Rochin’ the boat
If you heard this morning’s segment “New & Improved” on CBC, you probably also heard the on-air banter between host Sandi Coleman, Roch Shannon Fraser and Elyn Jones about some Polaroid photographs which, in the story, Jesse and Mark alluded to possess. No doubt, listeners assumed–as did Sandi and Elyn–that the Polaroids were of A New Day producer Arnold Hedstrom, whose desire to keep them out of the public eye explains his continued support for Smells Like Yukon.
Did you notice, though, how Roch seemed particularly uncomfortable with the discussion? Almost like he knew something the other two didn’t?
The truth is, Mark and Jesse don’t have any incriminating photos of Arnold. And Roch, alone among those in the studio this morning, understood this fact all too well. Even though we made a deal with Arnold to shield a member of his on-air team from unwanted scrutiny, we can’t sit idly by while an extremely loyal indvidual–someone who would go to almost any lengths to protect a co-worker, including commissioning new episodes of Smells Like Yukon–has his reputation sullied on the public airwaves. Which is why we’ve decided to release a grainy black and white sample of the images at the centre of today’s controversy.
There are two things you need to know about Roch Shannon Fraser in order to put this photo into the proper context. First, he hasn’t aged a day since he graduated high school. In that sense, he’s kind of like Dick Clark, assuming Dick Clark is still alive. (Is Dick Clark still alive?) The second thing you need to know is that, before Roch met his lovely wife, he went through a pretty rough dating patch.
Enough said. We think this photo of Roch and his prom date speaks for itself.
