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Let's Call the Whole Thing Orff

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Starring
  
Barrie Baldaro

Original language(s)
  
English

Executive producer(s)
  
Bill Weston

Final episode date
  
20 May 1972

Number of seasons
  
1

Language
  
English

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
18 September 1971

Network
  
CBC Television

Genre
  
Comedy

Written by
  
Al Boliska David Harriman

Let's Call the Whole Thing Orff is a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1972.

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Premise

This Montreal-produced series derived its title from a Toronto Telegram quotation by television columnist Bob Blackburn who suggested a television series name in one of his columns. This was a spin-off from CBC Radio's Funny You Should Say That, although Let's Call the Whole Thing Orff featured only Barrie Baldaro from that radio series unlike the heavier cast reliance for other spin-offs such as Comedy Cafe, Comedy Crackers, and Zut!.

Series regulars were Barrie Baldaro, Andrée Boucher, Yvan Ducharme, Peggy Mahon, Wally Martin and Terrence G. Ross with songs by France Castel and Diane Dufresne. Sketches often concerned the differences between English and French Canadian culture and relied on rapidly executed material. Francois Cousineau conducted the house band.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 18 September 1971 to 20 May 1972.

References

Let's Call the Whole Thing Orff Wikipedia