johnnyg is from manitoba, which is next door to curling’s second home, saskatchewan. roll on, saskatchewan, roll on.
manitoba is a pretty kicking place, in no small part to this proximity to the grand SK. what it also has going for it is a little something we all know as “production value.” witness the “production value” in action, in this curling promotional commercial from the 1980s.
sadly, as far as we know, none of johnnyg’s relatives were involved in the making of this commercial. not even any of his distant relations that link him to BOTH kevin martin and randy ferbey.
(that’s why johnnyg never goes to Edmonton – he doesn’t know which side of the family to piss off by snubbing the other at thanksgiving.)
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I’ll cast no aspersions on the City of Champions, but if my curling roots run through Alberta, perhaps it’s through Willie MacCrimmon of Shelby. One day I’ll be Lucifer’s Mate in Hell.