Dreadful Date john f weldon

Subject: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,john f weldon
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:34 PM

The latest sad tale of lost love, all true!!

The Dreadful Date

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: Paul Burke
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:39 PM

Oi! I wish I could sing cartoons like that.

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,999
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:41 PM

Another great Sahcan Alley production, John. Many thanks for sharing.

BM

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,999
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:42 PM

ASHCAN

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:47 PM

Love it. Thanks.

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 01:12 PM

More goodies

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 01:24 PM

What a meanie, Nina was!   That was so enjoyable, john, thank you! :0) x

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: gnu
Date: 09 Nov 11 - 01:34 PM

Great one - again. "Definitely unlaid"... hahahahahaa.

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 10 Nov 11 - 01:02 AM

brilliant (as always!)

more, pleaae

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 10 Nov 11 - 01:03 AM

or to put it a bit more clearly -


brilliant (as always!)

more, please, maestro

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,john f weldon
Date: 12 Nov 11 - 11:58 AM

Thanks folks.

BTW - did anyone notice the weird visual reference to a well-known Canadian painting?

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,999
Date: 12 Nov 11 - 12:11 PM

Colville?

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,john f weldon
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 08:07 AM

Woohoo!

999 gets the prize!

(It was almost accidental, I got to that scene & I had two main objects, and I thought "where have I seen those two things together"... ...so I rearranged the perspective to match more closely...)

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,999
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 11:56 AM

OK, John. The prize (for me) would be a visit next time you get to Ormstown. I've been a fan of yours ever since I first saw this great vignette on CBC television many years ago.

And regarding 'Dreadful Date': Hard for me to miss, John. He's one of my favourite Canadian painters.

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,john f weldon
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 12:55 PM

Done! Chances are, my next visit to Ormstown area will be next summer, for one of the local folky festivals, Apple Hollow and/or Branches and Roots.

cheers
JFW

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,999
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 01:03 PM

I'll see you in the big city before that.

BM

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,john f weldon
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 01:07 PM

Cool!

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 06:14 PM

Great! The guy's got talent !

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,999
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 06:33 PM

Hi, Q. Not only talent, but a great sense of humour and wonderful wit.

"The Log Driver's Waltz, 1979, was directed by John Weldon. The animation is set to the Mountain City Four/Kate and Anna McGarrigle recording of the song. The film is one of the most-requested in the entire collection of the National Film Board. The NFB also produced a French version of the film.

The Log Driver's Waltz is available for viewing on the National Film Board's website. Occasionally, The Log Driver's Waltz appears on Canadian channels like CBC Television as filler between two programs, much like Heritage Minutes."

John won a prestigious award for his work on that (John, help me out here because I can't recall the name of the darned award) and the song with animation became a classic in Canada almost overnight.

You can see more of his work at that the following link:

http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/director/John-Weldon/

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,999
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 06:38 PM

PS John is somewhat modest, and getting him to talk about himself is like pulling teeth. Took me seven coolers (lemon/vodka before he opened up a little). He had a few, too.

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: Charley Noble
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 07:46 PM

John-

So sad!

Do you still have Nina's phone number?

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,john f weldon
Date: 15 Nov 11 - 10:24 AM

Actually, the most prestigious award I ever got was not for Loggie but for this, somewhat darker film... (Oscar 1979)...

(I see they've put a warning label on it!!)

Special D

...but Loggie is the one most people remember, it got played a lot & was by far my most wholesome film. Most of my humour is a tad grim.

Subject: RE: Dreadful Date john f weldon
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 15 Nov 11 - 02:52 PM

thanks, John