Joe Smolij - always entertaining to watch!
Memories of chess at Yonge and Gould
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Memories of chess at Yonge and Gould
January 17, 2021
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Joe Smolij's name keeps coming up and well he should. He is a classic Canadian icon no matter what you feel about him and Ive heard many different versions. I played him, I exchanged witticisms with him, and watched him many more times. I never seen a video of him but maybe we should do a documentary. I think Erik Malmsten (and I seriously mean this with respect) could do the starring role of Joe. I think with good makeup, lomger hair and muddying the beard, and lots of work on the accent ( and of course the trademark touque/cap) it would be a hit and maybe we could have Lawrence Day as the opponent. That would make a priceless documentary, an all time keeper.
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Originally posted by Hans Jung View PostJoe Smolij's name keeps coming up and well he should. He is a classic Canadian icon no matter what you feel about him and Ive heard many different versions. I played him, I exchanged witticisms with him, and watched him many more times. I never seen a video of him but maybe we should do a documentary. I think Erik Malmsten (and I seriously mean this with respect) could do the starring role of Joe. I think with good makeup, lomger hair and muddying the beard, and lots of work on the accent ( and of course the trademark touque/cap) it would be a hit and maybe we could have Lawrence Day as the opponent. That would make a priceless documentary, an all time keeper.Last edited by Ken MacDonald; Sunday, 17th January, 2021, 05:56 PM.
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Speed chess master Joe Smolij, Toronto, 1982
From new book by Avard Woolaver -- "Toronto in Colour: the 1980s" - available at Blurb Books.
https://www.blurb.ca/b/10492916-toro...lour-the-1980s...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.
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