What happened to that famous Sun photo of Barbara Amiel riding an elephant?
It ran countless times in the paper, clear evidence that
(a) like the Sun, Amiel had a delicious sense of humour or (b)
perhaps something else.
Google that goofy pic: hundreds of Barbara photos
show up, but no elephant.
(a) like the Sun, Amiel had a delicious sense of humour or (b)
perhaps something else.
Google that goofy pic: hundreds of Barbara photos
show up, but no elephant.
The search turns up her columns about the deaths of four elephants at the Toronto Zoo for the paper and Maclean's, yet the Amiel Rides an Elephant photo is conspicuous by its absence.
Around 2000, I was told it was missing.
It wasn't in the Sun library's dusty photo files.
The photo pre-dated the dawn of the internet.
AOL wasn't even a thing.
No web photo site seems to have it.
It exists nowhere in cyberspace.
Thus was born the outrageous in-house fable that the Sun had printed the "damn elephant picture" one too many times. Tipsters claimed Amiel swiped it.
Thus was born the outrageous in-house fable that the Sun had printed the "damn elephant picture" one too many times. Tipsters claimed Amiel swiped it.
She thought it ridiculous.
Could the silly photo haunt her down thru the decades?
Intrude on her life as a serious person?
Did she take it?
Until 3 a.m. this morning, the jury was out.
Amiel is long gone.
Ditto the elephant.
Coincidence?
A wonderous mystery--one gossip claimed somebody saw her in the library at midnight--yet Page Six seemed suspiciously blind and mum to this juicy item.
A wonderous mystery--one gossip claimed somebody saw her in the library at midnight--yet Page Six seemed suspiciously blind and mum to this juicy item.
Uh, yeah.
Amiel's Friends and Enemies hits book stores in minutes.
Will the celebrated photo be in it?
Will the celebrated photo be in it?
Why dunf, you mean this photo?
Guilt builds over the years, my babies.
I searched for the photo yesterday.
I searched for the photo yesterday.
I feared it must be in my basement.
Wasn't it "borrowed" for a Tom Macmillan gag video shoot?
Half Page Challenge was produced as entertainment for a Paul Godfrey dinner during Amiel's reign, 1983-1985.
The mock panel show featured Amiel, Bono, John Downing, Andy Donato, Peter Worthington and a SUNshine girl.
All six spent an afternoon in a wrangled Cable 10 studio, with Scruff Connors as unseen announcer.
I've found the script and art from that show.
Amiel as Little Orphan Annie.
Doug Creighton photo-shopped as Daddy Warbucks.
I even found a DVD of the cheesy 19-minute effort.
Didn't I "borrow" the elephant pic again for the Amiel Reel TMac produced to show at a 1986 New York City seminar?
Yes to both.
But did I return it?
The elephant photo appears in Amiel's new book!
Doubleday had access to it this year!
Where did it come from?
I'm totally innocent!
Is The Black Queen of King Street?
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