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Mom and Dad don’t have a TV. I grew up without a TV. We had a radio - but that was mostly for listening to hockey games. So even though I spent every day for almost 15 years on television, even though I’m still on...
I posted the first paragraph of this on Facebook, then thought some more. Then reread what I wrote. And wrote some more. Which, I believe, is how most people use Facebook. Anyway, here goes: Depression isn't a four letter word. It's 10. I just counted. Unless you...
I want to be able to read minds. But not all the time. Just on Valentine’s Day. Just this Valentine’s Day. Because we just had a meeting at work about our upcoming show: Dave Kelly Live’s February 14th Valentine’s Show. (That’s right Blythe - I’ll be...
Some people judge other people. Some parents (me) judge other parents (everyone else) for being ridiculous parents. Especially when it comes to Lego. Specifically cleaning up Lego. John loves Lego. And I think that’s great. He plays with it every day - and for a kid who tends...
(VIDEO BELOW) If I gave you a kazoo, right now, and asked: Do you know which end you put your mouth on? Could you make noise with it? Would you get both right? You might think, “Sure Dave - that’s easy. Only an idiot would get those wrong.” This is the...
I needed a big finish for the show… and I was stumped. It was the biggest show of our lives, by far. Last Christmas we did a Dave Kelly Live show at Lunchbox for 110 people. This year, we’d grown a bit and the show...
I love Halloween. Last year Tess was almost three and she dressed up like a dinosaur. Or a lizard. Something. During supper we reviewed the facts. She gets to dress up in her dinosaur costume and then go with John from house to house and knock on...
A couple of weeks ago I was having a beer with Jen. Jen is a friend of mine. We met almost 20 years ago when we were starting a brand new television station in Calgary called A-Channel. At that point she was a camera person...
Sometimes it’s easy to come up with a gift for Father’s Day. And sometimes it’s a bit more work. Every show we give away a Dave Kelly Live Award. The Award was alway supposed to be a fun/ funny moment where we recognized an unsung hero who...
Dad and I are going to do a show together. He’s going to be a guest on the show. There will be other guests. But when your Dad is standing waiting, to come onstage and be interviewed, it’s going to be hard to not focus...
