Talk:Due South

message: 1) In other words, the man's name includes the Raymond.  It was an integral part of the character's development. SB added.
Ray: Yes, I think. Look, I'm not Ray. I mean, I am Ray, but I'm not Ray Vecchio. I'm... Kowalski. Stanley Raymond Kowalski.
Fraser: Your name is Stanley Kowalski?
Ray: Look, my Dad had a thing for Brando. Me, it was always Steve McQueen. So I go by Ray.
Fraser: Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ray Kowalski. [they shake hands]
(Dialogue courtesy of 'Real due South' http://www.realduesouth.net/) (Is that sufficient citation for a website?)
2) Could a pic of Kowalski be included?
Ashlan 23:52, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stanley Raymond Kowalski 

message: Does anyone know for 100% (quote/ref from somewhere) if officially, the shows title is due South or Due South? I always thought it was without the initial capitalization, but someone has changed this, citing that on allianceatlantis.com they capitalize it (a google search of their site doesnt show any useful pages, only pdf's mentioning the show). However on all official products I've seen, books, DVDs, the shows titles, the 'd' is clearly not capitalized. On this Paul Gross website  it is uncapitalized as well as a number of fansites  I've seen. Since both of those sites seem to be pretty comprehensive regarding the show, I'd assume they'd have it right? I am aware that some sites capitalize it, but is that because they're not aware its supposed to be uncapitalized? Thoughts anyone? -- Lewis 22:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was wondering about this. It would be nice to keep the capitalization standardised throughout the article (a petty concern, I know) --Lucian Gregory 16:58, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, I'd just also prefer it to be the correct way too. I dont want to switch it back to uncapitalized without some sort of consensus as someone already changed it back citing that the small d is just a logo design choice, but isnt everything that does this like eBay and so forth just a design choice too? -- Lewis 17:27, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization 

message: It was previously reported here (and elsewhere online) that every episode of the show featured "defenestration of some kind or other", which isn't true.  Episodes often feature characters jumping out of windows under varying degrees of duress, but for example, in the episode "They Eat Horses, Don't They?" the nearest anyone comes is Fraser leaning out of a window to talk to someone on the street.
: Well, there is the scene of Fraser jumping out of the window from the Pilot in the title sequence of every episode. I know it doesn't really count, but anyway...! --Guypuz 17:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defenestration 

message: Is tvmilk.com spamming this page via a robot, or is it a misguided human?  There's an allegation at talk.thewb.com that tvmilk is a pirated DVD site, and I see little sign of human intervention in these repeated commentless anonymous edits.
FlashSheridan 16:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It happened again; I've reported this on the Spam blacklist page.
—FlashSheridan 17:08, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  tvmilk.com link-spam bot? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Duesouthcd1.jpg

message: Having learned that the wolfdog was named after Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker, I surmise the reaction for Canadians is similar to that of Americans when they hear of comic strip / cartoon cat Garfield being named after President James A. Garfield. --BlueNight (talk) 17:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diefenbaker and Garfield 

message: So if there is a mention of Steve Smith in the article, should we put in that Patrick McKenna (Harold) is in the episode "Pizzas and Promises" as one of the car salesmen?SmartSped (talk) 06:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red Green Actors 

message: In the article it says,   When Fraser was asked by an official for his mother's maiden name, he answered, 'Pinsent.'  I don't get it. Katie  ( Let's talk!! ) 16:37, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Name Thing 

message: I find it odd that there is no mention of the iconic Buick Riviera in the article. It is seen in most (if not all of) the episodes, it is a part of the plot of some episodes and is frequently referenced by name by characters in the programme. I'm not saying that there should be a lot written about it, but surely it deserves a line somewhere in the article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.99.115 (talk) 22:14, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ray's Car 

message: In a 1996 episode of The Pretender series, in the epilogue of the show, when asked where she thought Jarod had gone, Miss Parker responded that she was sure that he went "South, Due South", implying the direction. In the next scene, Jarod can be seen participating in the RCMP Musical Ride, referring instead to this series and implying she might not know quite as much about Jarod.
Does anybody remember which episode this was?
Nutster (talk) 02:34, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference in Pretender 

