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March 7, 2015 2:17 PM   Subscribe

Rocket Boy was a short-lived Canadian TV series. Starring Dave Thomas, Ron James, and an assortment of Thomas' SCTV comrades. Sadly, the series is not displayable on the internet.

However, some internet searching did reveal Dave Thomas' demo reel as a director, which, out of context, is amusing.

Also, Dave's brother is Ian.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon (9 comments total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
I remember seeing this as a teen on over-the-air TV back in the 80s. What I saw was a TV movie (albeit with pacing that felt like a bunch of serial episodes strung together), not a series. I'd never heard of it before and assumed that it was a one-off parody.
posted by suetanvil at 2:31 PM on March 7, 2015


I remember this show.

There is this great scene where he gets promoted to Rocket Ladd, and a costume change to something like little Lord Fauntleroy. So he asks to be demoted back to Rocket Boy.
posted by archmichael at 2:52 PM on March 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


A better link for Ian Thomas might be his SCTV appearance. (Keep watching after the song, he appears on Great White North).
posted by George_Spiggott at 3:01 PM on March 7, 2015


For some reason I tried searching for this a while back and was shocked at how little evidence of it I could find online. Totally remember the "Rocket Lad" bit.
posted by sevenyearlurk at 3:43 PM on March 7, 2015 [1 favorite]


Years back I found a site featuring Mr. Pim's costume design. I cannot find it now.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 4:00 PM on March 7, 2015 [1 favorite]


I have no recollection of this show. When's it from, exactly?

So, anyway, the definitive Ian Thomas track is Painted Ladies. Or, at least, it's the one I recognize from having grown up breathing the government-mandated fumes of the early-'70s Canadian soft rock boom, and finally getting around to googling "ooh, feelin' good mama" a short while back. Letting YouTube autoplay from there is just flashback after flashback via songs that were always on the radio. (Andy Kim! The Poppy Family! The Stampeders! Edward Bear! Pagliaro! Fludd! A Foot in Coldwater! ...)
posted by Sys Rq at 4:00 PM on March 7, 2015 [1 favorite]


The IMDB page has a little bit more info.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 4:20 PM on March 7, 2015 [1 favorite]


Wow! I was working at Nelvana back then and can't believe I never heard of this.
posted by bonobothegreat at 5:48 PM on March 7, 2015 [1 favorite]


(... Chilliwack!)
posted by Sys Rq at 6:10 PM on March 7, 2015 [1 favorite]


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