"I Was Very, Very Conscious That My Life Had Changed": These Mega Stars Take Us Back to Where It All Began in 'You Had to Be There'

To kick off our time at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025, the Collider Media Studio welcomed a few of the legends behind the doc comically titled You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way). Writer and director Nick Davis (30 for 30) and stars Victor Garber (Alias), actor and composer Paul Schaffer (This Is Spinal Tap), and Valda Aviks (Nightbreed) stopped in to reminisce with us, telling stories from their time launching a production that would lead to so many careers before the days of SNL and SCTV.