"ImagiNation: The Golden Age of Toronto Kids' TV - New book out 10.14.25. Retro content 👑 @iHeartRadioCA contributor. 60 million YouTube views 📺
Joined November 2010
- Tweets 8,515
- Following 370
- Followers 5,911
- Likes 4,985
4,200 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
18 Mar 2025
So excited to announce the publication of my first book! Releasing this Fall from @DundurnPress, ImagiNation: The Golden Age of Toronto Kids’ TV is a memory-filled trip for anyone who spent their childhood staring at the squawk box: imagination.retrontario.com/
3
8
36
3,426
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
Let me take you back to 1993 in Toronto Canada.
McDonald’s had 23 outlets in Skydome and guess who they employed? 1600 Teenagers aged 16 to 18 years old.
These jobs were not meant to be careers, they were a way for teens to earn some money for the summer and post secondary school.
253
1,215
8,213
318,170
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE – PAST & PRESENT WITH GUY HENDRIX DYAS AND PLAID... youtu.be/vTtGK9tYH44?si=yF2m… via @YouTube
631
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
Take a nostalgic trip through the golden age of Toronto kids’ television bit.ly/WTYm126 In this episode of @ChamplainSoc Witness to Yesterday, Ed Conroy shares the story behind over 100 children’s programs produced in Toronto between the 1950s and 2000.
2
2
313
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
May 22
From Mr. Dressup and Degrassi to @tvo's Polka Dot Door and Today’s Special, Toronto‑made kids’ TV shaped generations. @ColinEllis81 talks with Ed Conroy (@retrontario) about his book “ImagiNation,” and why these shows still matter. youtu.be/faGOWNnK3hQ?si=IOa6…
1
2
3
785
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
May 22
Many people, myself included, may not know that Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood has a Toronto connection. Cultural historian Ed Conroy (@retrontario) explains in our interview for @therundowntvo
youtube.com/shorts/1GMc0r9NL…
1
3
2
988
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
Before streaming, there was something magical about after-school TV. This week’s @ChamplainSoc Witness to Yesterday dives into the creativity, imagination, and lasting impact of Toronto’s kids’ TV golden age. Listen: bit.ly/WTYm126 @retrontario @dundurnpress
2
1
237
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
May 14
matt and jay shouldve done speakers corner when it was still around so they could try and get a gig at the rivoli
i wish matt and jay were on streetview in toronto somewhere.. has anyone done a deep investigation into this. they've been running around outside for like 20 years surely they got captured ONCE
3
20
1,633
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
May 13
Toronto‑made kids’ TV helped shape culture far beyond Ontario — and it deserves to be preserved not just as nostalgia, but as art, says cultural historian Ed Conroy (@retrontario). The author of “ImagiNation” talks with @ColinEllis81, tonight at 8pm
1
3
4
1,960
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
May 13
Tonight, we examine whether Canada should enter Eurovision with Nomi Claire Lazar (@uOttawa) and @KarenFricker2 (@BrockUniversity).
Then, I speak to cultural historian Ed Conroy (@retrontario) about the golden age of Toronto kids' TV.
8/11pm @therundowntvo
3
3
716
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
Before streaming, there was something magical about after-school TV. This week’s @ChamplainSoc Witness to Yesterday dives into the creativity, imagination, and lasting impact of Toronto’s kids’ TV golden age. Listen at: bit.ly/WTYm126
@retrontario @dundurnpress
3
2
284
Dan McLean, a legendary broadcaster who spent more than 30 years as the face of CHCH News, has died. He was 78.
chch.com/chch-news/longtime-…
123
213
1,246
78,426
Apr 16
Citytv Star Trek: Deep Space 9 Series Finale Live (1999) 🖖 youtu.be/tpV_PKYkUn8?si=TIKX… via @YouTube
2
574
LOST MEDIA - ONTARIO PLACE "SEA TREK" LASERDISC (1994) youtu.be/8LFr06pbDs8?si=-uAE… via @YouTube
1
3
693
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
According to popular legend, Heinz Canada pulled this 1980 ketchup ad because the music brought back painful memories for WW1 vets.
That may or may not be true, but I do remember that the song would bring tears to my grandfather's eyes.
Via @retrontario #throwbackthursday
1
14
110
9,962
Mar 31
CITYPULSE - STEPHEN LEWIS (R.I.P.) COMMENTARY (1980) youtu.be/YltbcJpcFNA?si=3e4Y… via @YouTube
2
10
979
‘Take off, eh!’: ‘SCTV’ to stream in its entirety for the first time on Prime Video
cp24.com/news/entertainment/…
10
37
198
17,920
Retrontario 📺🇨🇦✨ retweeted
“ImagiNation: The Golden Age of Toronto Kids’ TV” author Ed Conroy (@retrontario) joins our host @JeffSammut on tomorrow's new episode! Listen on rememberingpodcast.com & your favourite podcast platform.
2
3
385
Jan 31
COMING UP ROSIE - CATHERINE O'HARA & JOHN CANDY'S FIRST TV APPEARANCE TO... youtu.be/9B042DhgGFo?si=xTSH… via @YouTube
1
6
1,732
Jan 30
ONTARIO RACES CATHERINE O'HARA & DAVE THOMAS (1989) youtu.be/dOyvKUWFVyk?si=t4Ap… via @YouTube
1
2
7
3,966