Lesley Mcdonell (St Nicholas)

Murray McLauchlan, Sandy Engbloom, Lesley and Leonard.

Hooked up with Lesley last week. She is a great friend. She brought Paul Schaffer,Bernie Taupin and Rod Steward to my bar as well as many others. I could never refuse Lesley anything. So when she asked if then boyfriend Nick St.Nicholas(Steppenwolf) could rent my bar during the day to rehearse. I said yes.(not thinking that I slept there and I usually got to bed about 7 am) Nick was creating a new album. He would show up at nine. First week about 5 hours of bass lines FULL BLAST! second week Bass and Drum parts FULL BLAST ! For six weeks I suffered often going to a hotel for a rest which cost me far more then the rent. I sure was glad to see him leave.

I guess I wll always love Lesley.

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Patrick McGoohan

I met Patrick in The 22 and asked him what he was doing? This was his answer. We chatted for a couple of hours. I think he had just finished Scanners. The Club 22 at the Windsor Arms was an amazing place in 70's & 80's. It was like the hub of movie business in Toronto. Every day there was an adventure of some kind. Robert Miller was a writer for McLean's Magazine and CTV and had recently turned to novels like Dreadlock and some movie biz with Bill Marshall. I had bravely written my first screenplay and had given a copy to Bill Marshall. So we are sitting at the producers table with a few cronies at the mostly empty Club 22 and Bobby says come here I want to talk to you. he leads me to the empty piano bar. He tells me he picked up my script at Bill's office and read it. He than told me I shouldn't be in the movie business and picked my script apart line by line. He was good, he had a photographic memory and a grounding in writing and English and literature that w...

Elway Yost

My sister Gaille was Elway Yost's secretary for a few years at TV Ontario. "I had the incredible opportunity to meet and engage in conversation with the talented Elwy on multiple occasions. On two separate occasions, I was even asked to be a stand-by guest for his show, Magic Shadows. Though I never had the chance to step in, just being considered by Elwy himself was an honor I will never forget. As a devoted fan of Magic Shadows from the very start, these moments were truly unforgettable.

FARLEY MOWATT

I met Farley in the 60's we had the same Hair Stylist (Chris Beacom) and we had a few drinks at the Pilot and talked of Newfoundland. i remember one of his lines. I would like to go back to Newfoundland, maybe when Joey dies.

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