As gems dug up from last year’s panels prove, some things don’t change much

Laurier La Pierre summing up dth: ‘Something happened, something else was asked to happen, nothing has happened.’

But then again, pretty much everything else in tvland is fluid. So, no doubt once again the Banff-bound will have a chance to glean the insight from those at the top, on items such as

series development – Those attending a Frasier case study learned from Peter Casey and David Lee how a show being developed for Kelsey Grammer evolved from an idea about a paraplegic who tried to get people to take care of him in bed, to Frasier.

and casting – Lee on canine casting: ‘It wasn’t hard, they showed us five dogs and an orangutan.’

and character development – Lee on how the dog’s role grew: ‘The idea was to just have him stare,’ but his trainer was getting antsy: ‘He can do other things.’ ‘

and the fine art of compromise and charting editorial paths will once again rear their heads as international coprod is examined – picking up the debate from last year when Robert Duncan declared ”If I recut for you and you and you, how does the director/producer put his stamp on the show?’ to which Bernard Macleod of Time-Life Video & TV retorted ‘why do you need to put your bloody stamp on it?’, to which Duncan explained ‘It’s my wee baby.’

and Network Vision once again assessed

– ‘You mention films that are poetic to a network guytheir eyes glaze over.’ – a Simpsons’ writer’s perspective shared on last year’s Have ‘Toon Will Travel panel.

And finally, no doubt more sharing of cerebral insights into Canada’s screen industry personalities ‘To know Jan (Miller, nsi) is to never be alone.’ -Telefilm’s John Taylor’s comment at an nsi function held during the ’95 edition of the tv fest.