| Show 1 2 DA DESERET NEWSTHE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE TUES PMWED AA MARCH 341992 pahrn-Ialoft 1 Illy Kn T JAI I ammtaws race Boxleither 11 Newspapers "Hail to the Chief" all of which lasted less than a season Griffith wasn't in "Carter Country" Q Give me the address of "Step By Step" so I can write Suzanne Somers — LH Madison Heights I k k - y I t 4 - 4 k t - Mich t A Lorimar Telepictures 10202 W Washington Blvd Culver City Calif 90232 04 f Settle this between my and me: Who were the two actors who played in "Alias Smith and Jones"? — DX Gold Beach Q t - e' -- 4 At - -t I i' 1 1 i 1 I - fifth-floo- apartment Tell me about Scott Baio of "Baby Talk" Where can I write him? — CJP Sand Springs Okla A Baio 31 started modeling and got into acting when his cousin actor (now lawyer) Joey Baio got him an agent His TV series in Q Bruce Boxleitner made? — RA Palmdale Calif A "Streets" was seen on ABC 1972-7Michael Douglas as Inspector Steve Keller partnered Karl Malden as Lt Mike Stone for the first four seasons Richard Hatch as Inspector Mike Robbins replaced Douglas in 1976 According to the plot Keller went off to teach In reality Douglas went off to become a major move actor and producer There were 119 hourlong episodes In January Malden as Stone was back in a TV movie "Return to the Streets of San Francisco" The story line had him hunting Keller's killer with a new partner Debrah Farentino as Inspector Sarah Burns (Douglas was too big to stoop to a TV movie Hatch was never mentioned) There is talk of a series of movies Q Where can I get the video of "Eight Is Enough: The Reunion"? Video stores won't order it for me — KML Westland Mich A There is no video of the 1987 dude "Blansky's Beauties" "hap- py Days" "Who's Watching the Kids" "We're Movin'" "Joanie 7 Loves Chachi" and "Charles in Charge" He's also done several TV dramas "The Boy Who Drank Too Much" "Stoned" (for which he had an Emmy nomination) and several features He's branched out into directing recently Write: Columbia Pictures Television 3300 Riverside Dr Burbank Calif 91505 Q I've been trying to figure out where I have seen the new Mommy on "Baby Talk" Help please — SD Morrow Ga A Mary Page Keller who succeeded Julia Duffy who succeeded Connie Selleca had a recurring role in "Life Goes On" and was a regular in two Fox series "Duet" and "Open House" She made her TV debut in 1982 as Amanda Kinkaid in the soap "Ryan's Hope" a year later took over the role of Sally Frame in "Another World" for two years Q What was the series in the '60s that starred Robert Lansing and Dana Winter about a secret agent who took another man's identity? — KM Youngstown TV movie Q Before my wife declares me senile didn't Andy Griffith appear in a TV series called "Carter Coun- try or County?" I remember him being chief of police There was a female police officer and the mayor was an actor who has appeared Was" borrowed the title seen 1966-6but not the plot of a 1956 movie spy thriller Q I've become a great fan of the 1970s cop drama "The Streets of San Francisco" When did it make its TV debut how long did it run what channel did it originally air on? How many episodes were 7 in other shows — WP Philadelphia A It was "Carter Country" seen 1977-7set in the South and named to cash in on Jimmy Carter president at the time The late Victor French was the chief Barbara Cason played the pollee woman and Richard Paul was Mayor Ted 9 ex-bo- ss Ore A Actually there were three actors Peter Duel and Ben Murphy were the original Smith and Jones After Duel's apparent suicide in December 1971 Roger Davis took over his role as Hannibal Heyes aka Joshua Smith Q What has happened to Gary Sandy who was Andy Travis on the original "WKRP in Cincinnati?" And where is Jan Smithers who was Bailey Quarters on the same show? — Amy Bergen Kensington Md A Sandy quit acting for a time after the first "WKRP" ended its run in 1982 but has more recently done some stage work Srnithers retired after marrying actor James Bro lin in 1985 Q What years did "Concentration" "The Dating Game" "Fun House" "IIollywood