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[0603] Dini Petty Show : "Marilyn and Me"/Leading Men

Consists of an episode featuring author Susan Strasberg ("Marilyn and Me"); and performances and interviews with Toronto's theatre actors who serenade Dini with a romantic show tune. Includes Ted Baerg (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) performing "Love Unspoken" from The Merry Widow, Michael Burgess (Les Miserables) performing title tune of "Anyone Can Whistle" and Byron Nease (Phantom of the Opera) performing "Proud Lady" from The Baker's Wife. Integrated commercials.

[0599] Dini Petty Show : Kissing Bandit/J.F.K.

Consists of an episode featuring interview with author Dr. Charles Crenshaw about his book "JFK: Conspiracy of Silence" and interview with Morgana, the Kissing Bandit, a woman who interrupts professional sporting events (typically baseball) to kiss athletes. Integrated commercials.

[0589] Dini Petty Show : Men of Cuba/Beer with J. Maxwell/Iridology

Consists of an episode featuring a fashion show with Hazelton Lanes' Mary Raichins featuring male models from Cuba (Jorge Alvarez, Michael Aaron Delgado, Michael Louis Carricarte); interviews with Cuban models in their bathing suits re. their swimsuit calendar; a segment on beer tasting with John Maxwell and an interview with author Adam J. Jackson on iridology. Integrated commercials.

[0572] Dini Petty Show : Herb Doctor/16 Magazine Gossip/Highway 61

Consists of an episode featuring interviews with author Dr. Earl Mindell ("The Herb Bible"), Randy Reisfeld, author of the "Teen Celebrity" book series; and actor/screenwriter DonMcKellar and director Bruce McDonald re. their film "Highway 61." Integrated commercials.

[0568] Dini Petty Show : Child Stars/Sign & Seal/Kidd Sisters

Consists of an episode featuring panel discussion with child actors in commercials and their mothers (Lynn Nicol and son Chandler Nicol, Jean Walker and daughter Lea-Helen Weir, and Joseph Posca and his mother), interviews with talent agents Susie Feinstein and Penny Noble; interview with author Graham Harock re. arch of the covenant ("The Sign And The Seal"); and performance and interview with trio The Kidd Sisters (Yohanna Vandercliff, Margo Salnek and unidentified woman).

[0562] Dini Petty Show : Magic

Consists of an episode featuring previously broadcast clips re: magic. Includes interviews and demonstrations by illusionist and hypnotist Kreskin ("Secrets of the Amazing Kreskin"); escape artist Dean Gunnarson; illusionist Steve Starr (swallows objects); and performance by clown Avner Eisenburg. Integrated commercials.

[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.

[0560] Dini Petty Show : Survivors

Consists of an episode featuring previously broadcast clips re: survivors. Includes interviews with Allison Wilcox and Eddy Provost, who were lost at sea while Wilcox was 5 months pregnant; mother Kathy Lawler who was trapped on a rampaging elephant with her children at a Palm Bay Florida circus, with Corp. Blaine Doyle, the police officer who saved her children and was forced to shoot the elephant, and elephant expert Mike Hackenberger; and teen Mark Mathews who survived a mass shooting in Killen, Texas by George Hennard. Mathews survived by hiding in an industrial dish washer for 19 hours. Integrated commercials.

[0559] Dini Petty Show : Marriages

Consists of an episode featuring previously broadcast slips re: love and marriage. Includes interview with Dr. Peter Wen (26) and his wife Willie (74); author Dr. William Nagler ("The Dirty Half Dozen"); Gloria Edel of Medicine Hat, Alberta who almost married a bigamous British soldier stationed in Germany; and therapist Dr. Harry Dunne Jr. ("One Question That Will Save Your Marriage") who asks couples "What is it like to be married to me?".

[0558] Dini Petty Show : Another World Soap Stars/Pet Abuse/AIDS Proofing

Consists of an episode featuring interview with "Another World" soap opera stars Ricky Paull Goldin ("Dean Frame") and Alla Korot ("Jenna Norris") re: their musical collaboration on the music video "Lady Killer" including questions from the audience; interview with author Dr. Loren Acker ("AIDS proofing your kids") and a discussion on pet abuse, including footage of Martha Schissler, senior investigator with the Toronto SPCA, and Michael O'Sullivan of the World Society for the Protection of Animals and Dr. Alan Felthous, who draws a link between animal abuse and adult violence. Integrated commercials.

[0554] Dini Petty Show : Oscar! Oscar! Oscar!

Consists of an episode featuring a panel discussion re: the 64th Annual Academy Awards, including Scott Siegel, Lynne McNamara, Victor Dwyer (McCleans Magazine) and David Hutchings (People Magazine).

[0548] Dini Petty Show : St. Patrick's Day Special/Fugitive Trading Cards/Teen Magazine

Consists of an episode featuring Toronto resident Debby Argyropoulos who got 21" cut from her 41" hair; an interview with parents Crystal and Bruce of missing child Michael Dunahee, crime expert James Fox and Barry Hammond, of America's Trading Cards Inc. of Sun City, Arizona which developed trading cards featuring missing children and America's Most Wanted; 'Teen Week' panel discussion with editors of teen magazines including Bonnie Hurowitz-Fuller (YM); Sarah Smith Patton (Seventeen) and Mary Kay Schilling (Sassy); ends with set by Irish comedian Jim Loftus. Integrated commercials.

[0540] Dini Petty Show : Santa Barbara Star/Overcoming Addiction

Consists of an episode featuring Interview with "Santa Barbara" soap opera actress Eileen Davidson, including questions from the audience and interview with author Collette Dowling ("You Mean I Don't Have To Feel This Way?") re: new approaches to psychological problems such as anorexia, alcoholism, and compulsive disorders. Integrated commercials.

