LaSalle/Van Buren is an "L" station in downtown Chicago that was a location for one of the final scenes of the classic 1987 film Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Steve Martin and John Candy!! It is right here on this platform where Neal and Del part ways after finally getting back to Chicago!!
I downloaded this information packet on the Medicine Hat Civic Election today, just to read it…
The Toronto Blue Jays are playing in Cincinnati this week at the Great American Ball Park. There’s a marker located next door in the parking lot where home plate was located in the old stadium. Check it all out, if you ever get to Cincinnati and Go Jays Go!!!
With the CPAP mask and machine to help with my breathing and the glasses for my sight I am almost bionic!! The Bionic Dan!! They can rebuild me, they have the technology!!!
This is the theatre where I first saw The Muppet Movie in the Summer of 1979. This Astra Cinema was located on the Canadian Forces Base at Baden Soellingen, Germany. The Canadian Forces withdrew from Germany in 1993. The Astra was demolished soon thereafter for redevelopment.
What a fantastic Long Weekend Sunday Night sunset!! Here’s to another day off tomorrow!! Happy Labour Day one and all, whether you’re working or looking for work!!!
Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years features John Fogerty performing the music he wrote for CCR. Fogerty only recently regained the publishing rights to his music after a lawsuit in 2023. The album features contributions from his sons, Shane and Tyler Fogerty.
Leonardo, NJ, was the primary filming location used for Kevin Smith's classic Clerks. It was shot in and on top of the Quick Stop convenience store where Smith worked. Clerks is a movie that changed my life and it was so awesome to be there and go inside on a day that I was supposed to be there!!
Left, Armed Forces Baseball Fields, Lahr, Germany, 1980. Right, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, 2014. Baseball has been beddy, beddy good to me.
Here I am, Funko Pop! style, in my business AND casual outfits. I only dress two ways. In a suit or a Blue Jays jersey.
Two very different Canadian acts have new releases out today and both of them are absolutely amazing!! And both rock!! No Hard Feelings is the third studio album by the Toronto band @TheBeachesBand. And Roll with the Punches is the sixteenth studio album by @BryanAdams. Check them out!!
Eagly rocks!! Absolutely rocks!!! #Peacemaker
Attention Ghostbusters fans, or fans of Ghostbusters, if you prefer. The good people at Hallmark are selling this awesome Stay Puft Marshmallow Man glass right now!! It’s available in stores and online. And somehow, everything I’ve drank from it has tasted better!!
Here's a look at how the Toronto skyline has changed and built up since Strange Brew - The Adventures Of Bob & Doug McKenzie was released and filmed there forty-two years ago. Pretty cool!! #SCTV
Daniel Edward Reynish, lover of naps since 1968!!
San Dimas High School football rules!!!
The day I've been waiting more than a decade for has finally arrived and I am completely elated and amazed and oh so very happy!! The photo album with My Baby Pictures in it that my Mother made for me is finally in my possession, for the very first time!! This is a great day!!!
The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part
Another beautiful orange sunset after a gorgeous day!!
Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the Blue Jays!!! If they don't win, it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, At the old ball game.
Happy Anniversary to Strange Brew - The Adventures Of Bob and Doug McKenzie!! The classic Canadian film was released forty-two years ago today!! #SCTV
More old pictures of me!! This time as a teenager!!
I’m trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slideshow. I’ve been bursting into tears ever since I found out that I really get to say these words: All of the pictures I’ve ever been in now belong… to me and my family once again.
It’s part of my DNA to visit Giant Roadside Attractions as I’ve been doing it almost my whole life. Here I am, with my Mother and Sister, at the age of two at the Giant Viking Statue in Gimli, MB. The 4.6 metre statue was unveiled in 1967 and it stands tall to this very day! #TravellingWithDan
What a weekend!! I visited three World’s Largest roadside items in Macklin, Battleford and Cut Knife, Saskatchewan! And one in Chauvin, Alberta!! Thanks to everyone I met along the way!!! #TravellingWithDan
Welcome to another one of Canada’s Biggest things!! This one is located in Battleford, SK!! Canada's biggest baseball bat is located at the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It is 15.2 meters (50 feet) long and was unveiled in August of 2014. Let’s go Blue Jays!!! #TravellingWithDan
Road trip!!! I’m on the road to multiple destinations in Saskatchewan this weekend!!! Stay tuned!!! #TravellingWithDan
Here's some important information from CTV News for anyone scheduled to fly with Air Canada over the next few days during potential labour action.
