Donald H. Harron, OC , O.ont , BA (born September 19, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedian, actor, director, journalist, author and composer. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ... The Order of Ontario is an award given in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ...

Charlie Farquharson

Harron is best known for the character Charlie Farquharson [as pronounced by Harron in performance, FARK-uh-son], a personality he first portrayed in 1952 on the CBC series The Big Revue and used as part of the cast of the United States country music television show, Hee Haw. The character was also reprised on The Red Green Show. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ... The Big Revue was a Canadian variety television show. ... Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic Music, Blues, Gospel music, and Old-time music. ... Hee Haw was a long-running television variety show hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. ... The Red Green Show is a television comedy that has aired on the CBC in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 to the present, with the series finale to be aired in March or April, 2006 [1]. Reruns currently air on CBC Country Canada and The...

Dressed in an overly-well-worn sweater and cap, and sporting a grizzled 'five-o-clock-shadow,' Farquharson is a decidedly rural Ontario farmer from near Parry Sound. He and his wife, Valeda, have a son, Orville. He would deliver his opinion about matters local and worldwide, using many malaprops in the process that often resulted in both double-meanings and increased satire about the events. In addition to his television appearances, Harron published several books in the character, reproducing the malapropisms in print and including strange photos and woodcuts as illustrations. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked... Parry Sound may refer to: Parry Sound, Ontario Parry Sound District, Ontario This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Look up Malapropism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A malapropism (from French mal à propos, ill to purpose) is an incorrect usage of a word by substituting a similar-sounding word with different meaning, usually with comic effect. ...

Examples of Farquharson's comments:

• "Nowadaze Parry Sound looks like most uther towns on this continence, thanks to them branched plants of frenchfrises that has sprung up everywhere--Mickdonald's, Burglar King, Kernel Kadaffy Frayed Chicken. Noware will ya see a sine "Home Cookin'", cuz all our lo-cal burghers is out eaten them malty-nashnul burgurs. This makes everplace into a no place, and it's eezy to fergit ware you is if yer jist passin through at snacktime." [from Cum Buy The Farm, 1987, pg. 11]
• "Every guvmint estimit incloods an extry estimit of how much more it's gonna cost than yer ferst estimit. That's how come they always leeve this big deficit on the floor of yer House. And a deficit is what you've got wen you haven't got as much as if you jist had nothin'. If we tried any of this, we'd end up in jail. But the guvmint gits rid of its detts by Nashnullizing them That's like the alkyholick who solved his problem by poring the booze in all of his bottles into one big container. Himself." [from Charlie Farquharson's K-O-R-N Filled Allmynack, 1976, pg. 79]

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Other Achievements

Harron has been a fixture of Canadian television for years, including on The Red Green Show. He also directed the 1956 television film Anne of Green Gables, and wrote the lyrics for Anne of Green Gables - The Musical. The Red Green Show is a television comedy that has aired on the CBC in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 to the present, with the series finale to be aired in March or April, 2006 [1]. Reruns currently air on CBC Country Canada and The... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anne of Green Gables (1956) is a Canadian television film directed by Don Harron. ... Anne Of Green Gables - The Musical is a musical based on the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. ...

He has also been a host and interviewer on Canadian television and radio, hosting CBC Radio's Morningside from 1977 to 1982, and subsequently hosting an afternoon talk show for CTV. CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... Morningside was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio from 1977 to 1997. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CTV is Canadas largest privately owned English language television network. ...

In 2000, Harron's contribution to the Canadian entertaiment industry was recognized with his being named a member of the Order of Ontario. He has also appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In recent years, Harron has also been a high-profile advocate for seniors' issues. This article is about the year 2000. ... The Order of Ontario is an award given in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... UNICEF logo The United Nations Childrens Fund or UNICEF was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ... This is a list of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors. ...

He is married to Canadian singer Catherine McKinnon. Harron's daughter from an earlier marriage, Mary Harron, is a noted independent film director whose credits include I Shot Andy Warhol and American Psycho. Catherine McKinnon (born May 14, 1944 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian actress and folk/pop singer. ... Mary Harron (born 1956) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. ... I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 movie about the life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with Andy Warhol. ... American Psycho book cover American Psycho (1991) is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis about a young Manhattanite and possible serial killer. ...

Harron Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ...

Selected bibliography

[as "Charlie Farquharson," with titles spelled in the character's dialect:] A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...

• Charlie Farquharson's Histry of Canada (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1972)
• Charlie Farquharson's Jogfree of Canda [sic] (Gage, 1974)
• Charlie Farquharson's K-O-R-N Filled Allmynack (Gage, 1976)
• Olde Charlie Farquharson's Testament: From Jennysez to Jobe and After Words (MacMillan of Canada, 1978)
• Yer Last Decadent: 1972-1982 (MacMillan of Canada, 1982)
• Cum Buy The Farm (MacMillan of Canada 1987)
• Charlie Farquharson's Unyverse (MacMillan of Canada, 1990)
• Charlie Farquharson's Histry of Canada: ReeVised and More Expansive (MacMillan of Canada, 1992)
• Charlie's A Broad: Travails In Fern Parts (MacMillan of Canada, 1994)

External links

Don Harron on Northern Stars® - Canadians in the Movies: http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsghi/harron.html

• Don Harron at the Internet Movie Database
• Order of Canada Citation