Weighing the offers. When Mike Duffy left CBC, the Royal Canadian Air Farce urged listeners to send in postcards, if they matched Duffy's weight, maybe he'd return. But it was all in vain

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Weighing the offers. When Mike Duffy left CBC, the Royal Canadian Air Farce urged listeners to send in postcards, if they matched Duffy's weight, maybe he'd return. But it was all in vain

Date9/22/1988

Names

Duffy, Michael (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Weighing the offers. When Mike Duffy left CBC, the Royal Canadian Air Farce urged listeners to send in postcards, if they matched Duffy's weight, maybe he'd return. But it was all in vain.

Subject

Portraits

Television personalities

Politics and government

Politicians

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0044818F

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