|
|
Toronto, Ontario - Mike Myers is cool. Not just for creating wonderful characters like Wayne from Wayne's World, Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery, and the voice of Shrek, but for being there when the chips are down. When Toronto was hit with the SARS crisis and morale was in a downward spiral, Myers headed for the Tonight Show in his Maple Leaf sweater and gave the city a boost. Myers appeared in a commercial with Gilda Radner at the age of 9 (she played his mother), then after graduating high school he polished his skills (like so many other top comedians), at Second City in Toronto. At that time it was in the Firehall Theatre on Lombard St. This building is now Gilda's Club. From there he went on to the Theatre's Chicago troupe (where he met is wife at a hockey game), and then to Saturday Night Live in New York, which was created and produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels. In 2002 a street near the neighbourhood where Myers grew up was named for him. In 2007 Myers shot the movie Love Guru in Toronto. |
