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Arthur Black is
one of Canada’s best-known
humorists. His CBC radio show “Basic
Black” is tuned in by an estimated
weekly audience of 650,000. The show
is now in its 19th and final year.
Black, a Stephen Leacock Medal and
National Magazine Award winner, also
keeps busy with a regular print
column syndicated in 55 newspapers.
Born in Toronto in 1943, Arthur’s
career took a few twists and turns
before he settled in at the CBC. He
was a deck cadet on an oil tanker,
an English teacher in Madrid, a
comic book editor in London,
England, and a men’s underwear and
encyclopedia salesman.
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A Little
History & Maybe More Than You Want
To Know
PLAUDITS,
KUDOS, HUZZAHS, ETC
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GEMINI NOMINATION:
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAM FOR "WEIRD
HOMES" (WRITER, HOST, NARRATOR)
1999.
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GOLDEN GLOBE
"WEIRD HOMES" (WRITER, HOST,
NARRATOR) 1998.
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Two of Arthur's books won the
Stephen Leacock medal -
Canada's highest award for humour,
1996.
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National Magazine Award for
Humour, for The Beaver, 1986.
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ACTRA "Nelly" Award for
Best Opinion/Commentary, 1986.
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Cadogan Award for Best
Weekly Newspaper Column, 1977.
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Ohio State Award for Best
Children's series, 1976.
CURRENTLY BEING UNDERPAID FOR:
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Hosting, writing TV syndicated
show: Weird Homes
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writing weekly syndicated
newspaper column (54 papers)
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entertaining audiences whose
keynote speaker showed up drunk
FUTURE PLANS:
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Persuading Liz Hurley to accept a
collect call
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Wangling appointment as President
for Life; Turks and Caicos Islands
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Avoiding business ventures
involving co-partners with names
like Vinnie The Terminator and Mad
Dog Carposi.
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Wally
Warren from Harmony,
Maine |
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Charles Ringer from Montana |
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from - Imaginations Run
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Tim
Anderson from Montana |
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Weird Homes
 Weird
Homes is a television
series of one-half hour shows
about some of America's most
unusual and bizarre homes and
the fascinating and inspiring
people who built and live in
them. Eccentric yet elegant,
batty but beautiful, these homes
and yards salute the creative
spirit in us all, the spirit
that defies trends, the
neighbours and the local
building code. From David
Boswell's castle built from
600,000 embalming fluid bottles,
to Lloyd Parson's wild west
creation, award winning host
Arthur Black takes a humorous
look at some of America's
weirdest homes.
Weird Homes, the highest
rated Canadian produced show on
the Life Network, is also the
winner of the International Gold
WorldMedal for Documentary
Profiles Series at the New York
International Festivals, the
winner of the 1999 Gemini Award
for Best Lifestyle Series and
Leo Award winner for Best
Director of a Lifestyle or Talk
Series. Originally licensed by
Life Network for
prime time broadcast in
September, 1998 and now in its
fifth season Weird Homes
has completed 91 episodes to
date with 52 episodes shot in
High Definition.
Also available in a four
cassette home video gift package
from Superior Video, Weird
Homes is distributed
internationally by Great North
International and by Cargo
Releasing.
Featured across Canada on the
Life Network. Find
out when the the next show is on
at
www.lifenetwork.ca.
Also available in French
language in Canada on Groupe
TVA.
Now on
Discovery Channel in the
United States. Watch for it!
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