I join NewsTalk 1010 host David Cooper on the coast-to-coast-to-coast late night “Showgram” to talk about the 124th anniversary of the first “motorized carriage” advertisement and the “irrational love” that drives auto advertising.
Listen to the whole thing HERE!
I wrote about the history of auto advertising for the Toronto Star!
“Advertising works. A well-crafted advert sparks the imagination and makes the promise of a better life. To work effectively you must, as Don Draper, the fictional, but most famous, ad man of all time, said, ‘Make it simple, but significant.’”
“Whether the slogan is the punchy Pontiac, “We’re Driving Excitement!” tagline or the funny and frugal Volkswagen boast, “Relieves Gas Pains,” an effective ad catches your eye and sells an easily understood message and it has been that way since the beginning of auto advertising…” Read the whole thing HERE!
Watch Richard Crouse review three movies in less time than it takes to buy a dress! Have a look as he races against the clock to tell you about the feel-good “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” the music documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” and the drama “Where the Crawdads Sing.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
I join CTV NewsChannel anchor Angie Seth to talk about the feel-good “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” the music documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” and the drama “Where the Crawdads Sing.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
Richard appears on “CTV News at 6” with anchor Pauline Chan to talk about the best movies and television to watch this weekend. This week he has a look at Dakota Johnson in Netflix’s Jane Austin adaptation “Persuasion,” Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in “Respect” on Crave, “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” on the big screen and the documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song.”
Watch the whole thing HERE! (Starts at 38:16)
On this episode of the Richard Crouse Show we meet Maestro Fresh Wes. He’s the “Godfather of Canadian hip hop,” a record producer, an actor, and author who adds competition show host to his resume with “Race Against the Tide.” He plays host to 10 of the world’s best sand sculpting duos and throws down a challenge each week on the show: create show-stopping sculpture at New Brunswick’s iconic and beautiful Bay of Fundy, before the world’s largest tides flow in and wash their sculptures away. Watch the show on Sundays on CBC and CBC Gem at 8:30 p.m.
We’ll also meet Ken Hall. If you are a fan of The Umbrella Academy, the Netflix series about a a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse, you’ll know Ken Hall. He’s played two roles on the show, Pogo, the talking chimpanzee and analytics specialist Herb. We’ll talk about working on the series and how he went from social work to the business of being funny.
Finally, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, director of a new film called Stanleyville a new darkly humorous social satire now on VOD, stops by. Imagine if Samuel Beckett wrote “Squid Game,” minus the giant Kewpie doll, and you’ll get the idea of “Stanleyville.” It is a social satire, structured around a series of strange games administered by an odd moderator called Homunculus. The contestants are challenged to everything from balloon blowing contests to “writing a national anthem for everybody everywhere through all time.” As the games go on, escalating consequences pit the players against one another. It’s a cool move that is part Squid Game, part Lord of the Flies and part Samuel Beckett.
Listen to the whole thing HERE!
Here’s some info on The Richard Crouse Show!
Each week on the nationally syndicated Richard Crouse Show, Canada’s most recognized movie critic brings together some of the most interesting and opinionated people from the movies, television and music to put a fresh spin on news from the world of lifestyle and pop-culture. Tune into this show to hear in-depth interviews with actors and directors, to find out what’s going on behind the scenes of your favourite shows and movies and get a new take on current trends. Recent guests include Chris Pratt, Elvis Costello, Baz Luhrmann, Martin Freeman, David Cronenberg, Mayim Bialik, The Kids in the Hall and many more!
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Richard joins the hosts of NewsTalk 1010’s “The New Rush” with Scott MacArthur and guest host Deb Hutton, for a new segment called “Entertainment Court.” Each week Richard serves as the judge, Reshmi and Scott the jurors, and we render a verdict on the week’s biggest pop culture stories.
This week we ask, Should The Monkees be inducted to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame? Is the trademark squatter who scooped up the names Dunder Miflin, “Dillon Football” (as in Dillon, Texas from Friday Night Lights) and “Nostromo” (the ship from Alien) a copyright menace or a clever business person? What is more important, box office success or doing something different every time out?
Listen to the whole thing HERE!
Richard joins CP24 to have a look at new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres. Today we talk about the murder mystery “Where the Crawdads Sing,” the historical feel-good flick “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” and the story of one of an iconic Canadian’s most famous song, “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
Richard joins CTV NewsChannel anchor Marcia MacMillan to talk about the feel-good “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” the music documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” and the drama “Where the Crawdads Sing.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