I am very lucky in my life that I have dozens of people who will never give up on me. Even on those days when I give up on myself. That includes YOU!!! Thank you for always supporting me and pushing me forward!!! I hope you have dozens behind you as well!!!
My “hidden creative talents”!! Oooohhh!! I can’t wait to see them AND, to show them to everyone!!
I got a haircut Yes I got a haircut You've heard it all before But it's another haircut Not a new style Because that's not me Exact same hairdo is just how I wanna be
I needed a sunset like this today. Here’s to a better tomorrow.
Tonight In Jungleland is a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Springsteen’s ground-breaking album, Born To Run. With unprecedented inside access to Springsteen and his bandmates, the book coincides with the album’s 50th anniversary in August 2025. Bruuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!
Salute to Service represents the NFL’s unwavering dedication to honouring, empowering, and connecting with U.S. service members, veterans, and their families. Since 2011, more than $73 million has been raised. Thanks to Chris and Debbie for this great @BuffaloBills hoodie!!!
With #JamesGunn’s #Superman film now out, it's time to go back and re-live the Christopher Reeve films. Because three of them were partially filmed here in Alberta!! In Calgary, the St. Louis Hotel was a filming location for Superman III!!! You can even see the Calgary tower in the shot!!
I always wanted to see a show at the Badlands Amphitheatre in Drumheller, Alberta, and tonight I saw one of the best!! Amanda Marshall was happy to be there and after a short weather delay delivered one heck of a show!! Thanks Amanda!! What an amazing night at an amazing venue!!!
Road trip!! I’m on the road for the first time in a while to see Amanda Marshall at a venue I’ve always wanted to see a show at!! The Badlands Amphitheatre in Drumheller!!! We’re outdoors tonight and I’m in the second row, deep in the coulees where the dinosaurs used to roam!!! Woooooo!!!
Now batting for the Toronto Blue Jays…number 68… Dan Reynish!! #LightsUpLetsGo!! #GoJaysGo!!!
Now on display at the Esplanade in downtown Medicine Hat - ahead of this years Terry Fox Run on September 14th - is a selection of t-shirts that were created to support the Run over the last 45 years!! It’s a wonderful display!! Thanks to the Terry Fox Run Medicine Hat committee!!!
Now on display at the Esplanade in downtown Medicine Hat - ahead of this years #TerryFoxRun on September 14th - is a selection of t-shirts that were created to support the Run over the last 45 years!! It’s a wonderful display!! Thanks to the Terry Fox Run Medicine Hat committee!!!
Welcome to Coors Field in downtown Denver, Colorado. It's a beautiful ballpark!! Go Jays Go!!!
That look of contentment on my face is a lie! As I was driving home I realized I forgot to buy relish for the hamburgers I was planning to have for Supper. A hamburger without relish?!?!?! Not in my house!!! I completely wasted the day!! No relish equals a complete failure!!! Boooooooooo!!! 🤪
Tonight in the Screening Room, Frank Oz's 1991 classic What About Bob? starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. It's a true classic in any and every language!!
Stare in the morning shroud and then the day began I tilted your cloud, you tilted my hand Rain falls in real time and rain fell through the night No dress rehearsal, this is our life
Dad would have been 81 today, August 2nd, 2025. Happy Birthday, Dad!! I really, really miss you. xoxo
Well they built the Titanic to be one of a kind, but many ships have ruled the seas They built the Eiffel Tower to stand alone, but they could build another if they please Taj Mahal, the pyramids of Egypt, are unique I suppose But when they built you, brother, they broke the mold...
