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Max in the Morning

Name: Max in the Morning
Duration: 27 min

David Bairstow

1965 | 27 min

This short documentary joins radio satirist Max Ferguson at the microphone as he creates his weekday-morning program for the CBC. Shot inside his broadcasting booth, the film watches and records as Max ad-libs his way through zany interpretations of news events, with only the morning paper and his wit to guide him.

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Credits

director

David Bairstow
photography

Roger Racine

Hector Lemieux
location sound

Claude Pelletier
sound re-recording

George Croll
editing

Barrie Howells
sound editing

Les Halman
music editing

Norman Bigras
production assistant

Josef Reeve
producer

David Bairstow

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