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Canada doesn’t really have a ‘star system’ like our neighbours to the south. In fact, many of our celebrities have had to leave the country to find the work and recognition they deserve.

Well, THE CANADIAN STAR SYSTEM aims to change that. Each week, host Steve Patterson (CBC Radio’s The Debaters) and his producer/co-host Diana Frances (Canadian Screen Award winning comedy writer) interview a well-known Canadian celebrity who then shines the spotlight on someone THEY think should also be a star. That person joins the conversation and we learn why they are worthy of being a household name… in households other than their own.

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SHOW NOTES

Bruce McCulloch & Folk Lordz

July 22, 2021

This week, Steve and Diana chat with Canadian sketch comedy royalty, Bruce Mcculloch of Kids in the Hall. Then Bruce shines his spotlight on improv duo, Folk Lordz.

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Silken Laumann & Arissa Roy

July 15, 2021

This week, Steve and Diana chat with none other than Olympic legend, Silken Laumann. Silken then shares the spotlight with 15-year-old youth activist, Arissa Roy.

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Sarah Slean & Ali Momen

July 8, 2021

This week, Steve and Diana chat with one of their favourite Canadian Sarahs – none other than Juno and Canadian Screen Award-winning singer-songwriter, Sarah Slean! Sarah then rolls out the red carpet for Iranian-Canadian actor turned political hopeful Ali Momen.

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Rick Mercer & Sophie Buddle

July 1, 2021

Our inaugural episode features Canadian comedy legend and Order of Canada member, Rick Mercer and fellow stand-up comedian, Sophie Buddle, the first woman to win a Juno for Best Comedy Album.

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Steve Patterson
Host

Best known to hundreds of thousands of comedy fans as the host of The Debaters on CBC Radio One/CBC podcasts and The Debaters Live which has delighted corporate and sold-out theatre audiences nationwide, there is no debate that Steve Patterson is North America’s funniest and least moderate debate moderator.

Twice named Canada’s Best Male Stand-Up at the Canadian Comedy Awards, Steve has also taken his award-winning humour to the literary world with The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send and his latest book commissioned by Penguin Random House titled Dad Up! In 2021, Steve launched The Pattersonian, which delivers hilarious weekly articles to subscribers. 

Diana Frances
Producer/Co-Host

Diana Frances is a Canadian Screen Award-winning comedy writer for her work on Corner Gas: Animated, for which she was also nominated for a Writer’s Guild of Canada Award. Diana has also written for JFL Galas, The Beaverton, The Canadian Screen Awards and much more.
 
Diana has been nominated for 8 Canadian Comedy Awards for ‘Best Female Improviser’ and has entertained our Canadian soldiers in Bosnia, Egypt, Israel and Afghanistan. 

Steve Patterson  Host

Best known to hundreds of thousands of comedy fans as the host of The Debaters on CBC Radio One/CBC podcasts and The Debaters Live which has delighted corporate and sold-out theatre audiences nationwide, there is no debate that Steve Patterson is North America’s funniest and least moderate debate moderator.

Twice named Canada’s Best Male Stand-Up at the Canadian Comedy Awards, Steve has also taken his award-winning humour to the literary world with The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send and his latest book commissioned by Penguin Random House titled Dad Up! In 2021, Steve launched The Pattersonian, which delivers hilarious weekly articles to subscribers. 

Diana Frances  Producer/Co-Host

Diana Frances is a Canadian Screen Award-winning comedy writer for her work on Corner Gas: Animated, for which she was also nominated for a Writer’s Guild of Canada Award. Diana has also written for JFL Galas, The Beaverton, The Canadian Screen Awards and much more.
 
Diana has been nominated for 8 Canadian Comedy Awards for ‘Best Female Improviser’ and has entertained our Canadian soldiers in Bosnia, Egypt, Israel and Afghanistan. 

Editor & Sound Technician: Donovan Deschner of Fracture a Femur Productions
Theme Music: Mark Camilleri of Imagine Sound Studios

This series is brought to you by the Apostrophe Podcast Network & powered by Acast.

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