Monday, April 23, 2012

Bubbles





Mike Smith (Bubbles) is a Canadian actor born and raised in Thorburn, Nova Scotia. Mike Smith started as a musician in 1992 his career took off he played guitar in the band Sandbox. The band immediately signed a record deal with EMI. After the band Sandbox broke up in 1998, Mike Smith went to work as being as sound mixer on TV and film. The director of the Trailer Park Boys originally hired Mike Smith to do the sound on the black and white movie of 1999 Trailer Park Boys. Mike Clattenburg heard Mike Smith doing the impression of "Bubbles" backstage for the crew, he knew right away that Mike Smith was the man for the job. Mike Smith never had acted before, but he accepted the offer. It wasn't until season 3 that Mike Smith appeared on the show Trailer Park Boys.

Since the Trailer Park Boys, Mike Smith has appeared on many tours with George Canyon, Tragically Hip, Snow, and Rush.  Mike Smith wrote, produced, and starred in the show Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour'.

The reason I chose to do Mike Smith is because I found him to be quite funny, but at the same time he tries to make the best out of every situation when he stars as Bubbles on the Trailer Park Boys, like whenever Ricky and Julian get into an argument over money or drugs, Bubbles always tries to calm the situation down.

Here is one of the works and an interview of the band Sandbox in 1996.

Bonus Bubbles

Mike Smith actually has a bar in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In it there are shopping carts hanging over the bar.









Does Media Influence Us? I think so


This post is talking about how Youtube a multi-million dollar corporation is letting small business owners advertise their products or name in the videos. Youtube was to anounce this today. The media being produced is mass media on Youtube. I diagree with the article's position a Youtube user goes on Youtube to watch a video of their choice, they don't go on there to watch 5 minutes of advertisements before you watch what you want to watch.