Squares" "Wheel of Fortune" and "Tic Tac Dough" premiere — Sky nutconer Sacramento Calif A In order the debuts were: 1971-7- 4 Ohio A "The Man Who Never Video rentals sales dy Burnside It was Paul's second series — his first was a game show Since then he's done "One in a Million" "Herbie the Love Bug" and Bettetou Peterson Q I've long been an admirer of Bruce Boxleitner Some background please — RB Southgate Mich A Boxleitner 41 was born in Elgin Ill studied at Chicago's Goodman Theater School and worked in regional theaters before heading to California "How the West Was Won" ri 1976 was his first series He did the minis "The Last Convertible" and "East of Eden" and series "Bring 'Em Back Alive" and "Scarecrow and Mrs King" He's concentrated on TV qmovies and features since "Scarecrow" ended in 1986 His latest feature is "Kuffs" Q Give me some statistics on Patrick McGoohan of "The Prisoner" Is he still in the picture business? — R Richards Salt Lake City Utah : A McGoohan was born March 19- 1926 in Astoria NY but he was raised in Great Britain and made his TV and movie debuts there Since "The Prisoner" in 1968 he's done one US TV series "Rafferty" several TV movies and features won an Emmy for a guest role in a 1974 "Columbo" Q Was there more than one movie made of the play "Butterflies Are Free?" I believe I recall semeone named Keir Dullea or some such My friend thinks Eddie Albert Jr had the lead I recall Goldie Hawn too — IL Philadelphia Pa A Dullea was the star of the 1969 Broadway play Edward Albert (he's never used Eddie Albert Jr) did the 1972 movie Hawn was in the movie Eileen Heckart repeated her stage role as the possessive mother and won an Oscar as best supporting actress Q What became of Elizabeth Hartman who starred in "A Patch of Blue?" She seemed to have such potential but I never saw her Again — KM Atlanta Ga A Hartman committed suicide in 1986 She was 45 The 1965 "Blue" was her first feature and she was nominated for an Academy Award She made five more features: "The Group" "You're a Big Boy Now" "The Fixer" "The Beguiled" and "Walking Tall" the last in 1973 A shy mentally troubled woman she acted only twice more as a voice for the animated film "The Secret of NMH" and in the 1981 touring company of the play "Morning's at Seven" She withdrew to a lonely life under a psychiatrist's constant care in ' Pittsburgh where she plunged to r her death from her I nezia 2 1958 1963 1989 1966 1975 1956 but none of the shows have had consecutive runs and there have been revivals of several some with "The New" added to the title "Concentration" added "Classic" in its latest incarnation Q Where can I write Jackee? I'm thrilled with her new series "Royal Family" — Tomiek Detroit Mich A After the death of Redd Foxx in October Eddie Murphy and Paramount producers of "Royal Family" decided against trying to replace him (John Amos had been mentioned) instead brought in a new character to be played by Jackee last seen as Sandra in "227" The show went on hiatus for the revamping and so far there has been no sign of its return Write: Paramount Television 5555 Melrose Ave Los Angeles Calif 90038-319- 7 plays Tim Allen's neighbor Wilson on "Home Improvement?" Has he been in other shows? — T Hayes Goodells Q Who Mich A Earl Hindman has lots of TV credits notably as Bob Reid on He's "Ryan's Hope" 1975-8- 4 done "Kojak" "Spencer for Hire" "The Equalizer" and TV movies Actress Phyllis French gets her mess e across without the help of sound waves By Kathleen Donnelly c Kritght-Ricidt-- T 4 Newspapers When PhylSAN JOSE Calif lis Frelich talks it's hard not to stare It's not because it's unusual to see a person using American Sign Language Activists and for that matter just plain folks in the deaf community have come a long way In bringing their language "out of the closet" as Frelich puts it But Frelich who won a Tony Award in 1979 for her portrayal of a defiant deaf woman in the stage production of "Children of a Lesser God" is expressive to the point of being mesmerizing Her hands float slice and weave words out of the warm fall air on a sunny Saturday