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Show Page m - THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, Wednesday, August John Ritter stars 26. 1992 spoof of TV Victor Borge special airs Sunday in movie By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Writer - LOS ANGELES Television, which has fed John Ritter munificently over the past 15 years, gets severely bitten in Ritter's new movie, which even takes a few nips out of his series, ."'Three's Company." "Stay Tuned" fantasizes what could happen if a suburban couple (Ritter and fellow sitcom vet Pam Dawber) were sucked into a giant television screen and find themselves participants in diabolical versions of series and movies. Among the titles: "Northern Overexposure," "Silencer of the Lambs," "Beverly Hills 90666," "Driving Over Miss Daisy," long-runnin- g "Duane's Underworld," "Meet "I Love Lucifer." hand? It's a little the "Biting nip," Ritter said in an interview. a little John Ritter Ritter remembered trying out for Peter Bogdanovich's "The Last Picture Show, about smalltown Texas. Timothy Bottoms got that role, but Ritter later worked for Bogdanovich in "Nickelodeon," "They All Laughed" and "Noises Off." "Three's Company." about a bachelor sharing an apartment with two attractive women. Suz anne Somers and Joyce DeWitt, was considered racy in its time (l John won an Emmy for his role, and he could have fallen into the typecasting trap. He recalled: "I would get scripts about 'a young swinging bachelor on the make,' and I said 'No, I've done that.' Or they'd say, 'You're living alone and. . .' What I was looking for in my time off was something a little bit different, a little serious, or funny in a different way . " 977-1984- phone) boom in the shot, so be it. bite now and then, just as actors Basically we did two shows a do, whether they want it or not. week, and we were out on the We get bitten by the hands that street by 9:30 on Saturday night." used toclapforus." Johnathan Southworth Ritter Ritter is one of the few actors was born into the business 43 years who has managed to veer from ago. His father was Tex Ritter, television to features and back who starred with his horse White again. His movies include "They Flash in westerns and is best All Laugh," "Problem Child," known for singing the ballad of "Skin Deep" and "Noises Off." "High Noon." But the mainstay of his career He grew up in the San Fernando has been series comedy: "Three's Valley and studied psychology at Company," "Three's a Crowd," the University of Southern Califor"Hooperman" and an upcoming nia until he switched to theater CBS show, "Hearts Afire." arts. Ritter's first steady job was his "We did eight years of 'Three's I as the minister in "The role then did one of Company,' year 'Three's a Crowd,'" Ritter comHe found fellow actor Richard mented. "That's nine years longer than high school and college. Boy, Thomas "very generous in sharing did I get an education. with me the traps and giving me "It was real interesting working advice about dealing with a series: with guest stars. Some comedians, pace yourself, always look for othsome had only done soaps, some er jobs, do different kinds of had only done theater, some did movies and looked down their noses at us. A lot of people from New York said, 'I usually don't come to California.' THEIROWNeJ "Yet when the curtain went up, 2 no matter how long you've studied Adults $3 Children $2 CLOSED stDAY or haven't studied at all, you had to answer to the audience. We didn't 120 West Main do retakes. If there was a (micro- American Fork Wal-tons- ." flhEHAS Ritter has shown his serious side plays like "The Glass Menagerie" and "Desire Under the Elms" and the movies "Unnatural Causes" and Stephen King's "It." But he keeps coming back to comedy. "I was the class clown, but I was also student body president in high school," he said. 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IUU.fM.I74M1 m Nightly 7:00 STRAIGHT TALK (PG) Nightly 9:15 12:10 2:20 4:25 7:25 9:30 Ages Jthru Adult 9 45th howANNIVERSARY (J THE NEWSIES (PG) MOM Garth Peay scatter-b- d, DEATH BECOMES HER 4I9-30- ac- rained ChjkSwT2 BEAST (PG) BEAUTY 11:25 1:15 3 00 5 00 7:00 9:00 f$cg should to sing a and The Shadow. Villa Theatre 4 Those Dracu-la'- s either a cappella or with taped Four women are needed to play companiment. witches and vampires, including Aunt Tillie (a middle-agewitch) and one girl, to 12, play Count Dracula's age daughter. The playhouse is also looking for a couple trained in ballroom dancing. "Shadowbrook Mansion." The auditions will conducted at the Valley Center Playhouse, 780 N. 200 East, Lindon. The play is an original Halloween musical comedy written by Jody Renstrom. It will be performed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights during October at the Valley Center Playhouse. Five men are needed to play Grim (the mysterious butler), Egor, Wolfman, Count Dracula Nightty 7:00 & 9:00 AND THE 728 South (Across the street Saturday, Aug. from 10 a.m. to noon for the play "RAPID FIRE" (R) Daily 1 .40 3 40 5 40 7:40 9:40 354 So. Main, SpringviH Punctuation." needed One age 12, is for the play to act as son. will be Gold The Best just got Betteri ! Come see Utah's finest New Fifty years ago, Borge, a Auditions set for 'Shadowbrook Mansion' also LINDON - Auditions boy, come auditioning Count conducted musical number 29, prepared thi Kpr Adults self-windi- From the "then" of early American television performances to the "now" of new shows taped at Detroit's historic Fox Theater in April, "Victor Borge: Then and Now" illustrates the path his career has tak MOMNIS RICK HONEY I ALL SEATS 13) 15 Niphil Sal Mai. IKI (PG) Nightly 7:00 9:15 Mat. 3:00 5:00 Sat. V show- special 80-min- cases the contemporary and classic comedy of one of America's most beloved performers. Daily 756 3181 NEWSIES ). in TCWNL Al.HAMBRA THKATKR one-of-a-ki- nd sician. The classically trained pianist who fled the Nazi invasion of Denmark on the last American passenger ship to leave Northern Europe, arrived in the United States penniless and unable to speak more than a few works of English. In those early days, he struggled to learn English by watching the 42nd Street movies in New York and memorized his first routine phonetically, performing his act without really understanding English. "Victor Borge: Then and Now" also showcases classic routines from the Golden Age of television, such as "Phonetic en. The new concert segments were taped during four shows over a period of three days,; drawing a total audience of more than 18,000 people. The Borge plays the piano and performs new routines on subjects ranging from his family, his watch, his hotel bathroom curtain, the Danish Queen, three crazy fishermen and the classic Mr. Schwartz. His legendary performance is interwoven with television clips and photographs that chronicle Borge's life and career. "VicSALT LAKE CITY tor Borge: Then and Now," airing on KUED Channel 7 Sunday, Aug. 30 at 8 p.m., is a sprawling retrospective covering the career muand life of the 1974. the Mansons," "I think television deserves - things, aim not at being a huge, big star, but to be a long star, from juvenile to leading man to character actor." He also remembered advice from his father: "His big thing was 'Be humble, son.' He was very proud when he saw me on The Waltons.'" Tex Ritter died in Classes Begin August 31st n" n Sldda CittU Ctass to your (ife! Q1 n" O m O I EVENING oii oii ?ii Entertain- - News Unsolved Mysteries am gj tJt? $m Seinfeld: The Wings ment Tonight Subway Wheel of For- - Jeopardy! The Wonder iDoogie Home Arresting iHowser. 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