# Does Canada have a "national epic"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947 "2007-09-12T18:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/81 "2007-09-14T15:28:16Z")
No love for “Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter”? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/82 "2007-09-14T22:38:24Z")
[QUOTE=capybara] No love for “Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter”? [/QUOTE] He got taken out by Forever Knight. _I feel the Kniiiiiight Heat, I feel your heart beat… something ain’t right…_ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/83 "2007-09-15T03:42:44Z")
Hey, what about the Friday the Thirteenth series? I loved that cheesy-ass series. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/84 "2007-09-15T19:36:40Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Hey, what about the Friday the Thirteenth series? I loved that cheesy-ass series. [/QUOTE] Well, this is getting weird. My second cousin had a recurring role in that TV show. If someone mentions the videotron commercials, I have a cousin in one of those, too (though I have never seen it, oddly enough). And I know the cute red-headed kid from the francophone McDonald’s commercials from about 8 years back. And my mom works with Tom Cavanagh’s mom… well, for the same school board. I think that’s everything. No epics there, but still, I’m suddenly impressed at how distantly related to “canadian fame” I am 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/85 "2007-09-15T22:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Have you ever heard the Avro Arrow story? [/QUOTE] My point exactly. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/86 "2007-09-16T02:27:59Z")
[QUOTE=Lunar Saltlick] As far as novels go, Mordecai Richler’s _Solomon Gursky Was Here_ is possibly the most epic, sweeping as it does back and forth across the country over the course of a couple centuries. [/QUOTE] Of course, how could I have missed this? “Keep your fork, Duke, there’s pie a-comin’.” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/87 "2007-09-16T02:59:39Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Asses of Fire? [/QUOTE] “Blame Canada”? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947/88 "2007-09-16T03:56:07Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Hey, as long as we’re talking kids’ shows as being “national epics,” \* here’s one sure way to tell if someone over a certain age (30? 35?) is Canadian: “Look up. Wayyyy up.” If they can supply the next phrase, they’re definitely Canadian. And, how long will it take for someone to identify this one? - Though shared experiences they may be, I don’t think they’re “national epics,” but let’s have a little fun. [/QUOTE] Some of us Northern NYers dont’s have to be Canadian to know “The Friendly Giant”. I still think it’s total crap that “The Doodlebops” took “Mr. Dressup’s” timeslot. My brother even had a petition, fighting that programming change. Long live Casey and Finnegan! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-canada-have-a-national-epic/418947.md?page=4)