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Show Animated Special "Here Comes Peter Cottontail "Here Comes Peter Cottontail," a lighthearted animated special, told and sung by Danny Kaye, will be rebroadcast p.m.), on the CBS Television Friday, April 8 (7:00-8:0- 0 Network. Based on the book The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich, the story relates how Peter fails to deliver more Easter eggs than the evil Irontail, but is saved from disgrace by Mr. Sassafrass and his time machine. With the aid of this invention, Peter attempts to go back a day in time to make amends, and manages to land in every important holiday except Easter before he sets things right again. Vincent Price is the voice of Irontail and the production features the talents of Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Casey Kasem, Iris Rainer, Greg Thomas and Jeff Thomas. Music and lyrics are by Maury Laws and Jules Bass. The teleplay is by Romeo Muller and was produced and directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. The "Animagic" supervision w? by Kizo Nagashima. wondering Reno, Nev. if he had written any other TV themes? L.A., Hagen wrote that excellent Mary Hartman theme, and he has written many, many others. Just to name a few: Gomer Pyle, Mod Squad, The Andy Griffith Show remember that whistling?, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mayberry RFD and That Girl. If as we gather from your letter, you are a budding composer, then you sure picked a great guy to emulate. A: YES. Earle CENSORED Q: All of a sudden on a local channel I found reruns of the old Honeymooners" series. It was like finding an old friend. notice that some of the parts I thought were the Only funniest have been cut out. Is this some form of censorship? M.L., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. A: NO. In network prime time, a half-hoprogram only has three minutes devoted to commercials. But when that show goes into reruns, the station can use from 4 12 to 6 minutes of commercial time, depending on the time slot. That extra time has to come from somewhere, so the funny pieces you are missing are what was cut to make room tor the extra I commercials. Sorry. REUNION Q: Is it true MORE ANGELS Q: Every time Charlie's Angels comes on, it pops into my head that there was another "angels series, but cant remember it. Was there another one? G.M.G., Albany, N.Y. A: YES. There have been others, but we had to go pretty far back to find them. One was Blue Angels, and Air Force series that starred Don Gordon and Robert Knapp. Another was Date With the Angels, which starred Bill Williams and guess who Betty White, lately of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Hope that gives you what you want. I MARX MAGIC theyre going to have a reunion on TV with Robert Young and all the others who played in "Father Knows Best?" J.D., Baltimore, Md. A: YES. Thats the plan. And it will not be the last such reunion you will see. The initial rating success enjoyed by the The Brady Bunch who were brought back together for comedyvariety shows has caused the networks to look favorably upon the idea of such reunions, all possible pilots for new series created out of old series with all or most of the original cast. Q: Im a great fan of the Marx Brothers, and it angered me to see that some rock group has actually used the titles of Marx Brothers movies ("A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races). How do you think Groucho feeis about this title theft? Was he furious? D.K., San Bernardino, Calif. A: NO. A rock group named Queen titled its albums this way as a tribute to the Marx Brothers, not as any sort of insult or theft. As we understand it, Groucho, himself, sent a telegram to the group saying that he hoped the titles brought them good luck. FAVORITE THEME Q: I love the theme music from "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." dont know who the composer is; but was (For an answer to your question about any TV program or e actor, write to Mailbag, care of Publications, 2112 McKinney, Dallas, Texas, 75201 .) I PAGE8THISWEEK I Tel-Air- |