| Time of Your Life | |
|---|---|
| Format | soap opera |
| Created by | Harry Jakobs and Maryse Wilder |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CTV (CFCF-TV) |
| Original run |
1988 – 1989 Syndicated in French Quebecois and international markets (such as Israel, France, Australia, and Mexico, including eastern parts of the US) as show title CAMPUS = 1989-1997 |
Time of Your Life was a Canadian television soap opera which ran production from August 1988 to May 1989. The series was created by producer Harry Jakobs and Maryse Wilder, Rhea Cohen and Maurice Thevenet. The show was shot in Montreal, in a studio with built sets in an industrial lot warehouse on Royalmount and The Decarie Expressway near Montreal's infamous racetrack Blue Bonnets and Orange Julep. This low budget independent series was quite the buzz winter of 88-89 as it was a rival to Degrassi Junior High, its only themed competitor at the time. It was loosely based on the low budget Canadian independent feature Rebel High (a modern 1980s High School Confidential). The show debuted on October 17, 1988 and was aired right after the successful American soap General Hospital at 4pm, daily Monday through Friday replacing Bob Barker's The Price is Right. Making it at that period Canada's first daily syndicated soap with all 130 episodes shot 2 weeks in advance to air date until completion of the 1st season cliffhanger. Never to produce a second season, due to a tax shelter scandal and contract disputes, some syndicated markets aired the soap once a week. This worked especially for continuity as sets, storylines and characters changed within what appeared as a 2 to 5 year "syndicated" timeline. It was later rumored after production ceased the show bible, synopsis and broadcast package was sold to a notorious American developer was re-created as a very popular television series which lasted 10 years.
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The show covered many subjects including, drug use, rape, cults, suicide, alcoholism, bullying, abortion, porn, and homosexuality.
Jason Cavalier Leboeuf ... Mickey
Ara Carrera ... Christine
Kara Feifer ... Lisa
Scott Armstrong ... James
Alan Legros ... Eddie
Richard Raybourne ... Matt
Francoise Robertson ... Laura
The writing team experienced extreme turnover during the first (and only) season. The first Lead Writer, for example, remained with the show for only two weeks.
Nancy Klein ... Lead Writer
Evan Keliher ... Lead Writer
Bryan Zako ... Lead Writer
Stanley White ... Writer
Nick Rotari ... Writer
Greg Lipper ... Writer
Avinoam Dimari....director
Stephen G Blanchard.... production manager
Mark Feifer.... executive producer
Cinar studios which is well known for producing award winning animated children's shows such as Caillou was where the French translations were post produced by Natalie Rosen
RDS CEO Dominic Vanelli was once a floor manager.
Award winning DOP David Franco (Graceland w Kevin Costner) was one of the first camera ops to become DOP on the series.
The local hang out for the kids on the show was called Harry's Place, named after Producer and Co-creator Harry Jakobs.
During mid-season, production stopped due to a strike by the cast who felt underpaid. The cast got a raise, and production resumed.
The show was syndicated in Canada and around the world, becoming very popular in some countries.