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Elwy Yost era

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Although the hosts did interview actors and film directors, they often interviewed film crew, such as cinematographers and film editors, who much more rarely receive widespread publicity.<ref name=kearney>Mark Kearney and Randy Ray, ''Whatever Happened To...?: Catching Up with Canadian Icons''. [[Dundurn Press]], 2006. {{ISBN|9781459718197}}. pp. 54-55.</ref>
Although the hosts did interview actors and film directors, they often interviewed film crew, such as cinematographers and film editors, who much more rarely receive widespread publicity.<ref name=kearney>Mark Kearney and Randy Ray, ''Whatever Happened To...?: Catching Up with Canadian Icons''. [[Dundurn Press]], 2006. {{ISBN|9781459718197}}. pp. 54-55.</ref>

One noteworthy variation in the show's format occurred in January 1986 when a contemporary short film, [[Ken Scott (filmmaker)|Ken Scott]] and Fred Jones's ''[[Working Title (film)|Working Title]]'', was aired as a bonus interstitial between the evening's feature films.<ref>Jim Bawden, "Disney's Sunday movies exceptional". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', January 31, 1986.</ref> The film was a mockumnetary comedy about a film director, being interviewed about his problem-plagued production, by an interviewer who was a deliberate parody of Yost.<ref>Salem Alaton, "Short films that can dream of Genie". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 12, 1986.</ref>


In his final decade hosting the show, Yost lived in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], and would travel to Toronto to prepare many episodes of the show at once.<ref name=ouzonian/>
In his final decade hosting the show, Yost lived in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], and would travel to Toronto to prepare many episodes of the show at once.<ref name=ouzonian/>
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