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The show was produced and aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The vast number of guests came from all walks of life, including politicians like Pierre Trudeau, crusaders like Malcolm X, sports figures like Gordie Howe, entertainers like Boris Karloff and Ed Sullivan, and writers like Upton Sinclair. Occasionally the guests were featured due to their involvement in a story that otherwise had no connection to their celebrity status. For example, Karloff was featured because he served as a rescue worker following a devastating 1912 tornado in Regina, SaskatchewanRegina is the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, Canada and was incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903. Regina was proclaimed the capital on May 23, 1906 by the first provincial government led by Premier Walter Scott. Regina is located at a latitude of, where he was appearing in a play.
The show ran for nearly forty years and was remarkably stable for its regular contestants, who included Pierre BertonPierre Berton (born July 12, 1920) is a noted author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and is a well-known television personality and journalist in Canada. Berton is one of Canada's most prolific and popular authors and an accompl, Betty Kennedy (who later become a Canadian senatorThe Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. The senate has 105 members who are appointed by the Governor General on advice from the Prime Minister and serve until the age of 75. 24 from Ontario; 24 from Quebec; 24 are from the Mar), Toby Robbins (who later became a movie actress) and Gordon SinclairGordon Sinclair ( June 3, 1900- May 17, 1984) was a Canadian radio journalist and commentator. In 1922, Sinclair joined the Toronto Star as a reporter. He wrote four books about his travels as a journalist: Footloose in India Cannibal Quest Loose Among th. Allan FotheringhamAllan Fotheringham (born August 31, 1932 in Hearne, Saskatchewan) is a legendary Canadian newspaper and magazine journalist. He is widely known by the nickname Dr. Fotheringham studied journalism at the University of British Columbia, and has worked for a joined the panel after Sinclair's death. A guest panellist, usually another Canadian journalist or other celebrity, was also part of each episode. The show was hosted by Fred Davis . Alex BarrisAlex Barris (born September 16, 1922-died January 15, 2004) is an American-born Canadian television actor and writer. He was born in New York City. He was 81 when he died due to complications from a stroke he suffered a year earlier. Acting credits Barris temporarily hosted in 1957.
Unfortunately, the show's stability proved to be its undoing, as the producers did not see fit to add younger panelists as the regulars aged and the audience demographicsDemographics comprises selected characteristics of a population (age and income distribution and trends, mobility, educational attainment, home ownership and employment status, for instance) for purposes of social studies. It is also used in marketing, ma became less desirable. Budget cuts finally killed the show in 1995. When it left the air it was the longest continually running non-news program in Canadian television history.