Episode One: The Pedant Menace

There’s a reason the show is called Canada’s Greatest Know It All – because it is filled with people who can’t keep their mouths shut and opinions to themselves, myself included. All the more reason that Daniel’s tough love approach to wrangling was hard to take. It was wonderful to watch the premier and let Daniel’s voice raise my blood pressure again. For some reason my anti-authoritarian streak is so strong that instead of being irritated by my fellow competitors – and let’s face it, we’re a weird bunch so there was a lot of opportunity for that – it was Daniel who drove me crazy. And the poor guy, he seems really nice now that the show is over and I realized even then that he was playing the role that he was hired for, but still, the snooty British “tick tock people!” made me insane.

Anyway, at that point in the show we didn’t know each other that well and were either jockeying for position or sitting back and watching others jockey for position. I ended up doing the latter because I’m really not any good at the former. It sucked to see Bill go. He is a nice guy and we never really got the chance to know him.

Once again, from family and friends I have had an outpouring of support. Here’s a sample:

Email to my dad from Garry, his friend and unknowing contributor to this blog:

Saw Carla on TV the other night, she represented the Davidson clan proudly–photogenic and wise, what a combination. As the show goes on I’m hoping she will reveal the source of her inspiration for being a “know it all.” Could it be her layabout father who never met a crossword puzzle he could solve?
Yours in the struggle,
Garry

And a phone message from my brother in law Jimmy, from Newfoundland – the poor guy had to stay up until 11:30 to watch it – if that’s not love I don’t know what is:

Hi sweetheart. How are you? I must congratulate you now, and let my guard down for a couple seconds now. I’d like to congratulate you on your performance on the Geek Squad. You successfully conquered the first quest, not saying you had strong competition, by no means. Shannon wants me to tell you to be sure to shave your legs before you put on a wetsuit. I’ll be looking forward, if I have time and if people pay me, to watching you on your second debut. Once again, you may have competition onscreen, but sweetheart, you’re no fucking competition to me. God love ya honey.