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Stuart McLean

Canadian radio humorist
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Andrew Stuart McLean
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April 19, 1948, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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February15, 2017, Toronto, Ontario (aged 68)
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Stuart McLean (born April 19, 1948, Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died February15, 2017, Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian radio humorist who created and hosted the long-running weekly radio variety show The Vinyl Cafe, heard from the mid-1990s on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) radio network as well as on public radio stations in the United States and on the BBC.

McLean graduated in 1971 from Sir George Williams University (since 1974 part of Concordia University). He got his start in broadcasting as a researcher for a call-in talk show, Cross Country Checkup. In 1978 he began producing documentaries for CBC Radio’s current-affairs program Sunday Morning, and in the 1980s he became a regular contributor of stories of everyday life that he collected throughout Canada for the radio show Morningside. The Vinyl Cafe debuted on that show in 1994 as a summer replacement segment, and by 1997 it had become a weekly staple. The show centred on Dave, the proprietor of a small secondhand vinyl record store, and his wife, Morley, as well as their family and neighbours, and it also featured recorded and live music performances by Canadian folk and acoustic musicians. McLean’s stories, gleaned from countless interviews of ordinary Canadians, were gently humorous recountings of mundane events that captivated listeners. The Vinyl Cafe was broadcast before a live audience, and from 1998 McLean took it to theatres in various spots around the country and occasionally in the U.S.

McLean also penned books based on his radio broadcasts, beginning with the best seller The Morningside World of Stuart McLean (1989). A series of Vinyl Cafe story collections led off with Stories from the Vinyl Cafe (1995). Three of those books—Home from the Vinyl Cafe (1998), Vinyl Cafe Unplugged (2000), and Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe (2006)—won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and Vinyl Cafe Diaries received the 2004 Canadian Authors’ Association Jubilee Award. In addition, McLean taught (1984–2004) journalism at Ryerson Polytechnic School (from 2002 Ryerson University). In 2011 he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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