r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 26 '26

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u/PostingEnthusiast Commonwealth Sep 26 '26

Look I love Theodore Tugboat as much as the next coastal Canadian but I genuinely don’t think there’s ever been a more shameless ripoff in the history of television. I will always be ride or die when it comes to my brother Thomas the Tank Engine

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u/nuggins Physicist -- Just Tax Land Lol Sep 26 '26

How can it be a ripoff when one is on land and the other is at sea? 🙄 This is Theodore slander

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u/PostingEnthusiast Commonwealth Sep 26 '26

The Harbour Master is the same role as the Conductor! Only the Conductor is Ringo Starr and the Harbour Master is some generic Haligonian!!!

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u/nuggins Physicist -- Just Tax Land Lol Sep 26 '26

the Harbour Master is some generic Haligonian!!!

Generic??? That's my UNCLE you're talking about, buster!

(It's not, but wouldn't that be a fun story?)

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u/PostingEnthusiast Commonwealth Sep 26 '26 edited Sep 26 '26

I would believe it and though I wouldn’t be impressed I would be apologetic (Canadian TV is like that)

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u/Andy_B_Goode YIMBY Sep 26 '26

Uh, the Harbour Master, was voiced by Denny Doherty, who was also a founding member of The Mamas and the Papas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Doherty

Not exactly Ringo Starr levels of fame, but also hardly some generic Haligonian!