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Marc’s Grab Bag

Network: CBC Television Network

Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970

Broadcast Medium: Television

Aired Tuesdays, after school, from September 11 to October 16, 1973. January 8 to March 26, 1974. Repeated Tuesday afternoons during the summer of 1974.
Marc Stone was the host of this informal talk show that presented young Canadians in conversation about their work in the arts. Guests included singer and songwriter Jack Schectman, filmmaker Harris Kirschenbaum, mime Naomi Tyrell, pianist Monica Gaylord and animators Doug Hemmy and Karen Booth.
Gaylord had a successful career in music including recordings with the Calgary Philharmonic and the National Arts Centre Orchestras. She later taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and recorded one of the first direct-to-disc LPs in 1975.
Hedley Read produced this half hour program for young people, in Toronto.

Written by John Corcelli – August, 2005