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Cost of a joke: John Leberg, director of operations for the Canadian Opera Company, is handcuffed by a policeman who obviously didn't think Leberg's being at a bank with a prop gun was funny
Cost of a joke: John Leberg, director of operations for the Canadian Opera Company, is handcuffed by a policeman who obviously didn't think Leberg's being at a bank with a prop gun was funny

Cost of a joke: John Leberg, director of operations for the Canadian Opera Company, is handcuffed by a policeman who obviously didn't think Leberg's being at a bank with a prop gun was funny

Date7/24/1981
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  • Cost of a joke: John Leberg, director of operations for the Canadian Opera Company, is handcuffed by a policeman who obviously didn't think Leberg's being at a bank with a prop gun was funny
  • Cost of a joke: John Leberg; director of operations for the Canadian Opera Company; is handcuffed by a policeman who obviously didn't think Leberg's being at a bank with a prop gun was funny.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cost of a joke: John Leberg; director of operations for the Canadian Opera Company; is handcuffed by a policeman who obviously didn't think Leberg's being at a bank with a prop gun was funny.
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