Alan Thicke
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But I brought Alex Trebek to this country.
I was producing game shows for NBC.
Alex and I were pals, and we put together that first team.
Michael J. Fox played a lot with us back in those days.
So, yeah, we paid our dues.
And I was, in fact, the last great Canadian riot, other than people waiting for Justin Bieber tickets, was in 93, and that was in Montreal.
When the Kings played, the only time the Kings ever made it to the finals, and Montreal won the Stanley Cup that year, and I was there for the last game, and we went and got in the limo.
I was with Bruce McNall, the indicted owner from the felons division.
of the NHL, and we got in the limo afterwards, and the riots started, and guys were jumping on the hood of our car.
It was a life-threatening experience.
They're bouncing the car up and down, and these were the winners.
So this is the last time a Canadian team won.
So you can imagine how they felt in Vancouver when they lost.
It was embarrassing for the city and to some extent for the country.
You know, it's a great city, and they didn't behave like this when they won the national or the international event at the Olympics.
So you'll wonder why they were such bad sports.
But, you know, again, the fans inside the arena, the true hockey fans, acquitted themselves very nicely.
The thugs outside, it was looking like a soccer crowd for a minute.
I had mixed feelings.
I think that the press is incredibly...