Episode 05


Having your pictures developed at a high-end photo lab can be expensive - so is it worth it? Street Cents testers take to the streets to take some pics in St. John's Newfoundland.





Last week, grade nine students invaded the Street Cents office on job shadowing day. Kim and Darryl revealed some of their secrets to getting the gig as a Street Cents host.



Kim turns the digi cam on the SC job shadowers.



A Street Cents researcher shows off his golf tricks. Everyone else is hiding under their desks.

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Behind The Hype : Grave Robbing:
Advertisers are using dead people, like Einstein and Martin Luther King Jr., to market their products. Their images are being tarnished, all in the name of capitalism. It may be legal but is it right?

Viewer Letter: Colgate Replacement Toothbrush:
Street Cents viewer Eva Filipiak wants to know why Colgate would create a replacement toothbrush but not sell the replaceable heads separately.

Hey You: Teeny Town Hall:
Eric Thornton, 13 from Hamilton, ON says it's not fair that security won't let him skateboard at the public art gallery walk-through just because other skaters were suspected of smoking pot there. A group of youth discuss skater rights and the bad image they can't seem to shake.

Viewer Letter: Hair Beauty Creme:
17-year-old Ingrid Sly from Vancouver B.C. wants to know if Hair Beauty Crème really works. Their ads claim it will give you stronger, thicker and longer hair - within a week. Can this product deliver?

Street Test? Film Processing:
Who has the balls? Street Cents tests golf balls and tells you which one's the best.

Viewer Letter: Vans:
Alison Benson, 16 from Gloucester, ON wants to know if the new Vans, that change colour in the sun, really work. Street Cents finds out if they're a rip off.

Me Inc.: Bret Doyle:
Brett Doyle began selling sports gear out of his high school locker - now he runs his own Outter Limit sports store in P.E.I.


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