Well, Murph - your reference made me Google Stanley Burke. And I’m glad I did.
I’m a little too young to remember his days as an anchorman, but according to Wikipedia he left to launch a public campaign on the Biafran civil war. I like this guy already.
There was a famous episode when they came back early from commercial and Burke didn’t know he was on air. He was caught cutting some director a new one over some on air cock up. The airwaves were rife with deleted expletives. It’s part of CBC folklore.
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1 Jim Murphy // Mar 12, 2008 at 11:16 am
Now that’s reality TV. Takes me back to the days of Stanley Burke on the CBC.
2 Jesse, himself. // Mar 12, 2008 at 11:46 am
I’m a little too young to remember his days as an anchorman, but according to Wikipedia he left to launch a public campaign on the Biafran civil war. I like this guy already.
Better yet - it turns out he’s a blogger. His post called They’re Changing Our Fishwater is brilliant.
3 Jim Murphy // Mar 12, 2008 at 11:59 am
There was a famous episode when they came back early from commercial and Burke didn’t know he was on air. He was caught cutting some director a new one over some on air cock up. The airwaves were rife with deleted expletives. It’s part of CBC folklore.
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