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[0616] Dini Petty Show

Consists of Canada Day Special episode featuring previously aired clips of Dini Petty Show episodes taped around Canada. Includes clips from episodes filmed in Halifax, Montreal, Edmonton, Regina, Banff, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. Includes guests Earle McRae (founding director of Elvis Sighting Society), Vancouver real estate agent Andrea Eng, architect Jin Cheng, alderwoman Garole Taylor re. Asian immigration and housing in Vancouver; clips from "The Heart of Quebec" interview with children's film producer Roch Demers, entertainer and writer Pauline Julien, cartoonist Terry Mosher on francophone culture; unemployed fish plant worker Pat Ferguson, United Mine Workers rep Joe Burke and Al McDonald of CFB Summerside on economic depression in the Maritimes; financial advisor Brian Costello on recession issues in London, Ontario; retail analyst John Winter on cross-border shopping; Debbie Reynolds of the Elizabeth Fry Society and Lynn Karpetz (daughter was a murdered prostitute) on street kids; Theresa Stephenson on 'Chili for Children' program in Winnipeg; Fred Caswell (heart recipient), Heather Fisher (liver recipient) and Sally Galsworthy (donated daughters organs) on transplants; Andrew Morton ("Diana: Her True Story") on Princess Diana; Toronto police horse 'King', George Smith an Alzheimer's patient; John C. Charyk, Lorna Jarvis and Eugene Kush (town fool) of Hanna, Alberta; three unidentified female impersonators; "Mr. Tomorrow" futurist Frank Ogden; transsexual activist Angela Wensley; National Ballet School performers, music performers Luba, Jim Corcoran, Jean Marc [of band La Bas?], Daniel Lavoie, Colin James, Rita McNeil, The Rankin Family, Michelle Wright, George Fox, impersonator Andre Phillipe Gagnon, Celine Dion and local activists Jim Taylor ("Save Canada" billboards) and Agnes Potts and Connie Micallef ("Canadian First" t-shirts) .

[0611] Dini Petty Show : Kids Kidnapped by Cult/Weight Watchers

Consists of an episode featuring interviews with mother Judith Seymour and Montreal-based Info-Cult spokesperson Mike Kropveld re. religious cult the Northeast Kingdom Church, based in Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia and Seymour's efforts to regain custody of her son being kept there by her former common law husband. Also includes interview with founder of Weight Watchers, Jean Nidetch, including a testimony from audience member Jeff Gray.

[0610] Dini Petty Show : Patti Duke

Consists of an episode featuring Patti Duke in a full hour interview re. her experience as a child actor, her bipolar disorder and her memoir "Call Me Anna".

[0561] Dini Petty Show : Women in Sports

Consists of an episode featuring previously broadcast clips re: women in sports. Includes interview and demonstration by amateur boxers Jenny Reid and Terese Robitaille; interview with figure skater Katrina Witt and interview with goalie Manon Rheaume, the first woman to play in junior hockey.

[0493] Dini Petty Show : On Set In L.A.

Consists of an episode featuring Dini visiting and interviewing stars of Disney Studio television productions. Includes inteviews with"Dinosaurs" creator and executive producer Michael Jacobs and co-executive producer Brian Henson; Mayum Bialik of "Blossom"; Connie Ray and William Schallert of "The Torkelsons"; William Ragsdale and Ken Hudson Campbell of "Herman's Head". Master and sweetened master tape(s). Filmed on sets in Los Angeles.

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