{"id":20324,"date":"2011-01-27T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=20324"},"modified":"2011-01-27T00:00:23","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T05:00:23","slug":"mordecai-richler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/01\/27\/mordecai-richler\/","title":{"rendered":"Mordecai Richler: Reposted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LyqJpPPwJUM<\/p>\n<p><em>Because the CBC doesn&#8217;t see fit to allow non-Canadians to watch material they post on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">YouTube<\/span><\/em><em>, for crying out loud, I&#8217;ve moved the CBC clip I posted earlier after the jump.\u00a0 Replacing it above is an excerpt from an upcoming documentary on Richler, &#8220;The Last of the Wild Jews,&#8221; premiering on Bravo! in March.\u00a0 For good measure, I&#8217;ve added another clip after the jump in which Richler takes a swipe at Canada for being so Canadian (we&#8217;re nice and all, but, sheesh, he&#8217;s got a point).\u00a0 Sadly, because it too is a CBC clip, it cannot be viewed by non-Canadians.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mordecai_Richler\" target=\"_blank\">Mordecai Richler<\/a>&#8216;s birthday (1931-2001).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little anecdote from Richler&#8217;s <em>On Snooker<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Northrop Frye discovered that my friend Bob Weaver golfed, he was appalled.\u00a0 &#8220;I had no idea you engaged in executive sports, Bob,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 (83)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=byF2xLVcxsU<\/p>\n<p><em>Mordecai Richler on the writing process in a CBC feature from 1971<\/em><\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FCJ-FHhHXpY<\/p>\n<p><em>Richler, then living in London, makes some not very flattering observations about Canada (i.e. &#8220;boring&#8221; and rather too pinched and fastidious)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LyqJpPPwJUM Because the CBC doesn&#8217;t see fit to allow non-Canadians to watch material they post on YouTube, for crying out loud, I&#8217;ve moved the CBC clip I posted earlier after the jump.\u00a0 Replacing it above is an excerpt from an upcoming documentary on Richler, &#8220;The Last of the Wild Jews,&#8221; premiering on Bravo! 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