First job was as "junior announcer" at CKBW Radio in Bridgewater, Nova
Scotia. Donald Sutherland had held the same job twenty years before.
Canadian comedy legends The Royal Canadian Airfarce did a parody of
Crouse and Reel to Real in December, 2001.
Made his debut as a screen actor in the short film Soiled, shown at the
1999 On the Fly Festival in Toronto.
During the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival he conducted 122
interviews with actors, directors and writerswho attended the event.
Globe and Mail writer James Adams said that he has the "most famous
hair on Canadian television."
He is a contributing writer to a new anthology on Canadian horror
films. He wrote a chapter on the Bob Clark film Black Christmas, a
movie widely regarded to be the inspiration for the slasher flick
Halloween.
Has written a complete history of movie awards to be released in
September 2005. Titled Reel Winners this "triviapedia" covers movie
awards from the 1920s through to the 2004 Academy Awards.
He has been the film critic for CTV's Canada AM since 2004.