Show i W I TV S7r' f jf? :V- 4f J M r” By TAYLOR MICHAELS Mich TVData Features Syndicate A: You are and thanks lor bringing back memories of that hilanous ad campaign which was built around the premise that women should buy these hair care prixlucts because they were used by Rula Lenska The problem was very few people in the United States had any idea who she was! Lenska now 53 is a familiar face in her native England however where she has appeared in movies onstage and on TV ("Dixitor Who" fans can spot her as a character called Styles in a 1984 episixlc called "Resurrection of the Daleks") Here in the States she remains best known for those Alberto VO-- 5 TV commercials Q: Did Eric Bravdvn (“The Young und the Restless”) ever appear on “(iunsnioke"? Nappanee Ind 'i n? vxu A: Yes and more than once Brae-de- n played the title character in a February 1971 episode called "Jaekel" then returned the following fall to play Sincfaire in a three-pa- rt episixlc called “Gold Train: The Bullet" He last appeared as William Talley in a February 1974 episixlc called “The Iron Blixxl of Courage" Q: YYhut is the relationship if' any between CNN personalities Tucker and Margaret Carlson? -- Frances II Bowles Raeford NC A: They're married to each other Q: Back in the late '70s or early '80s my husband and I recall commercials for Alberto VO-- 5 Hot Oil ' Treatment that began with a redhead saying “Hi I'm Rula Lens-ka- " My husband insists she was a fictional character but I say she was a foreign actress Who is right? -- Karen Buckland Ann Arbor AUGUST 11 -- - 18 2001 Q: What happened to “Kate Brasher" on CBS? It wasn't on long Too clean I guess -- M Crabtree West Plains Mo A: Netwoiks have nothing against "clean" shows that attract an audience "Kate" - which I also liked by the way - drew gixxl reviews and fair blit unspectacular audience numbers during its spring tryout during which all the episodes were aired When it Standard-Examine- r came down to selecting which shows to order for the tail CBS passed on the Mary Smart Mastcrson senes in favoi ol "That's Life" another promising Ireshman series that has yet to find a luge audience Q: Several weeks ago you report- ed that Gloria Y inters (Penny on “Sky King") played Halts on the First TV version of “The Life of Riley" (with Jackie Gleason) But who played Balts in the later more ? familiar version with William -- Bert Carson Parrotsville Tenn Ben-dix- A: In the Bcnilix version Babs was played by Lugene Sanders who previously had played the title role in the 1951-5- 2 sitcom "Meet Corliss Archer" St'iul ipii'sluins l veneral interest la 'IV Pipeline IVDala ! future t Ssmh-- i ale JJJ (Ill'll Si (Urns I alls NY I2S0I ore-mala Ivpipchnclvilalat am ( nl iinrslians selei It'd far tins column i sill he anssseretl Personal replies rannoi he seal 31 |