'Toontown

The [Saskatoon] Blades get their first full season in Saskatchewan Place. And they’ll get a ton of fan support, what with having sold over 4,400 season tickets. Now, if the folks in ’Toontown could only get a four-sided scoreclock.

1988 September 29, Gregg Drinnan, “Western Hockey League Preview”, in The Leader-Post, Regina, Sask., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B8, column 1

Les, meanwhile, is honing his skills in ’Toontown in hopes of joining a chorus-line of players who are invited to NBA training camps every fall.

1990 July 14, Vance Oliver, “[Saskatchewan] Storm lose 126-123 in OT: [Jim] Les means more for Storm”, in Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Sask., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B1, column 2

Saskatoon’s 31st annual Kinsmen Celebrity Sports Dinner should be a good one because the keynote speaker will be Phil Esposito. It goes Feb. 1 at ’Toontown’s Centennial Auditorium.

1990 December 15, Gregg Drinnan, “Taking note with Gregg Drinnan: [Mario] Lemieux to test back soon”, in The Leader-Post, Regina, Sask., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B3, column 1

[T]hey painted Saskatoon as the boonies — everyone in Regina knows that assessment was right on the money — it’s just that the characters seemed to have a little trouble wrapping their tongues around multisyllabic name of this province. At the same time Northern Exposure was skewering ’Toontown, the Simpsons were making some Saskatchewan history of their own.

1991 October 13, George Bentley, “Bentley’s Beat: We finally made it big!!??”, in Regina Sun, Regina, Sask., →OCLC, page 40