What's up this weekend on the Strombo Show?

On this Sunday's show, George Stroumboulopoulos and Bob Mackowycz continue their "Sad Off". Last week they presented to the audience a couple songs that they felt had the potential to lay claim to the title "the saddest song in the world". Out of last week's 2 songs - Harry Nilsson's "One" & The Verve's "The Drug's Don't Work", Nilsson won out. This week, they present two more. Prepare to be sad, and also prepare for some new music and some classic thrown in the mix, also Radio 2's Rich Terfry stops by with some music from his world.

The Strombo Show
CBC Radio 2
8PM - 12

Find your Radio 2 frequency here!

Okay, this is one of the only times you'll see something like this here: Awwwww!

Tonight, George will reveal a long-held secret here at The Hour... and it involves this completely adorable puppy.

She's a two and a half month old Mastiff Shar-Pei cross who came to us from PJ's Pets at the Yonge & Eglinton Centre. Thanks for letting her visit!

How can you have a cowboy without a horse? You can't - or at least, we thought so.

Therefore, when Lyle Lovett was coming by today for his interview, we made sure we had one around. We like to make our guests feel at home here on The Hour!

However, Lyle was running a little late and this horse had a show to do tonight, so sadly they never met. Given they're both performers, we think they would have gotten along well. He certainly enjoyed his time on camera with Adam and Scott, as pictured above.

Where is this horse performing, you might ask? The Royal Winter Fair, on this weekend at Exhibition Place in Toronto!

Aside from riding and show jumping, the Royal has events planned all weekend, including concerts by Doc Walker and Michelle Wright, giant vegetables and butter sculpture displays, the SuperDogs, and Christmas at the Royal on Sunday with over five thousand free shortbread cookies - yum. Visit http://www.royalfair.org/ for schedules and information.

Thanks to Beckett's Creek Farm for the gorgeous horse and the Royal Winter Fair. As for Lyle, keep tuning into the show for his upcoming interview.

Darby Wheeler of both The Hour and the Strombo Show gave us a little info on what's coming up on the first episode of The Strombo Show this Sunday, Nov 8 on CBC Radio 2 , 8pm-12am:

Radio 2 is broadcast across Canada, which is exciting for us - you can listen live at http://www.cbc.ca/radio2 or check for the frequency in your area by checking this Google Map:

http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=100004784045959194575.000461a932dc6335d31fc&z=3

Expect an eclectic mix of music and some banter in between.

Radio 2 Drive's host Rich Terfry stops by to play some music that he loves, Strombo Show regular Bob Mackowcyz stops in to give us some Grown Up Music, and author and music fan Nick Hornby comes into play some of his favourite music.

This and some new features, which you will have to tune in for. We also want your requests, so call us at 416-205-6226.

ETA: CHARTattack just posted a chat with George about the show at:
http://www.chartattack.com/news/76516/strombo-reveals-details-of-new-cbc-radio-show

Now that we've said goodbye to Tie and Tuffy, we're down to the last three pairs for Battle of the Blades! Here's Jorey's odds for this week:

Simpson & Sale - 1/3
Lemieux & Bourne - 3.25/1
Richer & Dubreuil - 8/1

Odds courtesy of:
Jorey Middlestadt, host of 'Inside The Lines'

'Inside the Lines' is on Sunday Mornings, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on: Fan590 Toronto, Fan960 Calgary, Team1040 Vancouver, Team1200 Ottawa, Team990 Montreal.

Stephen Lewis came to The Hour on October 14 to do his Dare to Remember: he sang in public with Arkells. They rocked it, had fun, and raised funds to help women, orphans, grandmothers, and other people living with HIV and AIDS in Africa, so George decided to do a dare of his own...

...or rather do a dare of yours. Viewers of The Hour wrote in with a ton of ideas. Almost everyone dared him to wear anything but black, many dared him to wear a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey on air, and someone thought he should pairs skate with Kurt Browning. Well, guess what? He's combining all three!

Tune in to the show tonight to see if George will actually skate with Kurt Browning while wearing a Leafs jersey - or fall flat on his face.

To donate to that dare online now, please visit George's page on the 'A Dare to Remember' site. It's simple, fast and totally secure - and will make such a difference to the incredible men and women transforming lives and restoring hope to communities in Africa.

Honourary Event Chair George Stroumboulopoulos invites you to the 16th Annual Charles Sauriol Environmental Dinner for The Living City at Pearson Convention Center, Brampton, on Thursday, November 12, 2009. This event celebrates the great conservationist and visionary Charles Sauriol C.M. featuring Gord Downie and Mark Mattson from Lake Ontario Waterkeeper who will present Heart of a Lake: an evening of song, dance, poetry and conversation.

Tickets are $150 each. Reservations are required.

Contact Helen Lee at 416-661-6600 ext. 5276 or visit www.charlessauriol.ca

All proceeds support The Conservation Foundation and Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust.

Here's Jorey's new odds for Battle of the Blades! This week, we lost Ken Danyeko and Jodeyne Higgins - here's the standings for the remaining pairs:

Simpson & Sale - 7/10
Lemieux & Bourne - 2/1
Richer & Dubreuil - 11/2
Domi & Hough-Sweeney - 11/1

Odds courtesy of:
Jorey Middlestadt, host of 'Inside The Lines'

'Inside the Lines' is on Sunday Mornings, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on: Fan590 Toronto, Fan960 Calgary, Team1040 Vancouver, Team1200 Ottawa, Team990 Montreal.

A heartfelt congrats to Sean Murphy of Lansing, Michigan for breaking the illustrious "Mouthful of Hissing Cockroaches" world record.
Sean, if you can catch CBC down there, drop us a line, I'm curious to know if there's a "Pants Full of Hissing Squirrels" world record that needs beating.

We're very honoured and proud to have won the Gemini for Best Talk Series at this year's awards.

Here's a shot of George and our Exec Producer Jennifer Dettman at Tuesday night's ceremony:

Here's Jorey's new odds for Battle of the Blades! This week, we lost Ron Duguay and Barbara Underhill - here's the standings for the remaining pairs:

Lemieux & Bourne - 7/4
Simpson & Sale - 15/8
Daneyko & Higgins - 5/1
Richer & Dubreuil - 5/1
Domi & Hough-Sweeney - 15/2

Odds courtesy of:
Jorey Middlestadt, host of 'Inside The Lines'

'Inside the Lines' is on Sunday Mornings, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on: Fan590 Toronto, Fan960 Calgary, Team1040 Vancouver, Team1200 Ottawa, Team990 Montreal.

...They go and star in a video on Funny or Die with Rob Huebel from Human Giant.

I can't get "Cake In The Kitchen" out of my head.
Kudos to Middle Management, they're a Toronto based crew with infectious hooks and thematically questionable material that somehow just works.
The track doesn't kick in 'til :44, feel free to jump ahead.

For reals.