC's ComedyCoup Competition

UPDATE: November 3rd -> Megan Murphy informs us that Dead Air is now in the Top 55 nationally for this CBC competition! Voting for the Top 15 begins this Thursday and runs through Sunday. So make sure you vote for this great local talent right here!! Learn more about the show on their Facebook page.

Learn more below about the show in our original post...

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Jay, Megan & Linda

Three Peterborough radio personalities—Megan Murphy, Linda Kash and Jay Sharp—are pitching CBC's national ComedyCoup Competition, which gives fans the power to help their fave comedy show concept turn into a half-hour special for CBC prime time. The trio's show is called Dead Air, and they describe it as WKRP in Cincinnati meets The Office. It's about a small town radio station full of big city egos. The star character is "Mike Street", a middle aged morning show host at “The Lizard 90.3”. Mike had big dreams of making it to a major radio market but grew to enjoy the attention of being “The Morning Mayor” in his hometown. Dead Air follows the perks and pitfalls of being a small town celebrity, and all the social discomforts it brings. Watch their pitch video here for their sitcom pilot, and follow them and rate them on the social media widgets at their CBC page, share their page with others, and sign up to be a CBC ComedyCoup fan. They need all the shares they can get to help advance to the next stage of voting!

You can follow Dead Air on Twitter here or "Like" them on Facebook.

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Citiots Improv Performing At Canadian Mental Health Association Golf Tourney

Citiots: Funny people

Citiots Improv Troupe—which we're a proud sponsor of—will be performing at the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) 9th Annual Healthy Minds – Healthy Life Golf Tournament sponsored by Herod Financial Services. The tourney takes place June 6th, at the Quarry Golf and Country Club in Ennismore. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. with a 10:30 a.m. shotgun start. Golfers can register as foursomes or as singles at a cost of $130 per person. This includes coffee and muffins at registration; lunch and dinner; complimentary driving range; prizes and contests. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For information on these opportunities or to register, contact Kerri Davies at 705-748-6687 ext. 1048 or by email here.

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PTBOCanada Proud Sponsor Of Citiots Improv

We're pleased to announce we're sponsoring the awesome local improv comedy troupe Citiots, who perform regularly at the Gordon Best Theatre on Hunter Street in downtown Peterborough—and make guest appearances elsewhere. Current members of Citiots include Danny Bronson, Kate Ethier, Luke Foster, Kenn Gibb, Ray Henderson, Paul Nabuurs, Andrew Root and Dan Smith. Learn more about them on their website. Their next performances are May 17th at Viamede for dinner and a show, and then May 23rd at Gordon Best Theatre, a 9 pm start. Here's great pictures below courtesy J. Lee Photography of the Citiots performance recently at the Gordon Best with some members of Toronto's Mantown, including Adam Cawley, Jason DeRosse and Rob Norman.

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Here's Where Seinfeld And Friends Should Visit While In Town

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know the news: Jerry Seinfeld is in Peterborough performing this Saturday at the Memorial Centre. That is great news for our city in that one of TV's most successful people ever is bringing his comedy tour our way. In honour of Mr. Seinfeld coming to town, we give you a list of places he and his friends should visit!

1. Soupçon (The Soup Nazi). This is an easy one! There is plenty of Soup For You!

2. East City Coffee Shop (pretty much every episode). It might not be on the corner, but this is a great spot to meet up with friends and talk about your day.

3. Showplace (The Friar’s Club) Jerry and his friends can sit on the balcony to watch a magic show and not be afraid to have his Friar’s Club jacket taken again!

4. Roger’s Cove (The Marine Biologist). Kramer can hit a few golf balls into Little Lake without fear of forcing George to become a Marine Biologist again.

5. Peterborough Public Library (The Library). Our librarians are pretty nice with overdue book fees.

6. Jackson’s Park (The Andrea Doria). If Jerry wants to see Elaine get hit in the head by a bird in a park, this is his best bet.

7. Daisy Chinese Restaurant (The Chinese Restaurant). They probably won’t have to wait as long for a seat.

8. Chex Studios (The Shoes). Jerry and George could approach Chex like they did NBC to produce a pilot for a new sitcom.

9. YMCA (The Boyfriend). Just like meeting Keith Hernandez at a Y in New York, Jerry can meet a lot of local athletes training here.

