Show 2 Sarah says TV role like own life 1980 By JERRY BUCK 10 AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sarah Purcell says she is as real as the people who appear on “Real People” And she says they’re pretty August real “Who I am on ‘Real People’ is who I am” of the hit NBC says the striking blonde Sunday co-ho- st actuality program Mrs Purcell had been asked if her “Big Sis” image on the show — teasing protective blushing at the innuendos of her “brothers” — was created for her She says the image grew out of the show’s Monday story conferences “Out of that came the relationships” she says “We joked and talked about various things I kidded Skip Stephenson about his weekend and offered him advice The writers’ ears perked up and they began writing the show that way On the show we’re ourselves There’s nobody else to be” STUDIED IN EUROPE One of the things that executive producer George Schlatter discovered — and began to take advantage of — is that she blushes easily at suggestive remarks “Well it makes me uncomfortable I’ll admit” she says then laughs “And George knows it” She is married to television producer Joe Purcell She was born in Richmond Ind but grew up in New Orleans and San Diego She went to college in Los Angeles and San Diego then spent two years traveling and studying in “TOO HOT TO HANDLE” stars Clark Gable and Myrna Loy Europe t Mrs Purcell came to “Real People” from the c talk show “AM Los Angeles” Her still-unreleas- coupon ed interviewed” People react differently to her now that she is becoming well known although it has yet to become a problem Quartz Constant Readout ALARM WATCH “I stay away from large shoots” she says “We keep it small I just got back from Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama People were wonderful there and even though they knew us they didn’t create so much fuss that we couldn’t get the job done” 95 2:10 12:10 S Cross-Wit- s 2:30 12:30 vv 621-613- ble" (1961) Stephen Boyd Juliette Greco An 1 coupon r t 8 News 3 Insight 8 The Benny Hill Show 12 Movie — "The Big Gam- SHAVERMART 2:00 CONTINUED $13950 351 24th St adventurous couple leaves to find a fortune in an unexplored region of Africa (2 12 Movie — "Cape Fear" (1962) Gregory Peck Robert Mitchum After prison an embittered man seeks revenge on the lawyer responsible for his conveight years iction (2 hrs) 12:40 in 1:00 8 The FBI 1:10 3 Ironside 1:40 189 299 349 529 I 0 o o Exposure Exposure Roll Exposure Roll Exposure Roll Price includes Film Processing and one print ea THIS AD MUST ACCOMPANY ORDER Good Thru Aug 18 1980 the photo factory West I 3725 South 2S0 621-683- fast-talkin- cut-thro- at 0 BEHIND SEARS & SKAGGS IOE3EraEa0E3E3EiaEJS3EaEal 5 News 17 THURSDAY EVENING 6:00 2:40 3 News 12 Movie — "Babes in Arms" (1939) Mickey Rooney Judy Garland The children of 14 1980 AUG vaudevil-lia- n parents take to the stage to prove themselves (2 hrs) INTEREST SOLIDLY SECURED Investors at Summit Systems Inc have been return You can begin investenjoying an 17 ing with $20000 or more Your funds are solidly secured by a short term trust deed or a Uniform Real Estate Contract The security is exceptionally high because we select those with large equities All the details will be handled by an escrow-ageand your monthly check will automatically be issued to an account of your choice Title is issued and documents are recorded in your name If you would like more information please call Mr Southwick at 479-696- 9 nt anytime 5 News 7 Zoom (R) 8 Gilligan's Island The Victory Garden 12 Star Trek 8 Bewitched Weeknight 20 Dick Van Dyke 7:00 3 Movie — "Hot Millions" (1968) Peter Ustinov Maggie Smith An makes money on computers while his wife ex-co- I change 4 Democratic National Convention — Live coverage of the 9q0 Democratic National Conven1 Love Lucy tion from Madison 6:30 2 Democratic National Square Garden in New York City (Note: Late night programming may be delayed or preempt- Convention — Live coverage of the 1 980 Democratic National Conven- ed by convention tion from Madison Square Garden in New York City (Note: Late night programming may be delayed or preempt- ed by convention coverage) 3 Sanford and Son 5 Democratic National coverage) 7 MacNeil - Lehrer Report 8 Star Trek 1 1 Stationary Ark 1 2 Streets of San Francisco 20 Movie — "Saratoga" (1937) Clark Gable Jean Harlow The sultry daughter of a wealthy horse breeder becomes romantically involved e with a bookie Convention — Live coverage of the 1 980 Democratic National Conven- big-tim- tion from Madison Square Garden in New York City (Note: Late night programming may be delayed or preempt- ed by convention coverage) 7 Over Easy n collects his pocket 1 1 20 re 1 1 2 News 3 Dick Van Dyke 4 20 - 20 4:30 Roll His charisma comes through in Westerns in war stories and in comedies He is equally convincing as a business executive or booky and always inseparable from his rolls are his charming wit and “way with women” His charisma even upstages the Democrats during the week ahead when TV20 presents a week of Clark Gable movies nightly at 7 pm Monday August 11 Gable and Lana Turner star in “Honky Tonk” Con-ma- n and gambler Gable stops off in the frontier town of Yellow Creek — and maybe for good when a pretty blonde sets her plan into action It’s “Too Hot to Handle” Tuesday when Gable and Walter Pidgeon play two newsreel cameramen who compete around the globe for scoops and for the affections of a certain lady flier (Myrna Loy) Big business strikes Wednesday when Gable g ad man in the “Huckportrays a sters” Gable wins a battle over unethical practices in the advertising jungle but somehow is not as convincing to a beautiful society widow Deborah Kerr Thursday in “Saratoga” Jean Harlow plays a spoiled beauty who must choose between her rich fiance and Gable a handsome racing man In “Run Silent Run Deep” on Friday Gable and Burt Lancaster engage in a battle of wits as two commanding officers amidst submarine warfare in Japanese waters during World War II hrs) 5 Merv Griffin SPECIAL Week of Gable Movies to Be Shown on 20 devil-may-ca- WEDNESDAY Reg back- ground had been in local talk shows while her only acting experience a featured role in the “Billy Jack Goes to Washington” gave her the bug She was in the ABC movie “A Guide for the Married W’oman” and recently completed a starring role in the CBS movie “Terror Among Us” She plays a stewardess who saves her friend from a rapist “I get to be the heroine” she says She admits she worried about keeping Sarah Purcell the actress separated from Sarah Purcell the interviewer Even her celebrity image on “Real People” is beginning to be a problem when she goes out on assignment “I’m worried about it” she says “I deal in honesty in my personal life and in my professional life If I don’t believe in something I can’t do it I won’t do it That’s the only way I can reconcile this And I do watch the parts that are offered me very closely “The only thing that upsets me is when people say ‘Real People’ isn’t real Because it is I wouldn’t work on it if it wasn’t I’m proud of the work I’ve done and the people I’ve 7 Harold 1 1 7:30 Lloyd The Last of the Mohicans 8:00 7 Movie — "The Goldwyn Follies" (1938) Adolphe Ella Logan A Menjou |