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It’s Friday, September 19th, and The Morning Show Thing is here to give you… not the news, exactly… but something that feels like news if you squint hard enough.
Today we covered:
The TTC Buffet Nobody Asked For: A Toronto woman and her friends cooked up a full spread—ham, hot honey broccoli, even a McCain Deep’n Delicious—and served it on the subway. Because when you think “mass transit,” you think “buffet table.” The TTC gently reminded everyone this is not technically allowed. But hey, free food and no outbreaks… call it a win.
50 Years at the Zoo: One volunteer has been showing up at the Toronto Zoo since before the Blue Jays existed. Half a century later, she’s still hanging out with gorillas, probably judging us for paying to watch primates eat snacks when we could just go to a family reunion.
Documenting Toronto’s Memories: An 80-year-old former editor launched a project helping older Torontonians turn their life stories into short films. Turns out the past wasn’t just “walking uphill both ways”… sometimes it was riding milk carts pulled by horses.
Our Big Idea for the TTC: Forget tunnels under the 401. Toronto needs sleeper cars on the subway. Dinner, a nap, and a 45-minute commute? Doug Ford, if you’re reading this, you’re welcome.
So no, we don’t have “hard-hitting journalism.” What we do have is a false sense of hope, occasional talk of sandwiches, and the ongoing dream of a Toronto where every train ride ends with cake.
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