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Smokey Robinson: There were too many flavors in his show last night, disappointed reviewer says
Smokey Robinson: There were too many flavors in his show last night, disappointed reviewer says

Smokey Robinson: There were too many flavors in his show last night, disappointed reviewer says

Date7/8/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Smokey Robinson: There were too many flavors in his show last night, disappointed reviewer says.
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Pouring on the syrup, Premier William Davis flavors Elizabeth Cuviter's pancake at hour-long flap jack breakfast he threw today on the steps of Toront(...)
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You had to be there: . . . when Howie Mandel stuck a bird cage on his head in a send-up of Tweety Bird at Roy Thomson Hall last night. His bizarre humor is tough to describe in print, reviewer says
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David Byrne is back in all his resplendent, quirky glory, says reviewer Mitch Potter of singer's concert at Massey Hall last night
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