Show S O i BY JOEY SASSO CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ABC calls it a breakthrough and church groups condemn it as prime time pollution pollution- but the ratings Indicate its it's a smash hiL hit So despite angry outrage from churches PT PTAs As and homosexual groups ABCs ABC's controversial sex comedy Soap will stay on the air The air The premiere of Soap walloped its opposition in the ratings proving sex sells on television television- No other show in television history created as much controversy as Soap And the public outcry was at its strongest even before the show aired aired- Reviewing the characters and situations on Soap its it's easy to understand why many are labeling the continuing story as the dirtiest show on television When Esther Rolle Role quit her role as the mother on TVs TV's Good Times she complained to an interviewer about the Jimmie Walker character on the show Who wants to be the mother of a year old son with no interest in school and who has to be read to by his little brother For his part Jimmie J JJ J. J Walker says that the character he plays is true to life Everything was my worst subject Jimmie says says- I failed in everything My best was history and I just passed that because I knew who Abe Lincoln was was ABC is doing a little gentle twisting arm-twisting to try to get Jack Paar back on big time TV Hes He's been having secret talks with the brass They'd like to put him in against Johnny Carson to wage war for the night late-night ratings EYE ON TV When James Gamer drove his new 1 Ferrari off the showroom floor he got as far as as the first stoplight and someone rear-ended rear him with considerable i damage r. r The road to LaJolla looks like the road to reconciliation for Angie Angle Dickinson and Burt Bacharach They keep weekending together at their hideaway place there so friends doubt they'll ever allow the divorce to become final Clay sculpture is something Mary Tyler Moore has wanted to get involved in ever since she did a abit abit abit bit of it as a college student 20 years ago ago- So now she's got the time and her first project protect is a life size bust of husband Grant Tinker Over in Hawaii for a vacation with his wife Lynne Michael Landon of Little House on the Prairie was so fascinated with the dolphin act at the Hilton in he dived right into the pool and frolicked with them As long as no immoral porpoises were involved it sounds okay Im really a gutsy broad laughed Charlies Charlie's Angel Cheryl Ladd The gorgeous blonde who replaced Farrah Fawcett told me I knew what I was taking on when I agreed to do this show I t decided that the only way for me to survive was to look took forward rather than backward Im I'm not Farrah and Farrah-and and I certainly dont don't imitate her TV BACKSTAGE Ed Asner the star of the new Lou Grant show was wasat at Chateau Madrid bragging about his new look look- lookHe He lost 28 23 pounds pounds- I did it with resistance to temptation and astronomical protein protein- That's high protein in this inflationary world John has come to toan toan toan an agreement with producers of Welcome Back Kotter Kotler He will remain playing Barbarino on the series but will be seen much less giving him more time to pursue other acting endeavors Charlies Angels Angels' star Jaclyn Smith went to the studio recently in her filthy car only to return to find it shining and clean clean- She has no Idea who washed it since all that was left was a note reading Dont mean to bother you but your car needed a awash wash Racing car ace Steve McQueen has started a Tonka Toys racing cars collection |