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40-428: Puppet People combined pre-taped comedy sketches with a cast of full-size figures. These sketches were played into a game show with children answering questions based on the sketches. Before the show the studio audience was given kazoos and they played the theme song which ended with “Puppet People. Puppet People. Puppet People. Yeah!” A boy contestant was always matched with a girl contestant. Peter megoudis

80-406: A history quiz series, and Just Like Mom . He directed the daytime Canadian coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics from Barcelona . He was also executive producer and director of Canada AM , CTV's TV morning news program. Another pet project included Porthole TV , a show dedicated to cruise ships , for international syndication; Sidney himself hosted many of the episodes, and a new series

120-469: A workforce of 3,083 people, a permanent radio and television installation at the Olympic Stadium and Palau Sant Jordi, and over 50 mobile units for other venues, RTO'92 provided live coverage of all Summer Olympic sports for the first time ever –except for a few preliminary events–, some 2,800 hours of live television footage, to its international rights-holders. The International Broadcast Centre (IBC)

160-920: Is also a TV program creator. Cohen was born in Montreal , Quebec and began his career with CFCF-TV and later CBC Television . In 1967, he served on the administrative staff of Expo '67 (the World's Fair) in Montreal, associated with the TV division and worked with notable TV series, including The Ed Sullivan Show . He relocated to Toronto at the conclusion of Expo '67 to join Screen Gems Productions with TV game show pioneers Dan Enright and Jack Barry . This association began his quiz and game show career. Cohen spent 3 seasons in Ottawa producing and directing numerous series with

200-670: Is in development. In 2007, Cohen directed his second season of the quiz series for the TVtropolis Network, Inside the Box . In 2008, he directed his fifth season of Cooking with the Wolfman for APTN TV and directed @issue , a current affairs series. In 2009, he produced and directed his 8th and final season of Reach for the Top (Ontario), for TVOntario as well as the Canadian national final of

240-445: Is married to Susan M. Cohen, a Toronto-based artist. They have 2 children, Jay Cohen, and Tracy Cohen and 2 beautiful grandchildren, Max and Maggie who are the best 2 grandchildren we could ask for. (Max was born in 2011 Maggie in 2013) This last part was added by Max. 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( Spanish : Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992 , Catalan : Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992 ), officially

280-589: The 1928 games ); Belgrade , Yugoslavia; Birmingham , United Kingdom; Brisbane , Australia; and Paris , France, during the 91st IOC Session in Lausanne , Switzerland . New Delhi , India, had announced a bid for the games, but withdrew in March 1986. With 85 out of 89 members of the IOC voting by secret ballot, Barcelona won a majority of 47 votes. Samaranch abstained from voting. In the same IOC meeting, Albertville, France, won

320-535: The CTV affiliate ( CJOH-TV , before returning to Montreal for 8 years, where he produced and directed for CFCF . In 1972, his first game show for CTV was Puppet People , a series for children featuring live action and puppets interacting. He later produced and directed The Art of Cooking in 1974, the first of 9 cooking series he's directed. In 1976, Cohen started his independent production company Super People Productions, which created many successful TV series, including

360-719: The Catalonia region as a whole, including the deadly 1991 Vic bombing . On 10 July 1992, the group offered a two-month truce covering the Olympics in exchange for negotiations, which the Spanish government rejected. However, the Games went ahead successfully without an attack. The celebration of the 1992 Olympic Games had an enormous impact on the urban culture and outward projection of Barcelona. The Games provided billions of dollars for infrastructure investments, which are considered to have improved

400-469: The European Economic Community and a workforce of over 300 production and technical staff. A total of 225 hours and 45 minutes was broadcast in analog HD-MAC standard in 1,250 lines and 16:9 aspect ratio , with commentary in five languages –Spanish, English, French, German and Italian– in addition to the non-commentary sound track, of eighteen different sports at seventeen venues, as well as

440-726: The Games of the XXV Olympiad ( Spanish : Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada , Catalan : Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92 , were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years. The 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics were

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480-742: The International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT), the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Union of African National Television and Radio Organizations (URTNA), secured the rights for their member broadcasters in their countries. In other countries, broadcast networks secured the rights directly or pooled to secure

520-553: The 1992 Summer Games. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union , twelve of the fifteen new states chose to form a Unified Team , while the Baltic States of Estonia and Latvia sent their own teams for the first time since 1936, and Lithuania sent its own team for the first time since 1928. Bosnia-Herzegovina competed for the first time as an independent nation after its separation from Socialist Yugoslavia , and Namibia and