Tonight in the Screening Room, ahead of the opening of the reboot starring Liam Neeson and British Columbia, Canada's Pamela Anderson, I'm re-watching the absolutely classic original Naked Gun films - from the files of Police Squad! - starring Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada's own Leslie Nielsen!!
Two hours in the pool and another perfect score on my CPAP machine!!! I am on fire when it comes to getting healthy!!!
Paul Reubens died on July 30, 2023. He meant so much to me I just had to drive the 2406 kilometres down to California to see the Cabazon Dinosaurs, as featured in the 1985 classic movie PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE to pay my respects. Rest in Peace, Paul Reubens, and thank you for all of the laughs!!
#PrinceForever
Ooh, I go swimming, swimming in the water Swimming in the river, swimming in the sea I go swimming I go swimming, swimming in the water Swimming in the pool, swimming is cool I go swimming
Ah look at the sun It’s all aglow Slow burning star Sinking low Heaven knows Where you go Out of sight Out of mind’s eye, no Ah such a shame You must leave All day long You were a friend to me
So I would choose to be with you That's if the choice were mine to make But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break And so it goes, and so it goes
Woo hoo!! I did it!!! Last night I was perfect!! I scored my best ever result on the CPAP machine!! My myAir score was 100 out of 100!! Thanks to all for their encouragement, support and advice!!
It was great to spend time with some old friends!! #HappyGilmore2
Eight years ago something completely magical happened to me. Legendary SCTV Costume Designer Juul Haalmeyer invited me to stop by his studio to try on the jacket he made for John Candy to wear when he played Johnny LaRue in Polynesian Town on SCTV!!!!! It was amazing!! #RIPJuul
Go Jays Go!!!
Today is a sad day. I always looked forward to being in the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Parade every year. Seeing everyone and yelling to people was a blast!! Time moves on however, and the Parade went on without us. We had so much fun over the years!!! Thanks to everyone who yelled back!!
Not one, but 3 of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies were partially filmed in Alberta!! Barons was a location they used in the 1978 original. Their school was used to represent the one that young Clark Kent attended. Yes, Smallville was recreated right here in rural Alberta!! #TravellingWithDan
Made my meal a Happy Gilmore combo today at Subway for a dollar and got this great cup!! There are four to choose from. Can’t wait to see Happy Gilmore 2 on Friday!!!
What's this?! An ALL-NEW Edition of Travelling With Dan?!? One that takes you to the Galt Historic Railway Park in South West Alberta ?!? ALL ABOARD!!! youtu.be/pj66YNwg-zs
Dreaming about and craving In-N-Out Burger right now… Haven’t had it since February…
Tonight in the Screening Room, ahead of the release of the reboot of The Naked Gun - which with either be extremely tremendous or absolutely awful - I'm re-watching the classic TV show the movies were based on, Police Squad!! And, I'm watching it in colour!! It's still just as amazing as ever!!
On this very night, ten years ago, along this same stretch of road in a dense fog just like this, I saw the worst accident I ever seen. And when they finally pulled the driver's body from the twisted, burning wreck, it looked like this...
Part One of the Billy Joel documentary And So It Goes is absolutely beyond amazing!!! Can't wait to see the second part next Friday!!!!
Tonight in the Screening Room, I'm spending time with some of my oldest and dearest friends, The Muppets!!!!
The Epic Muppet Mural of Epicness!! Circa 1984, an artist named Coulter Watt painted a Muppet mural of epic proportions for the Jim Henson Company’s New York City office. The mural is currently on display on the Jim Henson Company lot in California.
The sky was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
Went back into CHAT TV today to collect my personal belongings. When the studio flooded we had no access to the stuff we had on and in our desks. Today I got it all back, including my Funko Pop! Figures, my Red Swingline stapler and the Medicine Hat Blue Jays cap I proudly had on my desk!!!
Christmas came early to collectors like me this weekend with Hallmark releasing this year’s Keepsake Ornaments!! Slimer from Ghostbusters and Kermit The Frog singing Rainbow Connection are both amazing!!!
