Snow Job

If I remember correctly, our class was escorted to see this film at the Ontario Place Cinesphere on the big IMAX screen when it was brand new. If the 1974 date is on the money, then that would have been our Grade 8 class.

Virtually every kid in that class caught the schoolbus every morning at 8 a.m., so a comedy about a bus full of Canadian schoolkids stuck in the snow was hitting pretty close to home.

I guess that's why we all had the same feeling about this film: We agreed it was hilarious.

A lot of snow has come and gone since then, and my memories of it now are glimpsed through a frosted windowpane, but all the recollections are fond ones.

A fun short with a real Canadian feel. About an accident-prone school bus driver and her school principal. The big screen fun was helped along with wild rides on snowy roads and big snowplows. Written by Don Harron (Charlie Farquharson from Hee Haw). He has a cameo in it also. Staring Barbara Hamilton and Eric House.

This IMAX film was filmed on my Great Grandfather's farm. My mom saw it at Ontario Place when it first came out but has not been able to see it since, does anyone know where to find it? Thank you!

It is saying my review is too short.. Umm apparently there is a scence where a chicken flies off of snowmobile, that chicken was also from our farm and my Great Aunt kept that chicken until it died of old age because it was a star. I believe the actress who played the bus driver was also in Road to Avonlea and one of the actors played in a variety of commercials when he was older, I guess for insurance, dentures??