He made props for your favourite TV shows. Its all for sale [Video]

Tim McElcheran is photographed at his workshop with the gangrenous toe from a Kids in the Hall sketch.

Giovanni Capriotti for the Toronto Star

I was searching for a child’s bicycle on Facebook Marketplace when I found the gangrenous toe.

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Tim McElcheran with some of his “gack.”

Giovanni Capriotti for the Toronto Star

Toronto-based prop designer and builder Tim McElcheran

is retiring after 50 years in the

business and selling all of his work.

Tim McElcheran is photographed with a few props at his workshop at in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood. McElcheran has spent a lifetime making props and special effects for film and television. Now nearing 70, he’s retiring, and getting rid of his “gack.”

Giovanni Capriotti for the Toronto Star

A view of a few tools at Tim McElcheran’s workshop during a July visit.

Giovanni Capriotti for the Toronto Star

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