at the California School for the Deal in Fremont She's left her home in New York to appear in a touring production of "The Gin Game" featuring a deaf cast and director Sometimes even if you've never understood any kind of sign except two fingers up for two beers it seems as though Frelich's hands and fingers are talking straight to you Which of course they are It's a feeling many members of "The Gin Game's" audience who don't understand American Sign Language have related to Frelich "It was a real hit for hearing audiences They felt that the words came out of their minds and that they could understand what we I? 4 just-conclud- ed 1 1 1 I 1 were signing" French says I 1 I through an interpreter Will Rhys a hearing actor who gives voice to deaf actor Patrick Graybill's curmudgeonly male lead Weller in Deaf West the Los Angeles-baseTheatre production In the play Weller engages in an increasingly acrimonious game of gin rummy with his fellow elderly nursing home resident Fonsia played by Prete!) Frelich says the play is a particularly good one for deaf audiences many of whom grew up in institutors similar to the one Forsia and Weller inhabit Those deaf audience! she says d I 1 il I 1 i t 1 4 i 1 i know what it's like to fight argue and struggle against each other yet still be linked by their deafness as Weller and Fonsia are linked by age and circumstance The Deaf West production steps away from more traditional deaf productions in an important way: There are no interpreters on the stage And there is no conveniently placed hearing character who verbalizes the deaf character's signed dialogue for hearing audiences Instead Deaf West's founder and artistic director Ed Water-stredecided to use infrared headphones through which hearing members of the audience receive voice interpretation by actors Rhys and Carolyn Kimball The hearing actors work from a booth that's not in sight of the audience It's silent in the theater when the play is in progress "We want to see deaf actors only without hearing interpreters on the stage" Waterstreet a former member of the National Theatre of the Deaf explained in a telephone interview using an interpreter "It's bothering to see the it's like voice on the stage crutches — in the way" Frelich agrees "If I'm going to do something with a hearing audience I have to have a translator and I have to try to time myself so we can be together" she says "Now I'm free of the pressure of watching what I do with the translator" weeks The result: five sold-oof performances in Los Angeles' Fountain Theatre where Water-strestarted his company only a few months ago and a successful et ut et tour At least some of the credit for the company's success so far probably belongs to "Children of a Lesser God" the 1979 Mark Me- doff play that Frelich says "changed my life" — and changed the way mainstream audiences think about deaf people Frelich met Medoff through her husband Bob a set designer who had worked with the xlaywright Medoff Frelich remembers "wanted to know what kind el play he could do for me There really wasn't a play written for a deaf person and he said he wanted to write one for me" Her hands pause she puts on an exasperated face "I've heard that line before" she says But Medoff really did it Frelich and her husband became guest residents at New Mexico State University where Medoff teaches and they helped him with "Children of a Lesser God" "Mark was wonderful" Frelich says smiling broadly "I'd just look at what he had written rip it up if I didn't like it and he kept on writing" When the play went to Broadway French wasn't surprised When it became a hit she still wasn't surprised It's not that she is an overly confident person she says She's just savvy "When I went to Broadway I knew the play could be a hit for two reasons" she says her face uncharacteristically serious "No 1 because it was a good play And No 2 because of the deaf involvement People were fascinated by it "It's the same reason I got the she says "I was good and Tony" " she lifts her hands palms up beside her face and shrugs She was good the implication