Double Exposure

Double Exposure was created by Linda Cullen and Bob Robertson. Bob Robertson made regular appearances on the Frosty Forst radio show each morning on CKNW. Robertson acted as weatherman, but added his hilarious vocal impressions to each appearance. Robertson met a very talented young woman named Linda Cullen working at CKMW. The two then paired up professionally and took their joined hilarity to CBC Radio, and created a fresh new program named Double Exposure. The program went on to CBC national radio in February 1987.

After ten years on the radio, Bob and Linda imported their popular brand of political satire to television, with specials on CBC-TV and, for three years presented an award-winning weekly series on CTV and The Comedy Network. As Cullen Robertson Productions, they were the creative force behind three TV series: Point Blank, Dragnuts and Red Hot Books.

Their unique quality their uncanny ability to impersonate politicians of the day, whether it was Grace McCarthy, Bill Vander Zalm, Joe Clark or Pierre Elliott Trudeau. The two worked their magic on radio for over 10 successful years, with a weekly audience exceeding 300,000 listeners. The show toured Canada, playing theatres in every province and territory throughout the 1990’s. They wrote, produced and performed in Double Exposure New Year’s Eve specials, each titled some variation on A Swift Kick in the Year End, and each garnering an audience of more than one million viewers. In many ways, Robertson and Cullen are known as the George Burns and Gracie Allen of Vancouver.