I was just a small child barely in kindergarten at the time but I used to fondly look forward to seeing Henry do his thing. The show was very amusing as well as educational. Too bad shows like this aren't made anymore, I really think kids would love it.
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oh...my...gosh...
madsagittarian19 August 2003
Kudos to whomever at the IMDb thought to add a title like this in their archives. They get more comprehensive all the time. It just goes to show you that you aren't the only one who remembers little artifacts of our viewing experience like this.
"Write On" was a 15-minute show that came on TVO at around the same day-part as "Magic Shadows" (see my review) and "Jeremy". As the plot summary says, this show took place in a newspaper office (well, whatever cramped little set that TVO sprung for, anyway) in which the plot merely existed as an excuse for the cast to correct one another on spelling, grammar and punctuation. A perfect little piece of educational entertainment.
I distinctly remember one episode in which the office had a ghost who was throwing objects all around, and then in one spooky scene, the ghost's widow shows up, (with purple gels and weird music in abundance) saying "Henry Kent-- repent!" Apparently the poltergeist was upset about something poor Henry wrote...
The perennial underdog Henry Kent was played by the recognizable character player Paul Brown-- a short, red haired, spectacled actor whom one could say was Canada's own Woody Allen. You could see him playing that schtick in many TV commercials (for Heinz, Tremco, Mother's Pizza, etc.) well into the 1980's. The menacing Jack Creley adorned many commercials as well-- I'm certain he was in the Glossette's campaign in 1980, playing a professor who catches his students stuffing his mouth with chocolate-covered raisins: "Gates! Glossette's again?!?"
Ah, memories...
"Write On" was a 15-minute show that came on TVO at around the same day-part as "Magic Shadows" (see my review) and "Jeremy". As the plot summary says, this show took place in a newspaper office (well, whatever cramped little set that TVO sprung for, anyway) in which the plot merely existed as an excuse for the cast to correct one another on spelling, grammar and punctuation. A perfect little piece of educational entertainment.
I distinctly remember one episode in which the office had a ghost who was throwing objects all around, and then in one spooky scene, the ghost's widow shows up, (with purple gels and weird music in abundance) saying "Henry Kent-- repent!" Apparently the poltergeist was upset about something poor Henry wrote...
The perennial underdog Henry Kent was played by the recognizable character player Paul Brown-- a short, red haired, spectacled actor whom one could say was Canada's own Woody Allen. You could see him playing that schtick in many TV commercials (for Heinz, Tremco, Mother's Pizza, etc.) well into the 1980's. The menacing Jack Creley adorned many commercials as well-- I'm certain he was in the Glossette's campaign in 1980, playing a professor who catches his students stuffing his mouth with chocolate-covered raisins: "Gates! Glossette's again?!?"
Ah, memories...
Neat theme
alphacentaurian2 December 2003
That show had the neatest theme - not the greatest; just the neatest. Anyho, I remember watching the show a lot, and it really influenced me (even though it was in reapeats and I was really young). They don't make TV like that anymore... not that small of scale or that creative... everything goes through a giant screening process; what's left is like pulp from orange juice: yucky.
What ever happened to Miss Newton?
jasminebleeth30 June 2006
"Write On" was one of my childhood TV staples! TVO always had a knack of incorporating education into really bad story lines & characters. I guess you can say it's one of those classics that 30-somethings will never forget. That and "Math Patrol" or "Hilarious House of Frightenstein". I'm not quite sure if the latter actually taught us anything though.
Funny thing: I was recently watching "Dead Like Me" - episode "The Cook". I noticed that the waitress at Der Wafle Haus looked exactly like Miss Newton from "Write On" (about 30 years older, mind you). The cast list names the actress as "Deanne Henry". Could this really be "Dianne Dewey" of "Write On"???
Does anyone know what ever happened to Dianne Dewey (Miss Newton)?
Funny thing: I was recently watching "Dead Like Me" - episode "The Cook". I noticed that the waitress at Der Wafle Haus looked exactly like Miss Newton from "Write On" (about 30 years older, mind you). The cast list names the actress as "Deanne Henry". Could this really be "Dianne Dewey" of "Write On"???
Does anyone know what ever happened to Dianne Dewey (Miss Newton)?
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