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2026-02-2114 min
North Star with Ellin BessnerGreatest Hits: Wayne and Shuster’s kids are helping to bring their parents’ classic comedy skits to a new generationNorth Star is on vacation this week, so we're rerunning some of our favourite episodes. This one originally aired May 4th, 2023
Canadians of a certain age will remember listening to the comedy duo of Wayne and Shuster on the radio—and, later, watching them on television from the 1950s well into the 1980s. The duo met in high school in Toronto’s prewar Jewish neighbourhood around Harbord Collegiate, where they began writing and performing sketch comedy. After returning from entertaining the troops overseas during the Second World War, they joined the television era, with specials pulling in audi...
2025-08-2525 minNorth Star with Ellin BessnerWayne and Shuster’s kids are helping to bring their parents’ classic comedy skits to a new generationCanadians of a certain age will remember listening to the comedy duo of Wayne and Shuster on the radio—and, later, watching them on television from the 1950s well into the 1980s. The duo met in high school in Toronto’s prewar Jewish neighbourhood around Harbord Collegiate, where they began writing and performing sketch comedy. After returning from entertaining the troops overseas during the Second World War, they joined the television era, with specials pulling in audiences of millions, and worldwide syndication.
Since their fathers' deaths, Wayne and Shuster’s children have been campaigning to convince the CBC—which owns the...
2023-05-0426 min