VIDEOS - BOOK 2

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14 Turner under construction in '74 when Mom and I move in.

Our neighbourhood months after we moved in.

"Then I'll be Famous" song lyrics written in 1978 at age 17.9 (page 1 of 2.)

"Then I'll be Famous" song lyrics written in 1978 at age 17.9 (page 2 of 2.)

Building my mom's driveway. Wearing the perfect work clothes.

My first airplane ride in 1975. From Fort St. John BC to Whitehorse Yukon.

Arriving back in Whitehorse after being alone in the bush for a week.

In case I get picked up by the RCMP for being a runaway.

My sister and I somewhere in the Yukon.

Shovelling rocks at my mom's house.

NOT my photo. Ticket stub from the greatest event to hit Regina since the Tornado of 1912.

NOT my photo. PM Pierre Trudeau at Hotel Saskatchewan in 1978. I'm on far right.

NOT my photo. Similar to the V8 Vega rocket car I built.

Super salesman of the Kirby Classic III in 1978.

My sister Yvette and I setting out on our camping trip that will prove disastrous.

Trying to get Baby Jessica interested in a rubber carrot.

In the beautiful Yukon.

With Baby Jessica and Ricky the Creepy Doll.

My tattered eyelid after the Ring Road incident.

My bar card.

Cover of my 1977 novel.

Page from my 1977 novel.

My sister and I at my mom's patio.

My mom and I at her U of R convocation. 1980.

In character for my first Super8 film, "Does Gravity Bring You Down?"

Editing a Super8 film.

Frames from my Doll film. Being chased down a school hallway.

Neck explosion scene from my 16mm Doll film.

Typing the worst novel of all time.

Master Control of CKCK-TV.

Rodger Cuspid, Newsman. A character in our Weekend Productions.

A slide in the telecine during late movies on CKCK-TV in the '80s.

There is no evidence on who is under the Mr. Kool-Aid head.

Cart Machine Salesman. A character in our Weekend Productions.

Running for every position on the Students Union Council in 1982.

On the news while running for Mayor of Regina in 1982.

Drink lots of beer while running from bar to bar in downtown Regina on a Saturday afternoon.

Hand-drawn map of SU Bldg by Brad Jetko.

Me as vampire in Kozan's TV commercial.

The cast of 'The Honourable Thing' by Derron Hoover.

Scene from my play, "Adventures of Bored McInnes's Head."

Scene from my play, "Adventures of Bored McInnes's Head."

Opening credits on one of the episodes of "Puttnams" that I wrote.

My passport photo. Summer 1987.

Hangin' out in Kathmandu.

Jaisalmer Rajasthan India. At the end of a multi-day camel trek in the desert. 1988.

Waiting for a train in India.

Dying of amoebic dysentery in Calcutta.

Wearing my warm jundayi on a cold day in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square. 1988.

The paradise of Thailand.

Actual evidence of me hitting a ball.

Pretending to catch as member of the PPBF.

Photo by Don Jedlic of Oktober Revolution.

Joan Carol's store burns down on 13th Ave.

My hostel card.

Scene from Mark Wihak's 'The Ballad of Don Qunn."

Scene from Mark Wihak's 'The Ballad of Don Qunn."

Scene from Mark Wihak's 'The Ballad of Don Qunn."

Scene from Mark Wihak's 'The Ballad of Don Qunn."

On my 30th birthday.

1990.

My fridge's contents in my bachelor apartment.

My super-cool bachelor apartment.

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My mother's father, Henri, at age six, in front of the family homestead in Becancour, Quebec. Read about this in Chapter 39 of 'David G Grade 3.'

Irene and her sisters. Read about this in Chapter One of 'David G Grade 3.'

Irene on the farm.

Irene (R) with one of her sisters.

Irene 1949. Kodachrome slide by Everett Baker. See many more of his brilliant photos of life on the prairies at www.shfs.ca/Baker (website of Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society)

My maternal grandparents.Read about them in Chapter One of 'David G Grade 3.'

Louis, Irene, and Yvette in early 1950s.

Yvette at First Communion. (Don't know if she's on the left or right.)

Yvette outside our shack in Dollard.

The photo of Irene that Alfred had wedged in a corner of his mirror for forty years. Read about this in Chapter Seven of 'David G Grade 3.'

Yvette, Mom, and I. 1960

Me in diapers.

Me crying on Santa's lap.

Louis, Yvette, and I at Christmas 1963.

Me biking outside of our Arcola Ave house. (Everyone biked back then with a stuffed horse.)

Yvette, Louis, Irene, and I.

First Communion. Read about this in Chapter Seventeen of 'David G Grade 3.'

Sister Margaret and I in basement of Little Flower Church following my First Communion. My terrified look is from my illogical fear that Mom was giving me away. Read about this in Chapter Seventeen of 'David G Grade 3.'

Me and my brother's scary bike.

Yvette, 17, hanging out with her pre-hippy friends in front of our place in the Greer Court projects. 1967. Read about this in Chapter 34 of 'David G Grade 3.'

Me hanging out with Louis & Yvette's friends in front of our place in the Greer Court projects. 1967. (I'm on the far right.)

Mom's high school ID card. She left blank her age of 35.

Irene receiving her High School diploma in 1968, age 37. She was one of the first students in the newly-built Miller Composite High. Read about this in Chapter Eight of 'David G Grade 3.'

Irene after receiving her High School diploma in 1968, age 37. She was one of the first students in the newly-built Miller Composite High. Read about this in Chapter Eight of 'David G Grade 3.'

Yvette and I from a Christmas video.

Yvette's grad as a Registered Nurse.

My tenth birthday in Banff.

Mom and I at a wedding, 1972.

the only film of our family

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