Johnnie Walters is a Canadian-born
broadcaster best known for his long affiliation with
CKCO-TV in Kitchener, Ontario.
Walters hosted Trivia Company on CKCO
from 1983 to 1988. This half-hour show was done in a
game show format, and featured Walters taking a mobile
unit on the street asking various people trivia
questions for cash prizes that were often accompanied by
a "Certificate of Genius". On the latter was written a
brief but grandiloquent speech, read on-air by the
prize-winner, which proclaimed them "A genius, and
certainly not a jerk." Walters frequently reacted
exuberantly whenever contestants indicated they might
have an inkling of what the answer might be (and
sometimes even when they didn't), bellowing his
catchphrase, "This guy (or lady) knows the answer!"
stentoriously to draw in passersby to the spectacle in
front of the camera. The show was revived in 1992 by
CFPL-TV in London and CFTO-TV in Toronto and finished
production in 1994.
Walters was also an occasional
fill-in weatherman on the late edition of CKCO news,
becoming one of those who wore the classic CKCO red
jacket.
Thanks to
Scott Catton for the following 1984 episode. There
are a few minutes of previous programming prior to the
start of the show.
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