One man's quest to be a somebody in Canadian TV
JR Digs has an impossible dream: to be a Canadian TV talk show host. It is his quest to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far.
Right now he’s following it in a 1991 Ford Econoline van.
Digs is the host of Man in a Van , a 2011 Gemini nominee for Canada’s Best Talk Series. It’s basically him in the van he bought three years ago for $1,200, driving and talking until he picks up whoever he is interviewing.
There are three cameras wired into the van. Sometimes he gets close to big-name celebrities like Jeff Goldblum and Dane Cook. He’s had a few “almosts” in his van, including Tom Cruise (“until,” explains Digs, “his people found out the show actually takes place in a van.”). Occasionally things get dangerous. The Iron Sheik — a pre-disco era wrestling icon — once climbed into Digs van and put the up-for-anything host in a “camel clutch.”
The series airs before or after Saturday Night Live on Global depending where you live in Canada. In Toronto, it can be seen at 2 a.m.
Digs, who says he’s “pushing 40, but don’t ask from which way,” has been making low-budget, guerrilla comedy TV shows for 10 years. If you’ve never heard of him, don’t feel out of the loop. JR Digs is the Ed Wood of Canadian television, a borrowed credit card away from making Van 9 from Outer Space .
After a world of hustle, he found himself up against two big-name contenders at Wednesday’s Gemini Awards ceremony: Peter Mansbridge (for his CBC News Network interview series One on One ) and George Stroumboulopoulos (CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight ). To no one’s surprise, including Digs, Strombo won.
“But he couldn’t have been more gracious and gave me a shout-out in his acceptance speech,” says Digs, who noted that Mansbridge now follows him on Twitter. “How amazing is that?” he says. “I didn’t know how to tweet it out so I just told people.
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Later, David Letterman became his hero. “He was different, not afraid to ask the dumb question,” says Digs, who saw his future and decided to follow that star. He's already demonstrated he's ready to march into hell for his heavenly cause.
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