Your most iconic Canadian?
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If Miss Croft said + 1 to Gordon Lightfoot I would ask to marry her.
+1 to Gordon Lightfoot. A deal's a deal.
Tom Horton was a rock steady defenseman with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 60's, he was so feared that not even Gordie Howe wanted to fight him. He open a doughnut joint in Hamilton shortly after the Leafs won their third of four Stanley Cups. He drove drunk and got his ass killed on the QEW, going back to Buffalo in 1978.
I would have thought that this thread would have reached its logical conclusion by now.
The most iconic Canadian is a no-brainer:
The most iconic Canadian is a no-brainer:
The #1 most iconic Canadian?
Two Canadian philosophy profs discussing Life and Death
Smith: Perhaps we've already died and gone to heaven.
Jones (after a long pause (this is a philosophical discussion)): Perhaps we've already died and gone to the other place.
Smith (after an even longer pause): No. The other place would have been further south.
Smith is my #1 most iconic Canadian.
Two Canadian philosophy profs discussing Life and Death
Smith: Perhaps we've already died and gone to heaven.
Jones (after a long pause (this is a philosophical discussion)): Perhaps we've already died and gone to the other place.
Smith (after an even longer pause): No. The other place would have been further south.
Smith is my #1 most iconic Canadian.
If iconic means showing Canadian values, then I'll have to go with these guys.
I heard the initial sketch came up because they were about two minutes short and the bosses said they needed to fill the time with Canadian content. So Rick and Dave searched around for everything they could find that somehow said this is Canadian. And it Took Off...
Actually, it was a shtick that Dave Thomas did with his brother, Ian Thomas (Canadian recording artist), as adolescents. Moranis took over Ian's part.
Not the version I heard but from wikipedia: ' Due to the difference in the amount of time allocated for commercials, each episode to be broadcast on that network was two minutes longer than those syndicated to the United States. The CBC network heads asked the show's producers to add specifically identifiably Canadian content for those two minutes. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas thought that this was a ridiculous request, given that the show had been taped in Canada, with a mostly Canadian cast and crew, for two years. The request inspired them to create a parody that would incorporate every aspect of the humorous stereotype of Canadians.'
Maybe that is what spurred them to put it in the show, but I know first hand that Ian and Dave conceived the idea as kids.
I think the question is most Iconic Canadian
Most of the people that I see that have been picked may have been born in Canada but are no longer Canadians and there fore I think don't qualify as Iconic Canadians
My vote is for Terry Fox
Most of the people that I see that have been picked may have been born in Canada but are no longer Canadians and there fore I think don't qualify as Iconic Canadians
My vote is for Terry Fox
In the case of quite a few of the Nobel laureates on the list
their Canadian citizenship doesn't really count. Even if Rudy
Marcus, world's pre-eminent physical chemist, has remained a Canadian citizen it is the U.S. that would take credit for his achievement if the spent his entire
career in U.S. schools.
their Canadian citizenship doesn't really count. Even if Rudy
Marcus, world's pre-eminent physical chemist, has remained a Canadian citizen it is the U.S. that would take credit for his achievement if the spent his entire
career in U.S. schools.
P.E. Trudeau repatriated the Constitution.
Like him or not, he is an iconic person in Canadian history.
I agree with Terry Fox, Banting & Best, Pearson, and Alexander Graham Bell.
Of course, hockey legends.
Then the numerous lesser-known individuals mentioned earlier.
I suppose we should include some of our most famous astronauts and even war heroes like William Avery Bishop (fying ace).
My choice would be Terry Fox as his legacy is ongoing after 30 years and millions have been raised under his name
Honorable mention to Northern Dancer. One of the top sires in the 20th Century. What a life. Being paid to have sex with other horses.
Honorable mention to Northern Dancer. One of the top sires in the 20th Century. What a life. Being paid to have sex with other horses.
