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Andrew Alexander parlayed Second City into a huge TV success after 10 years of laughing in the face of flops
Andrew Alexander parlayed Second City into a huge TV success after 10 years of laughing in the face of flops

Andrew Alexander parlayed Second City into a huge TV success after 10 years of laughing in the face of flops

Date9/1/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Andrew Alexander parlayed Second City into a huge TV success after 10 years of laughing in the face of flops.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0028922F
Sophomore jinx: Cyndi Lauper, left, flops with long awaited second album.
Sophomore jinx: Cyndi Lauper, left, flops with long awaited second album.
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New broom: Peter Bavasi, who nursed Jays through early years, faces huge challenge in Cleveland, where the city and baseball team are fighting to come back from years of poor images
New broom: Peter Bavasi, who nursed Jays through early years, faces huge challenge in Cleveland, where the city and baseball team are fighting to come back from years of poor images
4/28/1985
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
5/26/1984
Andrew Alexander: Has option to buy Second City's famous theatre in Chicago
Andrew Alexander: Has option to buy Second City's famous theatre in Chicago
9/1/1983
After 20 years of climbing to the top of TV news as the $250,000-a-year face and voice of CBS, Walter Cronkite still regards himself as a shirt-sleeve(...)
After 20 years of climbing to the top of TV news as the $250,000-a-year face and voice of CBS, Walter Cronkite still regards himself as a shirt-sleeve(...)
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New broom: Peter Bavasi, who nursed Jays through early years, faces huge challenge in Cleveland, where the city and baseball team are fighting to come back from years of poor images
New broom: Peter Bavasi, who nursed Jays through early years, faces huge challenge in Cleveland, where the city and baseball team are fighting to come back from years of poor images
4/28/1985
He was no Flop: Jason Thomas, 16, of Kitchener's Cameron Heights high school, soars to a second-place finish yesterday in high jump event at the first annual Cardinal Carter Track Classic
He was no Flop: Jason Thomas, 16, of Kitchener's Cameron Heights high school, soars to a second-place finish yesterday in high jump event at the first annual Cardinal Carter Track Classic
4/20/1991
Second City reunion. It has been 10 years since a permanent Canadian home for Second City's unique theatrical style was set up. Last night at a reunio(...)
Second City reunion. It has been 10 years since a permanent Canadian home for Second City's unique theatrical style was set up. Last night at a reunio(...)
7/24/1983
Orson Bean: Former TV star dropped out for 10 years to just watch the children grow
Orson Bean: Former TV star dropped out for 10 years to just watch the children grow
2/2/1967
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
12/21/1973
Colorful humorist Ashleigh Brilliant has parlayed a love for words and a penchant for writing into a $100,000-a-year business, one poem at a time
Colorful humorist Ashleigh Brilliant has parlayed a love for words and a penchant for writing into a $100,000-a-year business, one poem at a time
7/16/1992
Boldly dramatic: Top Toronto designer Robert Dirstein, right, with his huge embroidered portrait of a mandarin, found about 10 years ago at a Toronto estate auction.
Boldly dramatic: Top Toronto designer Robert Dirstein, right, with his huge embroidered portrait of a mandarin, found about 10 years ago at a Toronto estate auction.
12/3/1982