Basically everything on this page is just Madd-links and all that. Enjoy.

Just to get things started, here’s a hit track from the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, everybody’s favourite singer. He’s not Canadian but, I’m including it anyway because it’s universal and everybody loves this guy. He was at the Superbowl, absolute height of his career, AMAZING…

Michael Jackson (He’s just doing all the biggest super-hits at the Superbowl in 1993, wow.)

Paul Tracy won the Molson Indy in this year… Need I say more? The depth of winningness in sports in this specific year doesn’t even seem real but, it is.

In this single year, the Blue Jays won the World Series(again), Paul Tracy won the Molson Indy, and Toronto’s Basketball Team was founded. Could there even be a better year chosen for Canadian Sports? And… the Toronto Maple Leafs were in the final for the Cup(they lost).

In the entire history of Canadian Sports there has not been, nor will there ever be a better year. This year, this 1993 year, was, and will always be the best year for Toronto and the biggest year ever for sports in this beautiful country.

Nothing matches up to it, and nothing can Ever match up to it. Teams have won since then, here and there, and those are all good positive things but, the sheer volume of massive stuff going on in the City of Toronto in that particular year is completely unmatched at any time.

This article will prove, without a doubt that when Jung-Yul Kim won the Vanier Cup in the year 1993, that this was no ordinary win. The pomp and circumstance of the year itself, the timing of the win, and the extra-ordinary factors at play made that win massive because it is part of this iconic year in Toronto, and in Canadian, all-time sports and cultural history. There was nothing as big as that, and there may never be anything as big as that ever again.

Watch these clips if you don’t believe me (in order of when the events occurred).

Leaf Goals from the whole playoffs in 1993 (April/May)

Paul Tracy Wins the Molson Indy (July 18th)

Toronto Raptors Basketball Inception (September 30th)

Joe Carter Walk-Off Home Run (October 23rd)

This one gives the whole story in a tight video presentation by the CBC.

Miracle U of T Vanier Cup Team (Afternoon of November 20th)

Long story short: The football season almost never happened. If you just look across everything else that took place that year, this was the icing on the cake for Jung-Yul Kim. It was his catapult into the Big-Leagues and he was later drafted into the CFL. That’s another story entirely, just in case you thought it couldn’t get any bigger than this moment. Spoiler alert, it can, and it did get bigger.

Here are some music and video links, Highlighting Canadian Musicians and other stuff from 1993, just to get you in the mood.

#1 super-hit “INFORMER” by a guy called “SNOW”

That was a massive hit song… HUUUUGGEEE!! When Snow got out of jail it was #1… just completely nuts. Just information, this guy’s Irish and his cousin is Steven Page. Yes, the lead singer of the Bare Naked Ladies. So here’s a clip from Conan O’Brien, also from 1993, ‘cause that’s what this article is all about, showing that Jung-Yul Kim actually is super-famous for a reason.

Toronto’s very own Bare Naked Ladies On Conan O’Brien! (1993 of course)

“Brian Wilson”, isn’t that everybody’s favourite Bare Naked Ladies song? Just kidding, every Bare Naked Ladies song is everybody’s favourite song.

How about some Tom Cochrane: “Life is a Highway”? (‘cause he’s Canadian and it was technically around since 1991)

Plus this song is super-awesome, so why not include it here in this go-to article for Canadiana?! Let’s do it!

Crash Test Dummies(1993)

You didn’t think I was going to forget about this song did you? No way, it’s too good.

Blue Rodeo, 5 days in May

It’s like there are too many to even list… I’ll give it a shot here.

The Tragically Hip: Fully Completely. Need I say more?

Track 1: Courage

Live at Woodstock (1999)

New Orleans is Sinking(killer whale tank version)

What else do we have here? 1993! What else you got?! Movies! TV!

On the television we had “Seinfeld” (it’s the Season 5 Bloopers Reel), easily the best TV show in human history, no question. “The Simpsons”, it doesn’t get better than that, and just starting out was “The X-Files” (this is the season 1 trailer, 1993), which you had to stay up late to even watch it because it was spookie or whatever. Also, we can’t forget “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” (Theme Song! season 4 was a bummer with his dad showing up and all…), obviously, everybody loves Will Smith.

Movies?

You basically can’t talk about 1993 without mentioning the movies that were going at the time. For me, my personal favourite pick would be “Harrison Ford: The Fugitive”, and I almost forgot Tommy Lee Jones was in that too. All I remember is that one line “It wasn’t me, it was the one armed man!”

Classic. Not to mention “Jurrasic Park” (Jeff Goldblum), a first of it’s kind for graphics, and it really looked real! Just think, dinosaurs! Eating people for some reason… come on!

One more movie, then maybe I’m done on that front: “Dazed and Confused” (Matthew McConaughey), a cult-classic film.

The Country Also had the coolest Prime Minister of all time: Jean Chrétien, who everyone remembers from the time that he choked that protester. Classic.

That didn’t happen in 1993 but, it’s still an awesome Canadian moment, so I’m linking the Shawinigan Handshake story right here:

Jean Chrétien greeting a protester

He’s basically Canada’s best ever Prime Minister, who everybody universally loved.

Oh Yeah, I forgot… This was all supposed to prove what a huge win the Vanier Cup really was for Jung-Yul Kim in 1993.

Well, mission accomplished. The Vanier Cup win of 1993 was a huge win in one of the most iconic and amazing years in the history of the City of Toronto, and the history of our nation. Jung-Yul Kim was and is part of that spectacular history.

Here is a link to his trading card, for number 62:

Jung-Yul Kim: #62

Guess what? The Football Greatness didn’t stop there.

The next article I will write about Jung-Yul Kim is going to tell us the story of the Calgary Stampeders, and their amazing Grey Cup win in the year 1998. Who knows, maybe it will also serve as an Ode to all things Canadian in 1998. Why not, who can stop me…

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