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I was a TV star when I was in grade five, or at least I thought I was. I appeared on a local after-school kids’ show called “Wynne’s Pad.” This memory came flooding back as I flipped through a stack of old vinyl and stumbled on this LP. Records usually invoke nostalgia for classic rock but this time it was vintage television –when local stations produced shows for kids during lunchtime and after school. Other examples in Calgary, Canada include Colonel Loonar , Rocket 4 Club and the Buckshot Show . Wynne Ha
I’m not sure how this survived. In fact, it barely survived. It’s a poster from 1973. A very young group of comedians from Great Britain had a new TV show - Monty Python’s Flying Circus . It aired on the BBC and was picked up by the CBC . The group decided to tour Canada , including Calgary. I‘m not sure how I got the poster. I know I did NOT go see the show. God knows I wish I had. I found this rolled up in a tube in our basement. The edges are torn. I looked into restoring it but couldn’t find anybody loc