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Chloe Berger

Grandma and grandpa are taking over TikTok: Retired boomers find success and fame in the app made for Gen Z

(Credit: Courtesy of Babs Costello)

Larry Canam makes milkshakes for millions of people. But he used to have an audience of just one: his son.

Any Monday or Tuesday in Fredericton, New Brunswick, you can find the 70-year-old hosting his weekly father-son movie and cocktail night. “We’ve done it for a long time,” Canam explains in a gentle inflection mirroring a Canadian version of Mr. Rogers. On the menu at one point or another: John Candy’s Orange Whip in The Blues Brothers, a White Russian from The Big Lebowski, and Jason Bourne’s Cubra Libre. 

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