Cheryl's good friend Maria Kennedy and her husband, Ben who live here in Toronto are involved in the tv and movie industry. They are currently doing a show for TVOKids called Now You Know. The first season starts this month and they are presently filming year 2. It's a kids show that uses two puppets, Howie and Baboo, to answer questions for kids. The answer to each question is explained by a special guest. For example, Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield was the special guest to answer the question, "Why to the moon change it's shape?" It was Hadfield's second stint on the show. Each episode is 10 minutes long but takes 2 - 4 hours to tape.
Maria invited us along to the episode whose question was, "Why do skates glide on ice?" The special guest for this show was none other than P. K. Subban of my beloved Habs. So we were there at the Vaughn IcePlex before the 8:00am scheduled taping. The cameras were all setup and ready to go on the cold ice surface. P. K. arrived a little late but once there he quickly became his usual self and according, to Ben, P. K. was the model guest. They all had a great time during the shoot which lasted for over two hours.
We did get some pictures taken with him during the break and we got to meet the puppeteers as well as the other member of the crew taking part in the shoot. They were finding it very cold and some were wrapped in blankets to keep warm on the cool ice surface.
Below are some photos of the camera setup as well as of us, P. K., the puppets and the crew. It was a fun morning. As well we got to meet P. K.'s mom and sister who were there as well. Kameron, who works as one of P. K.'s publicists took a photo of myself and P.K. which he posted to P. K's Instagram account. Check it out if you have Instagram.
Below are some of the photos taken that day by myself, Gladys and Cheryl.
L to R: Maria, Gladys, Cheryl, Ben, Barry
Me with Don Waters, Cheryl's co-worker and his
kids Aliyah, Connor and Noah - Bit early in the
morning for them!
Cheryl, P. K. and me.
This one is for all you Habs fans!
This one is for all the Bruin and Leaf fans!
P. K. getting acquainted with the puppets.
Here's me with P. K.'s mom Maria.
This is P. K.'s sister Natasha. I wonder
who's the celebrity here!!!
The show is taping here.
P. K. learning his lines!
Shot from outside the glass.
Marty Selnick with Baboo.
P. K. Skating around the set.
Ben, the director, giving instructions.
Howie sneaking up on me there!
P. K. in his Habs jersey. He couldn't wear it during
the shoot because of copyright infringement.
More taping here!
P. K. with some of his lines.
Pic of the whole crew!
P. K. taking a snapshot.
Of course, my autographed hat!