—PTBOCanada's Aaron Elliott

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8 Local People, Animals & Ideas To Dress Up As For Halloween

1. Petes player. This should be easy in our sports mad city! If you don’t own one already, borrow someone’s jersey and throw it over some sweaty old equipment. Skip the skates! That might be awkward. (Alternatively, dress up as a Peterborough Laker!)

2. Porsche and Ferrari, the Peterborough sloths. This is a tandem gig, and will make for a really slow night if you go trick or treating in true character.

3. Mike Judson. Try on one of dad’s big suits to make yourself look taller. Extra points if you add the famous Judson facial hair, and bring a green screen background. Better for taller kids!

4. Bobby Roode. If you have spandex and a wrestling championship belt, then you’ve got yourself a costume. It might be a cold night though! Borrow your mom's bathrobe and be-dazzle it for the full effect.

5. David Koski. Four words. Spanky's co-owner. Zach Galifianakis.

Koski

Koski, er, Zach

6. Lift Lock. If you can pull this one off with functioning hydraulics, you win! But if it malfunctions, it might go viral!

7. Catherine Hanrahan & Pete Dalliday. For Pete, you’ll want some glasses, spiked hair, an “I’d Rather be in Peterborough” tee and a microphone. For Catherine, you have to be shorter! And have bangs!

8. The Douro Elk. A brown shirt, brown pair of pants, and a couple of fallen sticks from your tree makes this a pretty easy and currently trending costume! Extra points if you bring along a couple people dressed as cows.

 —by PTBOCanada's Aaron Elliott

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Fore! Man Arrested For Hitting Golf Balls Across Trent Severn Waterway Into Someone's Backyard

From a Peterborough Police release...

On July 20, 2013 the accused was hitting golf balls from the backyard of a Wilson Street residence across the Trent Severn Waterway and landing in a backyard of a River Road South residence.  One of the golf balls hit and damaged a piece of patio furniture.  The victim’s had to move from their back yard into their residence in fear of being struck by one of the golf balls.  Police were notified and attended.  The accused has been warned prior by police for the same actions.  As a result of the investigation, Richard Alvarez, 37 of Lock Street, was arrested and charged with mischief under $5000.  He was released from custody and will appear in court on August 15, 2013.

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Watch: Pilot Episode For New Peterborough Comic Web Series "Jobless"

[UPDATE, Monday, June 17th] Watch a behind-the-scenes update on the new web series Jobless below and the success of their pilot episode:

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With the unemployment rate in Peterborough hovering around a miserable 12 percent, a timely new comic YouTube series has been launched called Jobless. Created by Mike Moring and Adam Martignetti, and showcasing local actors filmed at locations throughout the city, the plotline is this: Two clueless/utterly unemployable twentysomething dudes strive to make ends meet by any means necessary in Peterborough. Brilliant concept. Now this series has great potential on many levels—at the very least, it shines another light on the huge problem we have in the community with young people finding any jobs—and who knows, could totally take off and create a few jobs/source of income in the entertainment industry. Watch the first episode of Jobless below; it's fun, self-deprecating stuff.

[YouTube; Facebook]

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Man Breaks Into Cottage, Moves In, Then Makes Escape In Stolen Canoe

From an OPP release today...

MALE ARRESTED FOR COTTAGE BREAK-IN
 
(Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Twp., ON) – At approximately 1:30 A.M. Provincial Police responded to a Break-In to a seasonal residence on Fire Route 93A north of the Village of Havelock.
 
The victim notified police that an unknown male had gained entry to his cottage and was residing there without his permission. Attending officers entered the now unlocked residence and during a search of the interior located clothing and a passport not for any of the known cottage residents. Police searched the exterior of the building but failed to locate the perpetrator.

Further information revealed that the suspect had fled the cottage in a stolen canoe.
 
At approximately 6:24 P.M. a male matching the suspect’s description was located by police walking west on Highway 7 toward Norwood from Havelock and subsequently arrested.
 
The suspect, Alexander Giuseppe CAMPAGNARO age 35 years of No Fixed Address has been charged for Break and Enter with Intent and Theft under $5000.
 
COMPAGNARO was held in custody and is scheduled to appear at the Provincial Courts in Peterborough on Thursday May 16, 2013 for a Bail Hearing.

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