560-526: The Barcelona games as one of the best Olympics ever. The Games showed a renewed image of democratic Spain and projected Barcelona and the whole Spain to the world. Thanks to the Games, the city of Barcelona was completely transformed; it is thanks to the Olympics that the Barcelona of today is built. All the venues are still active and the legacy of the 1992 Games was taken as an example for future Olympic events, such as London 2012 . The 1992 Summer Games were

600-413: The Games for the first time in 32 years. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was banned due to UN sanctions, but individual Yugoslav athletes were allowed to take part as Independent Olympic Participants . Four then-existing National Olympic Committees did not send any athletes to compete: Afghanistan , Brunei , Liberia and Somalia . 9,356 athletes from 169 NOCs The following table reflects

640-459: The Games. The costs for Barcelona 1992 may be compared with those of London 2012 , which cost US$ 15 billion with a cost overrun of 76%, and those of Rio 2016 which cost US$ 4.6 billion with a cost overrun of 51%. The average cost for the Summer Olympics since 1960 is US$ 5.2 billion, with an average cost overrun of 176%. There were two main musical themes for the 1992 Games. The first one

680-607: The Olympic Village and Olympic Port in Poblenou . New centers were created, and modern sports facilities were built in the Olympic zones of Montjuïc , Diagonal , and Vall d'Hebron ; hotels were also refurbished and new ones built. The construction of ring roads around the city helped to reduce traffic density, and El Prat airport was modernized and expanded with the opening of two new terminals. The Oxford Olympics Study estimates

720-795: The Organisme de radio télévision olympique '92 (ORTO'92) for the Winter Olympics and the Barcelona Organizing Committee created the Ràdio Televisió Olímpica '92 (RTO'92) for the Summer Olympics. RTO'92 managed the staff and the production and technical resources hired to Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió (CCRTV) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). With

760-461: The Puppet People show. He has pitched a modern day version of Puppet People with puppets asking contestants questions on US tax. It has not garnered any interest as of yet. Peter contacted Jerry Layne recently to see if there were any surviving tapes of the show. Jerry informed him that unfortunately CFCF erased over its recordings of the show (which was common practice.). It thus only lives in

800-527: The academic competition. In 2010, he produced and directed the debut season of Who'd You Rather? for Canada's mensTV channel and in 2012 completed season six of Cooking with the Wolfman for APTN TV. In 2014 Sidney completed 3 seasons of Accessibility in Action , a lifestyle/magazine series featuring inspiring stories for Accessible Media's AMI-TV. He currently directs lifestyle programming and some episodes of The Agenda with Steve Paikin for TVO. Sidney

840-539: The broadcast. For Japan, NHK also covered the 1992 Summer Olympics in HDTV in their own analog Hi-Vision system. The Basque nationalist group ETA attempted to disrupt the Barcelona Games with terrorist attacks. It was already feared beforehand that ETA would use the Olympics to gain publicity for their cause in front of a worldwide audience. As the time of the Games approached, ETA committed attacks in Barcelona and

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880-427: The city at the start of the opening ceremony, seconds before the official countdown. " Amigos Para Siempre " ( Friends for Life ) was the other musical theme and it was official theme song of the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black , and sung by Sarah Brightman and José Carreras during the closing ceremonies. Ryuichi Sakamoto composed and conducted some musical pieces at

920-469: The direct costs of the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics to be US$ 9.7 billion (expressed in 2015 U.S. dollars) with a cost overrun of 266%. This includes only sports-related costs, that is: (i) operational costs incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, direct transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services; and (ii) direct capital costs incurred by

960-640: The first since the end of the Cold War , and the first unaffected by boycotts since the 1972 Summer Games . 1992 was also the first year South Africa was re-invited to the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee, after a 32-year ban from participating in international sport due to apartheid . The Unified Team (made up by the former Soviet republics without the Baltic states ) topped

1000-637: The hit game show The Mad Dash , which was revived for Polish TV in 2001. In 1979–80, he directed Say Powww , a local adaptation of the TV POWWW franchise in Los Angeles , hosted by Jack Clark . Cohen returned to Toronto in 1981 to begin production of Thrill of a Lifetime , one of TV's original reality series, telecast internationally and revived in 2002. Through the 1980s and 90s, he produced and directed 21 different series including Midday for CBC Television , Test Pattern for MuchMusic , TimeChase

1040-416: The host city and country or private investors to build the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, media and press center, and similar structures required to host the Games. Costs excluded from the study are indirect capital and infrastructure costs, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for

