Schizmu …Toronto and some insanity.

During the summer, the stage on Dundas Square offers concerts, free movie nights, and other various sources of entertainment to keep the masses happy in the hot days and nights. On one hand, this is a nice source of light fun but from time to time, the locals of Toronto step up to attempt to entertain in their own unique ways.

For a while, we had Zanta as a minor Toronto celebrity. He was the well-built guy with a goatee who walked around shirtless and with a Santa hat on. He tended to huff and puff like a juiced up big bad wolf. He did knuckle push ups in front of streetcars and he flexed his pipes in front of anyone that shot him a glance. He even had websites dedicated to him. Now then, word on the street is, he got band from a certain wide block area of the downtown core for constantly showing up in the background of news programs and causing a disturbance. So with Zanta gone, who is next? Who will rise to Dundas Square infamy?

Some have made attempts. There is the family band, trying to do their best Jackson 5 impressions. There is the dude in the Guy Fawkes mask who stands with a crew of other masked men in front of a piece of cardboard, which I’m assuming is meant for breakdancing, but I usually just see them sitting and looking back and forth (I’m also assuming Mr. Guy Fawkes mask has no idea who Fawkes really was, and instead watched V for Vendetta and thought it was really cool). The drummers, the sidewalk-chalk artists, the man who shouts “Jesus-Saves!” are all staples around the area but I’m looking for the person that can take hold of the heart of downtown Toronto and claim it as his or her own with whatever bizarre talent they have to offer.

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