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Stephen g The Emmy and Tony ("Tour of Duty") Caffrey as a helpful resident physician and Cynthia title saw of one of TV's ("Fame") Gibb as the latter's girtrue comedy classics gave a considerable boost to another show lfriend a pathologist herself The notion of a spinoff show last season when his guest apwas in Silverman and pearance in an episode of "Jake reportedly and the Fatman" lifted that CBS Hargrove's minds when they asked Van Dyke to do his "Fat-man-" mystery to one of its highest ratstint but at that point he to tend ings ever Networks don't was reluctant to commit to anothignore such occurrences so Van er weekly role "It's a little more Dyke then was signed by execuwork than I had bargained for" tive producers Fred Silverman the friendly and cheerful actor still and Dean Hargrove (the same maintains "but this guy has son of team behind NBC's "Mattock" taken on a life of his own and Mason" and recurring "Perry playing him I had said 'I the part of enjoy think I movies) to don't can make another sethe offbeat Dr Mark Sloan — ries' and then the deal became who's given to roller-skatin- g With my son Barry two around the hospital as well as playing the detective I get in— in at least two volved in criminal doings through into a him" Since the "Jake" episode which might turn regular program The first of those had one acquaintance of Sloan as murder victim and Sunday's outings aireSunday on CBS as "Diagnosis of Murder" finds Sloan movie makes another one the trying to clear a business-executiprime suspect Van Dyke muses patient (played by Bill Blithy) "It might not pay to know me or of a homicide charge Former Angela lansbury (whose Jessica "Dallas" regular Ken Kartheval Fletcher character often has &tiler predicaments on CBS"Murand William ("Die Hard") Atherton are among other guests but the der She Wrote') In the next one Pogo 28 TV Week Jan 541 1991 friend who it's a plastic-surgeo- n gets knocked oft it looks like a suicide but Sloan suspects it's a murder I've never been involved with mysteries before and I'm finding it interesting" Van Dyke and his son previously were paired on CBS' short-live- d "Van Dyke Show" in the fall of 1988 and he terms the new partnering "probably the most fun I of all besides the get to do When we were talking about who should play the part I suggested Barry and they thought it was a wonderful idea and went right with it It's a great relationship and think it will really work over time if this becomes a series If nothing else it's a way to see your kid because he has to show every morning up on the set" Van Dyke also appreciates the fact that the Sloan stories will allow him to work with peers such as Bixby who's spending a lot of time behind the cameras these days as a director of such ventures as CBS' recent "Baby of the Bride" film "I've known him ever since he first stalled 'My Favorite Martian'" Van Dyke reflects "but I've never worked with him be- fore" Revealing that the Inclusion d of Sloan's tap moves was his own Idea Van Dyke recalls "We were looking for scam said 'How about if We he was a closet got Art Duncan who used to dance on 'The Lawrence Welk Show' to play a character in (Sunday's) movie I'm giving him free medical attention in return for tap lessons and we end up doing a number in the halls" As for the tricities and g aspect Van Dyke states "I love it There's a car chase in this one where I have to skate down the street and hang onto the backs of trucks but of course they wouldn't allow me to do that and used a double instead I don't think I would have tried it anyway but the funny thing is that my pantomime experience has come in handy because they needed some medium shots of me skating actually pantomimed those without skates on and even though you'd think it would look phony you cannot tell that I'm not so thank you Marcel skating Marceau" While making "Diagnosis of Murder" in Vancouver Van Dyke became more familiar with actual medical dilemmas than he would have liked "My back went out just before went up to shoot this movie" he explains "and I was in therapy all through the production tt was a pinched nerve that goes down the leg and I had sciatica down the right one so that was weakened We wer4 supposed to shut down the first then take a week off and start up the second one immediately but my back got so bad that we had to postpone it That gave everybody a nice rest but I've never had postpone anything before guess the infirmities of age are Mins me" Should "Diagnosis of Murder" and its sequel (to be seen later this season) perform wal enough for CBS to commission weekly exploits of Dr Mark Sloan Van Dyke claims "I'm prepared do it We've already talked abed it and two or three more scripts have been ordered to have IS hand lust in case placements always happen and I'm might happen with us so that ready to go" Van Dyke adds he finds comfort In being to rounded by a group of regulars who also can shoulder a sizable number of scenes "Marlette KO some ley and I did a Father' years ago called 'Dropout and think we make a good tears rm really tickled to have her there are a lot of good people board That would give me breaks out of some respect for age because doing an hourlong show (each week) can be a killer" |