CBC STORY
I was sort of managing Duke Redbird and He had an appearance reciting poetry on the Tommy Hunter Show. It happened to be the first TV show Anne Murray was on in Toronto. So Duke and Anne and Tommy and his producer and I are we are walking down the hallway to the main studio When Bill Bessie came skulking along trying to keep out of sight .Back in the sixties Bill Bessie was a CBC announcer. He was a general joe job announcer except he had a tv show Saturday mornings. It was called the Cousin Bill Show and it played Country music and showed completley unrelated movies of cows. Somehow it became a favorite of a bunch of us hippie artist types.
I couldn't resist. I shouted like a crazed fan." Wow! Cousin Bill! Hey look everybody It's cousin Bill. I don't Believe It. He's my favorite TV Star". I ran over and got him to autograph something while the others waited for me in complete amazement. I loved it and I sure hope Bill did. I got to meet Tommy in the washroom side by side.
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