“Barth and the Health Inspector”
Canadian actor Les Lye, “Barth” of classic Ottowan kids TV comedy show You Can’t Do That On Television, passed away today at the age of 84.
For those unfamiliar, the premise of every Barth sketch is as follows: Barth is the proprietor of a burger joint, Barth’s Burgers, frequented by the show’s cast presumably by government mandate as Canada, of course, is widely known for its socialized burger program. The burgers are of such vile quality that the kids are compelled to speculate as to the source of the eponymous meat, to which the ill-sanitized restauranteur responds “D’Iyyyyyyye heard that!” then betrays his recipe as being primarily human-based. Then everyone vomits theatrically and with exaggerated gesticulations.
Goodbye, Barth. You will be missed. You too, Alanis.
