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Palejacket (talk | contribs) The man who claimed "John" created the burning log admitted to lying and stealing the idea for his own Station in BC. Jim Anderson created the original footage. Tags: Reverted Visual edit |
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==Origins== |
==Origins== |
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''Burning Log'' was shot in 1999 by a Shaw Cable staffer named John. It was conceived as a means by which Shaw employees could stay home with their families, instead of working over the holidays.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=4021163&sponsor=|title=The long arm of the log: How the 'burning log video' became a Christmas tradition|last=Cooper|first=Sam|date=December 23, 2010|work=The Vancouver Sun|accessdate=28 December 2010|location=Vancouver}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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The original film was shot by John at his home near [[Victoria, British Columbia]]. |
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When Jim became aware of the The Globe & Mail's article 'Victoria's hottest secret: the fireplace channel,' claiming the inventor was a man named John, Jim confronted his former boss, Kim Wildfong. |
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Kim later admitted that he had taken a copy of Jim's Burning Log to [[Victoria, British Columbia]] when he left Richmond Hill, Ontario, to run a Shaw station there. |
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Wildfong also admitted to lying to the Globe & Mail that a man named John had created the original footage. |
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It is Jim's hand that can be seen occasionally stoking the fire in the original footage. |
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Jim Anderson first shot the footage for Classicom Cable in 1990, at the company owner's home in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He then re-shot the footage in 1994 at his own home in Keswick, Ontario. |
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When Shaw evolved to become Rogers TV in 2000, Jim was told no one would watch it. The program was later revived in 2001 after viewers complained. |
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The video became famous when university students Rodger Banister, Brian Berglund and Paul McTaggart in Victoria staged a mock protest through a fake not-for-profit called BLOWS (Burning Logs of the West Coast Society) after Shaw took it off the air in 2000. The program was both a critical and ratings success,{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} and by popular demand, it has been rebroadcast ever since. |
The video became famous when university students Rodger Banister, Brian Berglund and Paul McTaggart in Victoria staged a mock protest through a fake not-for-profit called BLOWS (Burning Logs of the West Coast Society) after Shaw took it off the air in 2000. The program was both a critical and ratings success,{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} and by popular demand, it has been rebroadcast ever since. |
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Revision as of 00:43, 27 January 2021
Burning Log is a television program which airs traditionally on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning on the Shaw TV community channels in Canada.
The program is a film loop of a wood fire burning in a fireplace; an unidentified individual can periodically be seen stoking the fire. It airs free of charge, without commercial interruption.
Origins
Burning Log was shot in 1999 by a Shaw Cable staffer named John. It was conceived as a means by which Shaw employees could stay home with their families, instead of working over the holidays.[1]
The original film was shot by John at his home near Victoria, British Columbia.
The video became famous when university students Rodger Banister, Brian Berglund and Paul McTaggart in Victoria staged a mock protest through a fake not-for-profit called BLOWS (Burning Logs of the West Coast Society) after Shaw took it off the air in 2000. The program was both a critical and ratings success,[citation needed] and by popular demand, it has been rebroadcast ever since.
The program is a Canadian counterpart to the older (unrelated) WPIX Yule Log.
Ownership controversy
Craig McAllister of North Vancouver has claimed that it was he that shot the video, not John.[2] John prefers to maintain anonymity, but his sister in Victoria confirms that the original Shaw video, which led to the mock protest, and a humorous piece on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & Steve Carell, was indeed shot by her brother in 1999, as a way to allow Shaw staff to have time off over Christmas. The original video was subsequently replaced by Shaw with another version, which may or may not have been shot by Craig McAllister.
References
- ^ Cooper, Sam (December 23, 2010). "The long arm of the log: How the 'burning log video' became a Christmas tradition". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 28 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lazaruk, Susan (December 26, 2010). "Origin of 'burning log' video ignites debate". The Province. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
External links
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