Ray Guy (humorist)
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Ray Guy is a Newfoundland
journalist and humourist, best known for his satirical newspaper and magazine columns.
Ray Guy was born in Come By Chance
, Placentia Bay
, Newfoundland
, on 22 April 1939, to George Hynes and Alice Louise Guy, but was raised and schooled in Arnold's Cove http://www.mun.ca/2001report/index.php?includefile=menu/honour.php§ion=10&includefile1=content/honour/guy.php, the community that was to provide fodder for many of his columns.
Guy studied journalism at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
. After graduation, he wrote for the St. John's Evening Telegram
1963-1974, and his columns also appeared in magazines such as Atlantic Insight and the Newfoundland Quarterly. His output included political satire and humorous essays on life in a Newfoundland outport life. His columns in the Evening Telegram often criticised the policies and ridiculed the excesses of Premier Joseph Smallwood, during a time that political opposition to Smallwood was ineffectual. In 1977, he received the Stephen Leacock Award for his collection That Far Greater Bay (1976).
In 1979, Gordon Pinsent
created Up at Ours, a half-hour CBC St. John's
television series that starred Mary Walsh as the owner of a boarding house and Ray Guy as the principal boarder.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294212/ In 1985, Walsh appeared in and directed a stage play written by Guy, Young Triffie's Been Made Away With, which Walsh directed as a film in 2006, promoted in some markets under the shorter title Young Triffie
. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481393/
Guy also appeared as a commentator on the CBC St. John's news program Here & Now. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Memorial University of Newfoundland
in 2001.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
journalist and humourist, best known for his satirical newspaper and magazine columns.
Ray Guy was born in Come By Chance
Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador
Come By Chance is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1 on Placentia Bay.Located in this town is Newfoundland's only oil refinery, the Come By Chance Refinery operated by North Atlantic Refining Company, which has a capacity of .According to...
, Placentia Bay
Placentia Bay
Placentia Bay is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It is formed by Burin Peninsula on the west and Avalon Peninsula on the east. Fishing grounds in the bay were used by native people long before the first European fishermen arrived in the 16th century. For a time, the...
, Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
, on 22 April 1939, to George Hynes and Alice Louise Guy, but was raised and schooled in Arnold's Cove http://www.mun.ca/2001report/index.php?includefile=menu/honour.php§ion=10&includefile1=content/honour/guy.php, the community that was to provide fodder for many of his columns.
Guy studied journalism at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
Ryerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
. After graduation, he wrote for the St. John's Evening Telegram
The Telegram
The Telegram is a daily newspaper published in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:The Evening Telegram was first published on April 3, 1879 by William James Herder. It adopted its current name in 1998, although it was also briefly published under this name in 1881...
1963-1974, and his columns also appeared in magazines such as Atlantic Insight and the Newfoundland Quarterly. His output included political satire and humorous essays on life in a Newfoundland outport life. His columns in the Evening Telegram often criticised the policies and ridiculed the excesses of Premier Joseph Smallwood, during a time that political opposition to Smallwood was ineffectual. In 1977, he received the Stephen Leacock Award for his collection That Far Greater Bay (1976).
In 1979, Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...
created Up at Ours, a half-hour CBC St. John's
CBNT
CBNT-DT, channel 8, is a television station in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It serves as the CBC Television station for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The station went on the air on October 1, 1964, as previous CBC...
television series that starred Mary Walsh as the owner of a boarding house and Ray Guy as the principal boarder.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294212/ In 1985, Walsh appeared in and directed a stage play written by Guy, Young Triffie's Been Made Away With, which Walsh directed as a film in 2006, promoted in some markets under the shorter title Young Triffie
Young Triffie
Young Triffie the movie, directed by Mary Walsh, is a dark comedy written by Ray Guy, a Newfoundland essayist, based on his own play entitled Young Triffie's Been Made Away With ....
. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481393/
Guy also appeared as a commentator on the CBC St. John's news program Here & Now. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...
in 2001.
Select bibliography
- You May Know Them As Sea Urchins, Ma'am (1975)
- That Far Greater Bay (1976)
- Outhouses of the East [photography by Sherman Hines] (1978)
- Beneficial Vapors [sic?] (1981)
- An Heroine for Our Time (1983)
- This Dear and Fine Country (1985)
- Ray Guy's Best (1987)
- Ray Guy: The Smallwood Years (2008)