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Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:57 am**

First there was the Fireplace Channel, a continuous loop of the sights and sounds of a crackling fire. Then there followed the Aquarium Channel, targetted, I guess, to those who want the visual of swimming fish without having to clean the tank. And then the Sunset Channel, for those who want to enjoy a great view without shelling out for a vacation.

But now, all of these have been eclipsed by my cable company deciding to broadcast the blithering idiocy that is, wait for it...

THE ROTISSERIE CHANNEL

Hour after hour of nothing but watching rows of chickens roasting on a spit. Who could have POSSIBLY imagined that this would be a good idea?

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:11 am**

I would much prefer that to 99% of 'reality' TV Scoot...

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:42 am**

Linky?

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:03 am**

Sorry, no link, just what I can see on my TV screen as I surf.

You can see a list of the channels offered by my cable provider here - the channels I am talking about are in the "General" section.

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:08 am**

That's Canada for ya.

(I heard about this coming)

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:10 am**

Next up; "The Drying Paint Channel..."

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:07 am**

Rotisserie Channel spinning in a TV near you

Sarah Millar
Toronto Star

The Fireplace Channel is so passé, now it’s all about the Rotisserie Channel.

Yes, you read that right: The Rotisserie Channel — a channel that’s dedicated to showing spinning, cooking chickens 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The channel will be launched Feb. 28 on channel 208. Unlike the Fireplace Channel, which launched an HD version on Rogers at Christmas, the Rotisserie Channel will only be available in standard definition.

Rogers was approached with the idea by the Swiss Chalet chain of restaurants and their advertising firm, BBDO Toronto. While Rogers has other 24/7 channels — the Aquarium Channel and the Sunset Channel — this is the first time a company has approached the cable company with their own proposal.

“We were really excited,” Mark Daprato, Swiss Chalet’s vice-president of business development said about the company’s reaction when the idea was brought to them by BBDO.

Discussions about the Rotisserie Channel have been in the works for a couple months, he said. After the restaurant’s recent commercial, which shows an employee filming the rotisserie chickens for a TV channel, Swiss Chalet began to engage with its customers online to see if they would like a real rotisserie channel. Daprato said they had great online reaction to the idea.

Rogers spokeswoman Kathy Murphy said the company has gotten positive feedback from their customers about the Fireplace Channel. What the reaction will be about the Rotisserie Channel remains unknown.

“We don’t want to count our chickens before they hatch,” Murphy said, “this is a first for us.”

While the Swiss Chalet is behind the channel, Daprato said the station will remain “largely unbranded.” A coupon code will pop up on it once in awhile for users to key into the restaurant’s Facebook page for a deal.

“We really want this to be about celebrating rotisserie chicken,” Daprato said. “This is what we do. We serve chicken Canadians love.”

Swiss Chalet has begun promoting the channel with a YouTube video (below) released Wednesday on its Facebook page.

Murphy said Rogers will monitor feedback from its customers about the channel, which is set to run for 13 weeks.

For those who do not get Rogers cable, the Rotisserie Channel will also be available on Swiss Chalet’s website.

http://www.thestar.com/business/article ... v-near-you

And here it is: Srsly.

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:24 am**

“We were really excited,” Mark Daprato, Swiss Chalet’s vice-president of business development said

Anyone else think Mark needs to get out more?

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:55 am**

But... but.... doesn't it burn and turn all black and crispy?

Good news is that at 8:30 they have a variety show - some beef, a few veggies, pork sosaties. The Greek lamb will be featured on their "Spits On the World" segment

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:58 am**

I want some of what he is smoking... WOW! How stoned does one have to be to want to... or be unable to watch anything else?

Now, my spin to at least make it interesting/marketable: would be (and if I was Mark Burnet(?) .)

I would at least start with different brands of Rotisseries. Start the show with the preparation process. (Ala Iron Chef) and then take bets on which one gets done first. (Ala Vegas style: I'll bet on anything attitude! Hey that's not preying on the unaware; they are already addicted to TV! So they get what they want And deserve. A Win Win! ) And finish with a judging of the final product... Chicken/meal/ -ticket to 2 minutes of fame and who gets voted off the island and banished to the Cable backwater forever.

This could all be accomplished with a minimal budget. A couple of smarmy promos and this could be a big hit!!

Dang!@ I should be in TV...

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:05 am**

If I was stoned, I'd prefer to watch chocolate being made.

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:15 am**

Actually Hen, that's a very interesting process. I watched the Discovery Channel Documentary. Cool stuff.

Also watched the History Channel Documentary. Very cool.

Also watched the Crime All the Time Channel that had something correlating to Chocolate and cocaine being the same thing.

Hang about love. I know it's here somewhere...

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:49 pm**

Its those long dark winter nights.

You live too far north.

yrs,
rubato

Posted: **Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:57 pm**

Who watches that?

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:57 am**

I don't have the time to surf that long.

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:09 am**

This Rotisserie Channel better have a disclaimer abuut how (un)healthy those chickens are. Also a calorie count, fat content and if they are free range or "indsutrialy" grown chickens and how much (if any) growth hormones they contain and a picture (video prefered) of what happens to your insides if you eat them.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:10 pm**

Dang!@ I should be in TV...

With your insight perhaps you should be on TV.........

Posted: **Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:29 pm**

I wouldn't mind watching this "Rotmann" (gee, isn't that appropriate) spammer roasting slowly on a spit....

In fact, I might even shell out a few bucks for pay per view for that.....

ETA
Oh gee...

It took me so long to get around to writing this message that I see that our ever vigilante eagle-eyed admins have already sent Rotmann into cyber oblivion....

Posted: **Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:35 pm**

Speaking of TV

Oh gee

The name of the girl who loved Magilla Gorilla.

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