message: Does anyone have a good source for the reason why he left the show? In the actor's article there's a mention of filming commitments, but no source or more detailed explanation. Considering he was one of the main actors this should deserve a sentence or two. --MikeZ (talk) 02:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Finally got ahold of the the documentary that was made for the final UK DVD box in 2006 (Due South - Ride Forever). While the show had been canceled after the 2nd David was looking for new projects. He had already committed himself to a project for CBS when the news reached him that media companies in Europe were so interested in the show that they got on board as investors. Since it wasn't possible to arrange the American project and Due South for the same time, David had to make a choice and honor his commitment. That's how the show lost one of its main actors. Is the documentary with the cast interviews enough, or is it necessary to provide a print/online reference? 
--MikeZ (talk) 09:26, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Use  
Angry Mustelid (talk) 00:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: David Marciano's exit

message: We're trying to get the SS Edmund Fitzgerald article ready for submittal to the tough FA review process.   There is a section about a 2 part Due South episode "Mountie on the Bounty" which parallels the Edmund Fitzgerald here SS Edmund Fitzgerald#Theatre and television and a song that was used for the show.  The gist of our discussion here Talk:SS Edmund Fitzgerald#More on citations
is that the only sourcing for the whole thing looks weak (a dialog by the musical artist on what appears to be the artist's web site) which may force us to delete the whole section.   Is there anybody here who might be able to source it?  Thanks   Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 23:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The only source I know off the top of my head is the documentary (Due South - Ride Forever) which was part of the bonus material for the DVD set. What's written in your article is a straight-forward summary of what lead actor and producer Paul Gross said when he was talking about that episode. --MikeZ (talk) 23:32, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Someone else came to the article talk page and is also trying to help.   Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 11:52, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Haven't heard from the other person. Any chance you could you give us cite type info on the DVD and or documentary? Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 16:39, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  It was mentioned once in Ride Forever (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857258/), but since my brother currently has my Due South DVDs here's a transcript from the 2006 ITV documentary "Southbound" (no IMDB entry): "I had a couple of songs that we stuck in a couple of shows. One of them worked perfectly for the show "Mountie On The Bounty". We had wanted to use a song that Gordon Lightfoot had written about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which is a lakeboat that sank in Lake Superior, and the families of the sailors who were lost really didn't want us to use it. So then we were stuck. So Jay and I sat down and wrote our own invented boat wreck song." --MikeZ (talk) 22:33, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks! North8000 (talk) 22:38, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Having trouble with Due South section in [[SS Edmund Fitzgerald]] article  

message: There seems to be some inconsistency in whether we treat the series as having three or four seasons.
* Lead - "...ran for four seasons."
* Infobox - "3 seasons"
* History section - explains why we use both 3 and 4, but written a bit confusingly
* Main characters - 4
* Recurring characters - 3
* Guest appearances - 3
* Diefenbaker - 3
* Books - 4 (?)
* Videos - 4
* DVD - both
* Awards - 3
* Finally, List of Due South episodes covers 1 (1-23), 2 (1-18), 3 (1-26).
I have no opinion on which is correct, but we should probably at least be consistent... Andrew Gray (talk) 20:35, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Season inconsistency 

message: Of course, as noted, the series was based in Chicago.  Other than stock footage that did not show any close-ups of the characters, though, the Chicago scenes were actually filmed in Toronto.  There is a reference in the "Production" section stating that an episode based in Toronto was actually filmed using Chicago as its backdrop, which would indeed be an amusing juxtaposition.  The question is whether this actually was done - I have found no episode based in Toronto. Does anyone have any insight into whether Chicago really stood in as a tongue-in-cheek substitute for Toronto scenes?  Jnmwiki (talk) 20:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: They joked about that in one of the two documentaries mentioned above, but you'd have to take that with a ton of salt.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.4.121.179 (talk) 22:20, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production: Toronto scenes filmed in Chicago? 

message: I believe Renfield Turnbull and Raymond Vecchio should merged both are characters without third person sources to support them.  Dwanyewest (talk) 01:59, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Merging looks like a good idea. None of those seem to assert any sort of notability. TTN (talk) 21:30, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

text: Yes.  None of these characters broke away from the series to be recognized in the public consciousness like, say, Fox Mulder did from The X-Files, or Archie Bunker did from All In The Family.  These characters are certainly not notable enough to merit their own articles. 70.54.140.168 (talk) 21:12, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal