'People think when your dad's on TV, you're rich and you're famous and have all these things. The reality was I went to the same school and I grew up in the same neighbourhood as they did.'
Brenda Barge looks through photos of her father Ron Barge, creator of the children’s show "The Buck Shot Show" in Calgary on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd KorolBrenda Barge did what other kids in southern Alberta did in the 1960s: rush home at noon to watch"The Buck Shot Show" on TV.
"That was Dad. He would see a kid, wave and just engage that person for 30 or 45 seconds, and that's all it took to make them feel special. And I think that's the best part of Dad." There was a downside, added her brother. There was some jealousy and resentment at the show's success and that filtered down to school."People think when your dad's on TV, you're rich and you're famous and have all these things. The reality was I went to the same school and I grew up in the same neighbourhood as they did."
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