Time of Your Life (Canadian TV series)
| Time of Your Life | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Harry Jakobs and Maryse Wilder |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV (CFCF-TV) |
| Original release |
1988 – 1989 Syndicated in French Quebecois and international markets (such as Israel, France, Australia, and Mexico, including eastern parts of the US) as show title CAMPUS = 1989-1997 |
Time of Your Life was a Canadian television soap opera which ran production from August 1988 to May 1989. The series was created by producer Harry Jakobs and Maryse Wilder, Rhea Cohen and Maurice Thevenet. The series was shot in Montreal, in a studio with built sets in an industrial lot warehouse on Royalmount and The Decarie Expressway near Montreal's racetrack Blue Bonnets and Orange Julep. It was loosely based on the low budget Canadian independent feature Rebel High (a modern 1980s High School Confidential). The series debuted on October 17, 1988 and was aired right after the American soap opera General Hospital at 4pm, daily Monday through Friday replacing Bob Barker's The Price Is Right. Making it at that period Canada's first daily syndicated soap opera with all 130 episodes shot two weeks in advance to air date until completion of the first season cliffhanger.
Storylines
The series covered many subjects including drug use, rape, cults, suicide, alcoholism, bullying, abortion, pornography and homosexuality.
Cast
- Jason Cavalier Leboeuf ... Mickey
- Dawna Wightman ... Phoebe
- Ara Carrera ... Christine
- Kara Feifer ... Lisa
- Scott Armstrong ... James
- Alan Legros ... Eddie
- Richard Raybourne ... Matt
- Francoise Robertson ... Laura
Writers
The writing team experienced extreme turnover during the first (and only) season. The first lead writer, for example, remained with the show for only two weeks.
- Nancy Klein ... Lead Writer
- Evan Keliher ... Lead Writer
- Bryan Zako ... Lead Writer
- Stanley White ... Writer
- Nick Rotari ... Writer
- Greg Lipper ... Writer
Crew
- Avinoam Dimari .... director
- Stephen G Blanchard .... production manager
- Mark Feifer .... executive producer
Trivia
- Cinar studios which is well known for producing award winning animated children's series such as Caillou was where the French translations were post produced by Natalie Rosen.
- RDS CEO Dominic Vanelli was once a floor manager.
- Award winning DOP David Franco (Graceland w Kevin Costner) was one of the first camera ops to become DOP on the series.
- The local hang out for the kids on the series was called Harry's Place, named after producer and co-creator Harry Jakobs.
- During mid-season, production stopped due to a strike by the cast who felt underpaid. The cast got a raise, and production resumed.
- The series was syndicated in Canada and around the world, becoming very popular in some countries.