Tada! The very first issue of our very first newsletter. 

‘Life Stories’ hopes to inform and amuse you with celebrity video clips, articles and images from YLP and the wider worlds of film and TV,  humour, surviving the pandemic and anything else we want to get off our chest.

Wacky parties, how-to pieces, really ugly formal wear and, naturally, some fun memories from 35 years of making movies and meeting some pretty amazing people.

Sure, we’ll engage in a little shameless self-promotion, but will try to keep it to a minimum.

Why ‘Life Stories’? Because our primary pursuit is chronicling and celebrating people’s lives.

Please let us know what you think of the first issue.

Thanks,

Bob Pomerantz, founder, YLP

Life Legends

Memories of Ted Rogers

I first met Ted Rogers in the early 1990s when he took part in several tribute videos we did for friends and colleagues of his. What struck me: He was very tall; very friendly; would always appear in a beautiful yet rumpled suit and, above all, he made me feel important by asking questions about me and my business.



He might have been a communications and broadcasting titan and, for a while, Canada’s 5th richest person, but, boy, was he ever down to earth.

So I was thrilled when, in 2002, Ted was being feted as B’nai Brith Toronto’s “person of the year” and I was asked to do a funny tribute video about him. The biopic was hosted by former Global TV anchor Peter Kent and a highlight was a phony “Q&A” between Rogers and Kent.

From the Vault

Can you identify the Academy Award-winning actor who appeared at the very end of our 1989 mockumentary,”the Maltese Stikeman?” Watch this clip.