File contains press clippings on three different specials, including Hot Diggity (1969- Laugh in Style comedy), Brenda Lee (1985) and Juno Awards (1977).
File contains promotional advertisements and review articles about the Twenties/Thirties television special. The Special looked back on the two decades and showed old film and news clips complemented by performances of era music sung by contemporary artists.
File contains articles about the Time for Laughter is a comedy show starring Harry Belafonte supported by an almost entirely black cast that was welcomed with good reviews.
Mary Lou Collin's Show of the Week was the first variety show taped in colour by the CBC and received mixed reviews for its use of changing backgrounds and poor selection of songs.
File contains article reviews of The Children Youth '60 show starring Fabian, a 16 year old singer from Philadelphia. The program was meant to appeal to the new generation of teen-age viewers, a show concept created by Paddy Sampson.
File contains news articles reviewing and highlighting many of Paddy Sampson's work from over the years. This is a collection of items curated by Paddy and some are highlighted, photocopied and others cut and pasted onto larger pieces of paper.
File contains two copies of Paddy Sampson's work history, the first was is a one-page resume written when he was 43 (1969) and the other is a detailed CV written in the 1990s.
File contains three items including, one draft of the production contract for Rich Little's Robin Hood, preliminary estimated budget for Jeunesse Musicale and Toronto Program inventory for Program X.
File contains television program costs for Belafonte Jamaica special, internal memo describing the shipment of video tapes to Belafonte enterprises, contract between CBC and Cubartista (Agencia Cubana de Artistas) and accompanying documents.
File contains the program for the event called An Evening with Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. Information included in program lists members of the Head table, Menu, Choir Members and Acknowledgments. Tucked inside the program is Paddy's official invitation and a YIOUB Federal Party Membership card (1974-1975). The Y.I.O.U.B Federal Party Membership card was created by Canadian artist, Mashel Teitelbaum and stands for Youth.Indians.Old People.Unemployed. Blacks) 1974-75. This card stipulates that the holder of this card, if registered, can vote any damned way he or she chooses.
File contains seven official programs for special events, including 1979 Juno Awards, 74th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Gala Performance in honour of The President of The United States of America and Mrs. Reagan (x2) with accompanying official invitation from the Secretary of State of Canada, Gala Performance in honour of the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China His Excellency Mr. Zhao Ziyang, Gala Performance in the Presence of The Queen and Hi Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh to celebrate the Constitution of Canada (including official ticket stubs), and The Manitoba Festival: The Royal Visit.
Fonds consists of audio reels and video tapes (VHS, U-Matic and Betacam) with excerpts of interviews, television shows and specials intended for broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) English Television Network. The tapes were compiled by Paddy Sampson during the course of his employment with the CBC as a television producer.