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I liked Bradford Howe too. He was weird, but was also good when interviewing bands.


George and Bill were great. Long-hair Bill was when I got cable and jumped from CMT to Muchmusic. I like Sook-Yin on CBC Radio now more than I did when she was a VJ, that's for sure.

See, I'm just the opposite. I adore Sook-Yin, though radio is not for her.

I'm calling cheesebucket yeah-I-was-there-in-the-80s votes on at least half of the above. Seriously, someone thought Dan Gallagher was GOOD? Like, as in more skilled than the average? I doubt it. He was occasionally comical, mostly for his habit of taking, I dunno, whomever's in town let's say Anthrax - to the Pizza Pizza next door, over and over again. Public Enemy, we're goin' for pizza, Bruce Cockburn, you must be vegetarian, right? You liked his loud jackets maybe, his poofy hair maybe, but GOOD? Mmm, dunno. Williams was interesting, because he was very much aware of being a journalist covering the birth of a genre, but he sounded just as canned as they all tend to and I'm sad he never kept it up. Strombolopolous, god love'im, has real conversations with folks, and I love him for that. Erica Ehm was quite likeable and quite serious. Donlon was pretty real. Steve Anthony was, um, a bit gritty in the teeth(?), and still is. I could make a vote for Mike Campbell: he is the same on and off TV, and he does not half-ass things.

Fuckit, tho, I'm saying Strombo, for good chats, sly humor, and not believing his own press releases. Flame away.

No, really? Yes, in retrospect I can see she was actually not that bad but I can't recall a single time watching her thinking, "Wow, she's really serious about this. What a great journalist." Perhaps more of the director's fault ? I dunno, I just know that she came across as a bubble for at least a full year, maybe two, before she showed an inkling of intelligence.

I really liked when Teresa Roncon hosted Power Hour. She was so great. I really disliked it when any of the VJs who clearly despised metal hosted the show.

Denise Donlon was pretty great. I thought Kim Clarke Champniss was the coolest thing ever and tried desperately to cut my hair like his in 1988 (and failed miserably).

I kind of disliked most MuchMusic "personalities," though. One time I interviewed Natalie Richard and TDM (tedium, as my Uncle Brian likes to say) for work. Natalie was super nice and even recorded a sexy birthday greeting for my boyfriend. TDM was, well, yeah. He was not Natalie. It was weird to see Natalie introduce Eric's Trip in one of those MuchMusic clip from the Eric's Trip Slideshow. She was kind of terrible at that.

Diego Feuntes

I like how she'd sometimes have her dog sitting beside her during her shows.

Teresa Roncon and Erica Ehm.

I remember Much Music when it hit the air for the first time and I had a crush on Erica Ehm for years.

Ha!
I saw a show on erica Ehm just the other night! She went on to have kids, get post partum, worry about being a good parent, then started her own tv show for like minded parents called The YUMMY MUMMY CLUB. which is now a website http://www.yummymummysite.com/
She also co-created "the big comfy couch"

Rachel Perry

oh wow, now that bumps her up to the top of the list. Great qualifications!

Oh wow.

I found that Welychka, Sook Yin and Campenelli "played" videos I liked more frequently. I miss the old Much so much.

Hehe.



Now she is just plain over-qualified if you know what I am saying. She makes most of the other female VJ's look like little boys or something you'd see in a pride parade.

....hey now, buster. Don't get personal. The sandwich board was NOT my idea!

I shall just have to blame society then. Everyone knows life is just all about getting a good sandwich in the end.

Sook Yin Lee

and whenever Weird Al took over..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DAJbjJfry0