Dini Petty

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Dini Petty

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Dirty Work
1h 22m
Movie 1998

Dirty Work

Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.

The Dini Petty Show
TV Show 1989

The Dini Petty Show

"The Dini Petty Show," a Canadian daytime TV talk show aired from 1989 to 1999 on Baton Broadcasting System-affiliated stations, originating from Toronto's CFTO-TV, the BBS flagship station. Hosted by Dini Petty, it combined lifestyle features and interviews with celebrities. Petty, a Toronto-based host, moved from CITY-TV's CityLine to lead the show. Directed by Randy Gulliver, it captured 1990s Canadian pop culture with diverse interviews, undergoing redevelopment in late 1994. By 1999, Petty opted to film only intro/outro segments, airing repackaged retrospective content instead of new material. In 2000, Dini Petty's contract with CTV concluded, prompting a legal resolution that granted her ownership of the original broadcast tapes from The Dini Petty Show. Her decision to donate these tapes to the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections at York University occurred in 2010.

Biography

Dini Petty, a Canadian journalist, TV host, helicopter pilot, writer, and entrepreneur, gained fame for her vibrant hosting style on multiple talk shows, notably "The Dini Petty Show." Notably, at 22, while at Toronto's CKEY radio, she made history as the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter, sporting her iconic pink jumpsuit. Her piloting expertise soared, amassing 5,000 hours as the pilot-in-command of a Hughes 300.

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