If you were ever a fan of the McKenzie Bros. on SCTV, you may have seen a terrible little film called, "Strange Brew." I quite liked it, but I suspect half the jokes would go over most non-Torontonians' heads. For instance, early in the movie we see the brothers at home, in a tiny little bungalow the looks hardly large enough to park an SUV in. The outside shots are at night, and look quite surreal. Surely it's a set? Nope. I'm pretty certain it's a real street and real houses -- in fact, I'm sure it's *this* street in the west end of Toronto. Wadsworth Crescent is abouit 100 feet long and there are only five, tiny, sqaure homes on it. What's stranger is that it lies right off The Queensway, a major artery leading through the west end of the city. The true character of the neighborhood is strip malls, Burger Kings, muffler shops and office blocks. Wadsworth appears to be the remnant of an older, more residential neighborhood. Other remnants survive just behind the houses you see, on Smith Crescent. The homes on Wadsworth, however, are slightly smaller and that much more unreal.

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