Read All About It! is one of the great low budget Canadian television series to emerge in the early 80s. What You Can't Do That On Televison was to sketch comedy, this show was to sci-fi suspense. Plus, you learned something about grammer with each show. Simply remarkable, it was a show that was ahead of its time.
However the standout in this ground-breaking series was the character of Dundeedon, a villain that ranks up there with Hannibal Lector, Darth Vader and Macauly Culkin in Getting Even with Dad as one of the all time perfect villains. His free floating head is quite a creepy image to be sure and (SPOILER WARNING) when he appears on earth as Mayor Don Eden, I have to admit I jumped about three feet out of my seat. There's a moment at the end of episode seven in which "Don Eden" gains the upper hand, rolling his eyes and letting one of the show's heroes know that(SPOILER WARNING) he has her keys! chills man, chills. Sean Hewitt, the actor who played this wonderful character that audiences all over Ottowa loved to hate deserves the superstardom he is sure to one day receive.
All in all, Read All About It! is one of those classics you can watch again and again. Until about the seventh time, then you get a little tired with it. Luckily there's Read All About It! Part 2 when that happens. Enjoy!
However the standout in this ground-breaking series was the character of Dundeedon, a villain that ranks up there with Hannibal Lector, Darth Vader and Macauly Culkin in Getting Even with Dad as one of the all time perfect villains. His free floating head is quite a creepy image to be sure and (SPOILER WARNING) when he appears on earth as Mayor Don Eden, I have to admit I jumped about three feet out of my seat. There's a moment at the end of episode seven in which "Don Eden" gains the upper hand, rolling his eyes and letting one of the show's heroes know that(SPOILER WARNING) he has her keys! chills man, chills. Sean Hewitt, the actor who played this wonderful character that audiences all over Ottowa loved to hate deserves the superstardom he is sure to one day receive.
All in all, Read All About It! is one of those classics you can watch again and again. Until about the seventh time, then you get a little tired with it. Luckily there's Read All About It! Part 2 when that happens. Enjoy!