[0535] Dini Petty Show : Pregnant and Shipwrecked/The Body Image/The National Anthem

Consists of an episode featuring interview with Allison Wilcox who was shipwrecked at sea with crew while 5 months pregnant, including Eddy Provost, one of the crew members, her baby son Eddy and her husband Steve Wilcox; interview with author Marion Crook ("The Body Image Trap") re. female body image and dieting including interview with show's floor manager Mary and members of audience; and Orangeville disk jockey Ross Carlin and music producer Hayward Parrott re. their efforts to record a new version of the national anthem, including footage of CTV documentary of project "With Glowing Hearts". Integrated commercials.

[0534] Dini Petty Show : Addicted Doc/Horse Doc/Freedom

Consists of an episode featuring recovering alcoholic and drug addict Dr. Michael Palmer ("Extreme Measures") about addiction; interviews with chiropractor Dr. Janic Elenbaas and therapist Jeff Ginn who work exclusively with horses; a set by comedian Mark Farrell; and interview with author Alison Gzowski ("Facing Freedom") about her experience interviewing teens in Easter Europe following the fall of Communism.

[0532] Dini Petty Show : A Star Is Worn/Flapping Airplane/Adoption Battle

Consists of an episode featuring interview and fashion show by Michelle Stafford of A Star Is Worn celebrity fashion resale boutique in Los Angeles; interview with Maureen Steenhill a teenage mother who is in a custody battle with Peter Brossard over her desire to have child adopted, including Hunter Phillips, Brossard's lawyer and phone-in testimony by Steenhill's lawyer Ian Stauffer and "Mary", the adoptive parent who had to give infant back to Steenhill while matter was before courts. Ends with interview with James De Laurier co-inventor of 'ornathopter', a flying machine which operates like a bird, including his daughter April demonstrating how her pet bat Cassandra provided the inspiration for the design.

[0529] Dini Petty Show : Ethics Analyst/Special Effects MV/Croatian Exchange Students

Consists of an episode featuring interview with ethics analyst Dr. Michael Josephson; interview with three of the 30 Croatian exchange students staying in Toronto, Svetlanda Slavodic, Tihana Hinek, Ivan Suker and host Nina Zugec (including footage of conflict in Croatia); and demonstration (on Dini) of theatrical special effects makeup by martha Gleeson of the Canadian Opera Company. Integrated commercials.

[0521] Dini Petty Show : What a Great Idea!/Handicap Fashions/Collectors

Consists of an episode featuring fashion show and interviews with disabled models, including designer Franco Mirabelli, model agent Rhona Mickelson (Star Tracks Model Agency), models Sally Prior, Tammy Walsh, Joanne Smith (A York University student), Nancy [Bandy?], Wendy Murphy and Kimberly [unknown last name], as well as volunteer Tracey who recently participated in hiking trip through Himalayas as part of a fundraiser for Ontario's March of Dimes; interview with collectors Nick D'Errico (collects dirt from famous sites around world), Joan Hart (collects socks owned by celebrities), Mike Sabadash (photographs of NHL athletes) and Doug Steele (beer bottles and cans); and interview with author Chick Thompson ("What A Great Idea!") about overcoming mental blocks. Integrated commercials.

[0520] Dini Petty Show : Olympic Highlights/Drag Queen

Consists of an episode featuring interview with Gloria Edel of Medicine Hat, Alberta and her betrayal by a bigamous British soldier stationed in Germany; session with CKFM radio djs Humble Howard and Larry Fedoruk about their segment called "The Slime That Men Do"; dramatic and musical performances by female impersonators Chris Peterson ("Julie Andrews") and Carl Blyden ("Katheryn Hepburn") for Casey House Hospice fundraiser for victims of AIDS; discussion with CTV Sports commentator Rod Black re. his picks for Olympic medal hopefuls (including footage of figure skater Kurt Browning, downhill skier Brian Stemmle, figure skating pairs Eisler and Brasseur, bobsledders Chris Lori, speed skater Sylvie Daigle and hockey player Eric Lindros. Integrated commercials.

[0511] Dini Petty Show : Leather Fashions/Menengitis/Figure Skating Champs

Consists of an episode featuring segment on concerns about meningitis outbreak in three provinces with a call in interview with ernest Zoppa, principal of Hillcrest High School in Ottawa and in-studio discussion with Dr. Howard Seiden, general practitioner and Toronto Star columnist, and Dr. Richard Schabas, Director of Public Health with the Ontario Government. Also includes interview with Karen Preston, gold medal Canadian champion in figure skating, and pairs skaters Mark Janoschak and Jacqueline Petr; and a fashion show featuring fetish leather designs by Canadian Designer Todd Lynn of "Red Like A Butcher Shop." Includes promo.

[0510] Dini Petty Show : Autistic Miracle Kid/Flex Appeal/Women Boxing Champions

Consists of an episode featuring performance and interview with male exotic dance troupe "Flex Appeal", including Lucian Anderson, "Tantalizing T.C." and "Savage"; interview and demonstration by female amateur boxers Jenny Reid, a lawyer from Kingston, and Therese Robitaille, a sign language instructor from New Brunswick; and an interview with mother Susan Mackie and her 9 year old autistic daughter Chloe, who has begun to communicate using 'facilitated communication' techniques. Integrated commercials.

[0509] Dini Petty Show : Escape Artist/Young Offenders/Reading in 60 Days

Consists of an episode featuring escape artist Dean Gunnarson; a segment on Young Offenders including Bill Slattery who was assaulted by four teenagers, Mary-Anne Kirvan, counsel for the Ministry of Justice; and a segment on teaching children how to read, including author Sydney Ledson ("Teach Your Child To Read in 60 Days"), mother Kristen Size with her daughter Charlotte who reads at a Grade 3/4 level.

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