1080-511: The last games to be staged in the same year. These games were the second and last two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe after the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, held five months earlier. The 1992 Games received universal acclaim, with the organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship, and Spanish public being lauded in the international media. Some media describe

1120-508: The medal table, winning 45 gold and 112 overall medals. Barcelona is the second-largest city in Spain and the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia , and the hometown of then- IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and the famous European club, FC Barcelona . The city was also a host for the 1982 FIFA World Cup . On 17 October 1986, Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics over Amsterdam , Netherlands (the city also hosted

1160-545: The memories of the people who watched the show. The series was the first production for the producer/director Sidney M. Cohen . The Lester puppet once appeared on an episode of The Love Boat . This article about a children's television show originating in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sidney M. Cohen Sidney M. Cohen is a Canadian television director specializing in live multi-camera productions requiring minimal editing and

1200-489: The opening and closing ceremonies. Events from five venues were covered live –80% of the total broadcast time– and other events were recorded for a delayed broadcast. On-screen text and graphics were shown in HDTV for the first time ever. Nearly 700 viewing sites installed throughout Europe, including the fifty HDTV receivers installed in various pavilions at the Seville Universal Exposition , were able to receive

1240-440: The opening ceremony musical score. The Opening Olympic fanfare was composed by Angelo Badalamenti and with orchestrations by Joseph Turrin. The official mascot was Cobi, a Catalan sheepdog in cubist style designed by Javier Mariscal . He was widely featured in merchandising products and starred his own animated television series, The Cobi Troupe . A renewal in Barcelona's image and corporate identity could be seen in

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1280-455: The quality of life in the city, and its attraction for investment and tourism. Barcelona became one of the most visited cities in Europe after Paris , London , and Rome . Barcelona's nomination for the 1992 Summer Olympics sparked the implementation of an ambitious plan for urban transformation that had already been developed previously. Barcelona was opened to the sea with the construction of

1320-454: The right to host the 1992 Winter Games . Paris and Brisbane would eventually be selected to host the 2024 and 2032 Summer Olympics respectively. Barcelona had previously bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics that were ultimately held in Berlin , Germany. The 1992 Summer Olympic programme featured 256 events in the following 25 sports: A total of 169 nations sent athletes to compete in

1360-407: The rights. The Games were covered by the following television and radio broadcasters: The 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics were the first in which a comprehensive coverage in high-definition television (HDTV) was attempted. The European HDTV broadcast of the Summer Olympics was managed by the joint venture "Barcelona 1250" created by RTO'92, RTVE, Retevisión and PESA, with the financial support of

1400-425: The top ten nations in terms of total medals won at the 1992 Games (the host nation is highlighted). In order to guarantee that the international signal was produced objectively and impartially, for the first time in Olympic history, a host broadcaster was expressly created for each of the 1992 Olympic Games instead of delegating responsibility to a national host broadcaster. The Albertville Organizing Committee created

1440-527: The unified team of Yemen (previously North and South Yemen ) also made their Olympic debuts. Croatia and Slovenia made their first Summer Olympic appearance at these games, having participated at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville . The 1992 Summer Olympics notably marked Germany competing as a unified team for the first time since 1964 and the first time since 1936 as a single nation following German reunification . South Africa returned to

1480-575: The water, the overhead camera dolly on a track along the canopy of the Olympic Stadium for the 35 metres (115 ft) high zenithal shot of the athletics track, the stabilized optic gyro-zoom cameras, the super slow motion PAL camera and the microcamera on the high jump bar. To cover the Games, major international broadcasting unions such as the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU),

1520-404: Was " Barcelona ", a classical crossover song composed five years earlier by Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran ; Mercury was an admirer of lyric soprano Montserrat Caballé , both recorded the official theme as a duet. Due to Mercury's death eight months earlier, the duo was unable to perform the song together during the opening ceremony. A recording of the song instead played over a travelogue of

1560-464: Was located at the exhibition halls of Fira de Barcelona in Montjuïc. NHK and Panasonic developed the 1/2" DX digital system used to record the Games digitally for the first time. Also new were the underwater camera dolly on a track at the bottom of the swimming pool, the underwater microcameras at the bottom of the water polo pool, the periscope camera capable of transmit shots from below and above

1600-566: Was one of the contestants in 1974. He won some science books and a years supply of C plus orange juice (which only lasted 5 months, what with all his friends coming to partake). He still remembers with embarrassment how in the audition interview he did not know that Clark Kent was superman (well one was wearing glasses, the other not). He thought he blew right there his one time chance for fame. It took him 40 years before he could get back on TV, this time on BNN to talk about US taxation. He does not remember being asked any US tax questions during

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