Back in the 1980s, I used to pay the occasional visit to my friend Dave's family home in Toronto. On some evenings, the TV would come on, usually after a night of reveling, and eventually the TV would end up on the Global network.
Back then, late at night, after the regular programming would end, instead of the network going off the air, they would broadcast what looked at first glance to be a live video feed from a vehicle that was just wandering the streets of downtown Toronto (Night Ride and Night Moves) or a person walking the streets (Night Walk). Jazz music played in the background. I think this went on the air between 3am and 5am. It turns out that it was a pre-recorded show, but any time you watched it, you always noticed something new. Especially if you weren't, umm, sober or straight.
I've never seen anything quite like it since. But it's one of those special TV programs that stays with you. You can find the programming on YouTube without any trouble, although it's as low resolution as it gets.
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