{"id":3541,"date":"2010-09-03T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T04:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=3541"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:27:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:27:40","slug":"mayor-of-ottawa-delights-american-game-show-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/09\/03\/mayor-of-ottawa-delights-american-game-show-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor of Ottawa delights American game show audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/U4kJxZHOrvQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/U4kJxZHOrvQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>In 1955, that is. The cranky old eugenicist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/Recognize+Charlotte+Whitton+dark+side\/3402817\/story.html#ixzz0wmLWgXvf\">may have been as racist as the day is long<\/a> but <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlotte_Whitton\">Ottawa mayor Charlotte Whitton<\/a> knew how to get a crowd on side with a quip. Here she has the audience, the panel, and the host of the old <em>What&#8217;s My Line<\/em> gameshow absolutely howling simply by affirming her unmarried status. &#8220;I&#8217;ve made enough mistakes&#8221;, she says by way of explaining why she is still a &#8220;Miss&#8221;, not a &#8220;Mrs.&#8221; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The trick that makes her so remarkable to this mid-century TV audience is that here she is, <em>a lady<\/em> -and yet she is the mayor of a city! And not only a city, but a capital city &#8211; yes, sure, it is that same strange backwater that <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/08\/26\/vintage-ottawa\/\">James Fitzpatrick was excitedly explaining the existence of<\/a> to his American audience in 1942 &#8211; but a real city nonetheless. Yes, the capital of Canada is run by a woman!<\/p>\n<p>Of course the amazing thing is that she went on to do it again in the mid-60s, even after it making it clear to whoever would listen that she hated Jews, Ukrainians, social programs, the Maple Leaf flag, and pretty much anything or anybody that couldn&#8217;t show 100% white British ancestry. Oh, and babies too &#8211; check the priceless look on her face when it was suggested she might have kissed one in the course of her duties.<\/p>\n<p>Still, she made full six minutes on U.S. network TV, and we&#8217;re willing to bet that&#8217;s the last time a mayor of Ottawa managed that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1955, that is. The cranky old eugenicist may have been as racist as the day is long but Ottawa mayor Charlotte Whitton knew how to get a crowd on side with a quip. 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