is and she was deaf "But that's OK" Frelich hurriedly continues "I feel we should take advantage of it" Get audiences to come see you because you're good Frelich says Get audiences to come see you because you're different But get audiences to come see you "It's the only way we can educate people" she says Frelich grew up in Devil's Lake ND one of nine children all deaf born to deaf parents Her father became a printer and photographer for the local newspaper after giving up the hardscrabble pursuit of farming when Frelich was 13 Her mother was a seamstress and she taught in the local school for the deaf which French and her siblings attended It wasn't until she got to Gallaudet University in Washington DC that French decided to try acting as a career It was a risky choice because French admits "at the time there was no such thing as a career in theater if you were deaf" But in 1967 Frelich helped David Hays found the National The- atre of the Deaf And it was the National Theatre she says that made American Sign Language and deaf actors a part of American theater Now although progress for deaf actors has been slower than French would like there has been progress thanks in part to the popularity of the 1986 movie version of "Children of a Lesser God" starring William Hurt and Marlee Matlin Matlin who played French's part won the Academy Award for Best Actress French would have liked the movie role But she was too old she says Now she's 47 a 47 but still 47 and she faces the same obstacles any actress does It's OK for a man to get older she says but television and films seem to want their women to be 20 forever She gives another shrug "It's Hollywood" she says Besides French has always been someone who likes to do her own projects The next is a show she's written called "Lolly Foster's Daredevil Air Show" She hopes to find a producer for it in the spring "Lolly Foster" is the story of an aviator of the 1920s and '30s a time before the use of radio forced deaf pilats out of the cockpit "She's an invented character" French says "I use her as my role model because I never really had one growing up" Does Lolly Foster take to the air in the show? French opens her eyes wide and smiles "Yes!" she says tapping the bench beside her with a finger "She flies!" By Associated Press The following are the most popular videocassettes rentals and sales as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine Copynght 1992 Billboard Publicauons Inc Reprinted with permission VIDEOCASSETTE RENTALS: 1"Thelma and Louise" (MGM-UA- ) 2"Point Break" (Fox) 3"The Rocketeer" (Disney) 4"Hot Shots" (Fox) 5"Hegarckng Henry" (Paramount) 6"Mobsters' 7Crty Slickers" (Columba) 8"Jungle Fever" l) 9"Dying Young" (Fox) 10"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (Live) I I"The Naked Gun 'OE The Smell of Fear" (Paramount) 12"Doc Hollywood" (Warner) 13Bd and Ted's Boous Journey" (Orion) 14"Double Impact" (Columbia 5"Whore" (Vtdmark) 16"Pure Luce 17"Life Stinks" (MGM-UA- ) l) 18"Backdraft" I 9"What About Boo?" (Touchstone) of Lambs" (Orion) the Silence 20"The VIDEOCASSETTE SALES: 1"Fantasia" (Disney) ) 2"Cheditness: A New Attitude" 1"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (Warner) Alone" (Fox) ("Home 5"The Jungle Book" (Disney) 6"Ghost" (Paramount) 7"Penthouse: Satin & Lace" (A Vision) 8"Richard Simmons: Sweatin to the Oldies" (Warner) 11"The Terminator (Hemdale) 1CL"The Rescuers Down Under (Disney) 11Playboy: Sexy Lingerie IV" (Playboy) 12"Three Tenors in Concert" (London) 11'1992 Playboy Video Playmate Calendar" (Playboy) (CBS-Fox- 14"Magic Johnson: Always Showtime" (CBS-Fo11"Jane Fonda's Lower Body Solution" (Warner) 16"Live at the El Mocambo" (SMV) 17"Spartacus" 18"Penthoure: 991 Pet of the Year Playoff" 11"Pretly Woman" (Touchstone) 21"The Little Mermaid" (Disney) 1 'Grand Canyon' wins top prize "Il Capitano" a production — Best actress: Maggie Chueng in "Ruan Ling Yu" by Stanley n Kwan a Hong production — Best actor: Armin LuellerStahl in "Utz" by George Sluizer a Swedish-FinnishDanis- By Larr3? 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