Winnipeg Free Press

Nominated by: Allison Reid

Why Fred Penner should be a Great Manitoban:

Claim to fame: Children's entertainer

Manitoba dosage: 5

Fast Facts: His first album of children's songs, The Cat Came Back (1979) sold more than 150,000 copies...Although he would go on to record 10 more albums, the Cat Came Back remains his signature song...His TV show, Fred Penner's Place, aired for 12 years in Canada on CBC and was also aired in the U.S. on Nickelodeon...In 1991, he was made a member of the Order of Canada.

5 Comments

• Because of Fred Penner, I've had "The Cat Came Back" playing in my head for the last 2 years. I guess there are worse songs to have stuck in your head.

  Posted by: John Goshulak | 2008-05-31 15:27:02

• My family of three just lived to watch this entertainer on TV,HE MADE THEIR DAY.

  Posted by: barbara lamb | 2008-06-28 14:36:56

• Not only is Fred an incredible artist, he is also a quietly tireless advocate for special needs and underprivileged children. It's not just an "image" - that kind and generous personality is very much who he is.

  Posted by: Cathy | 2008-06-30 22:21:46

• Fred Penner has been a popular man in my life. As a child I watched him on T.V. and listened to his cassette. I have my own daughter now, and Fred Penner's popularity continues as she listens to his CD every single minute that she is in the car!!!

  Posted by: Renata Lopez | 2008-07-03 09:25:34

• I loved this guy as a kid, and still do! His show was educational and benefitted children even in this T.V. obsessed society. There are far worse choices for greatest manitoban.

  Posted by: Jen | 2008-08-21 13:12:20

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