For kids my age (six in 1969) and for Montrealers in general, one of the
kings - if not the king- of Montreal English TV was “Magic Tom” Auburn.
Not only was he a skilled magician, but he had an appealing, gentle
manner which put children and their parents at ease. Numerous local
children appeared on his broadcast, performing a song or skit, and
helping with his tricks.
(I have a vague memory of being on the show myself, but I seem to have blacked it out - apparently, I was a little clumsy.)
And Auburn was not only a TV institution (in French, as well, by the
way). He made numerous live appearances throughout the community. I
myself saw him in the late 1970s at the YM-YWHA in Chomedey, where he
put on a wonderful show. And an issue of The Suburban on June 18, 1969
carried a Van Horne Shopping Centre ad promoting an appearance by him
there “for the kiddies,” followed by a Hawaiian trio.
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