#aaron Nathaniel standen

[evethomas]

Feeling nostalgic, this Canada Day, about this issue of Naked Eye magazine. My name’s not on the byline for this cover story, but, as is so often the case, I wrote most of it. The assigned writer's piece wasn’t quite what we were looking for, so I had to mix a few quotes from that, my art director’s observations from overseeing two photoshoots with the cast, and my own childhood memories and research. I haven’t read the story in a while, but remember being quite pleased with it, all considered. And it really is a wild story – how this creative, queer-positive, totally unmatched comedy troupe got skits like ‘Chicken Lady’ and ‘Sex Girl Patrol’ on our public broadcasting channel at 8 p.m. on weeknights, shaping an entire generation of Canadians.