Today - July 13th - marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic #LiveAid concert that took place in 1985. You can watch all ten hours of the concerts on YouTube!! And it comes with chapter stops so you can go right to the performances that you want to see again! Enjoy!! www.youtube.com/@LiveAid/vid...
Woo hoo!! Last night I scored my best ever result on the CPAP machine!! My myAir score was 99 out of 100!! That’s a Gretzky!!! Thanks to all for their encouragement, support and advice!!
TOP In 1984's Ghostbusters, Peter Venkman trotted around by the fountain just as Dana Barrett exited Avery Fisher Hall at the conclusion of a session. Dana looked and saw Peter near the fountain hopping in a line on one leg. BOTTOM Me, near the filming location, in September of 2007.
If you get the references on my new t-shirt, that’s probably why we’re friends. And if you just think the t-shirt looks amazing on me, well then that’s definitely why we’re friends!!! Thanks!!! Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!
It has been a long, very tough at times, twenty-six horrible years since we lost him, but I remain thankful every day for the time I got to spend with the great Mike Potter. Continue to rest in peace, my brother, and thanks!!
They are nowhere to be found!!! The amazing Alberta Hiding Buffalo managed to elude me yet again!!! One of these days I will hopefully finally spot them!!
Someone knocking at the door Somebody ringing the bell Someone's knocking at the door Somebody ringing the bell Do me a favor Open the door, and let 'em in Ooh, yeah, yeah, let 'em in now...
Thank you to everyone who came to the Farewell To CHAT TV event at the Medicine Hat Public Library. It was great hear what our broadcasts meant to you. Special thanks to Ken and Chris for their efforts in putting it all together…and for the cake, which was delicious!! Thank you one and all!!
Tonight's the night!! Hope to see you there!!
Just one shelf that I have in my home containing some of my most prized possessions, box sets and books featuring words and music from Bruce @Springsteen!!! There are also plenty of writings and pictures too!! Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!
Hope to see you Tuesday at the Medicine Hat Public Library for a Farewell To CHAT TV!! www.facebook.com/share/r/16fM...
Tonight in the Screening Room, I'm re-watching The Newsroom and being reminded how much I miss putting together and hosting a daily news cast. Doing the news is absolutely amazing!!
The Bonneville Salt Flats are located about 90 minutes outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Entertainment filmed at the Flats include Independence Day and its sequel, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It is such an amazing place to visit!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdHo...
Please come and join us THIS Tuesday, July 8th at 6:30 pm at the Medicine Hat Public Library for a farewell to CHAT TV Medicine Hat!!
It’s going to be 36 degrees Celsius in Med Hat today, that’s 98 degrees Fahrenheit! So, I’m going to the air conditioned theatre!!! All that’s left to decide is which poster I choose to go and see Jurassic World - Rebirth. They both look so great, I can’t decide!!!!
Love that flag! Love those Rocky Mountains!! Love that whole country!!! Canada is simply amazing!!!! Happy Canada Day!!! To see more of our home and native land, go travelling with me to Banff National Park!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWPa... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qbd...
Canada Day at SkyDome!! There’s nothing like it!! Go Jays Go!!!
Coming tomorrow, an all-new episode of Travelling With Dan...
A great Star Wars Sunset!! Or Sunrise, depending on your point of view.
As the sun hides his head For another night's rest And the wind sings His same old song And you on the edge Never close, never far Always there when I needed a friend
I have a space for Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II: The Lost Albums Box Set, which is now scheduled to arrive on Thursday!! It’ll live between The Ties That Bind and Songs. Hurry up!!!! I want it! I want it!! I want it!!! It’s all so brilliant that I want to physically own it!!! Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!
I have seven new and unreleased albums to listen to from Bruce Springsteen today…SEVEN!!! Which can only mean one thing…ROAD TRIP!!!
I love a lazy Summer afternoon watching Toronto Blue Jays baseball!! Go Jays Go!!!
A huge thank you tonight to my great friend Kim for hooking me up with a CPAP machine after I found myself without health insurance. Thank you very much, my brother!! Thanks also to Nichol and all at Respiratory Homecare Solutions for the supplies and monitoring!! I’m a very lucky person right now!!
