Yes You Can (TV program)

Yes You Can was a Canadian children's television series broadcast on CBC Television from 1980 to 1983. Hosted by singer Kevin Gillis, and co-hosted by Trevor Bruneau and Tammy Bourne, the half-hour live-action series was sports-themed and encouraged fitness and good health. Also featured were the comedic Coach Cuddles Ford (played by Patrick Ford), and two animated characters, "Harry Hog" and "Body Man", voiced by Michael Magee.

Yes You Can
Presented by	Kevin Gillis Trevor Bruneau Tammy Bourne
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	36[1]
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	September 19, 1980 (1980-09-19) – March 29, 1983 (1983-03-29)

Each show also featured an appearance from a professional athlete, such as Gordie Howe, Karen Kain and Toller Cranston.

The show was written by Jack Hutchinson and Jamie Wayne, produced by Bill Hunt, directed by Ron Piggott and executive produced by Michael Lansbury.^[2]

Reruns of Yes You Can aired in the launch schedules of TSN and YTV.

Kevin Gillis went on to create and produce The Christmas Raccoons animated special – which led to The Raccoons on Ice, The Raccoons and the Lost Star, The Raccoons: Let's Dance! and The Raccoons animated series. Many of the songs Gillis used the Yes You Can series were later re-recorded and used in the Raccoons animated series.

References

1. Television/Radio Age 1984-02-06: Vol 31 Iss 14. Margaret R. Paul Irrevocable Trust. 6 February 1984. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
2. Rainsberry, Fred B. (1988). A history of children's television in English Canada, 1952-1986. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2079-1. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

External links

• Yes You Can at IMDb
• Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series 1952–1982 (archived)
• Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series – Yes You Can (archived)