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Show I TV TATTLE I "Of course we checked a lot of books and pictorials," she says. "But a big advantage has been talking with designers design-ers who actually created the fashions of the period. The tailor who used to make shirts for Ben Siegel, for example, -still has a thriving business in Hollywood." Adds Weiss, "If there's one thing I always look for in a garment it's character. There's nothing like a piece of clothing that has a real feeling feel-ing of humanity about it." David Frost to host "This is Your Life," the popular Emmy-winning program pro-gram on NBC from 1951-41, returns to NBC as a two-hour special tentatively titled, "This is Your Life: The 30th Anniversary." David Frost and Ralph -Edwards, the original host and creator, will co-host the special as well as produce it. GAME SHOW QUIZ -Richard Dawson is my favorite favor-ite game show host I know J that be was on "Hogan's . Heroes" many years ago, but what else has he done on TV? Anne Rothenstein, New York, N.Y. Ia addition to playing Peter Newkirk on the loaf -raining "Hogaa's Heroes," Richard Dawson was a panelist on the oM "I've Got a Secret" game show la 1I7. Before that, la H71-3 he was a regular on "Rowaa A Martin's Laagh-In." 'Animal Olympians' The Olympic games are tests of speed and strength for the world's men and women. But how do the skills of men and women compare to the prowess of animals? "Nova" finds out in "Animal Olympians," Olympi-ans," produced by WGBH Boston Bos-ton for PBS. The wildlife winners are shown at peak performance. And their performances are remarkable: the cheetah can accelerate from zero to 45 mph in two seconds, the monarch butterfly can cross the Atlantic faster than the Queen Mary can, the wild horse can maintain 20 mph speeds for 20 miles, and the sperm whale descends to depths of over a mile and holds its breath for 82 minutes. There is a crucial difference, differ-ence, however, between the feats of human Olympic winners and their animal counterparts: gold medalists compete for personal satisfaction satisfac-tion and national prestige, but animals perform for survival. Dressed to kill One of the biggest challenges chal-lenges faced by the producers of NBC's "The Gangster Chronicles" was to find a way to accurately recreate American Ameri-can fashions from the early 1900s through the Depression years. Costume designer Julie Weiss strove not to exaggerate exag-gerate or over-romanticize the styles of the periods. She searched for realistic looks that fit the personalities and intents of the people involved. |
