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Show . Jftlk - WDnadLdl'yffl cspo IIiimnw? - by nick Brougli Politicians, come on down! So now the selection of a county dump is a contest, with $50,000 offered as prize money. We like to call it "Pick a Dump Gel a Check." Before long, we should see game shows like the following: "Let's Make a Deal." Contestants get to choose Dump 1, Dump 2 or Dump 3. Will it be a pristine crater surrounded by miles of unglamorous sagebrush, or a canyon in a high-income residential wooded neighborhood? Monty will "help" you choose if you accidentally drop a $20 bill near his foot. He'll also give $100 to anyone who drove to the show in a backhoe. You've heard of "The Love Connection," where an audience bets on whether two people on a blind date will hit it off. Now comes "The Sludge Connection," which asks, "Will this babbling brook be able to handle the waste from a $20 million plant?" See host Art Carney in his Ed Norton outfit, tell an audience, "Sorry audience, this plant put out 20,000 more SD (Scum Degrees) than you predicted. It was a nice river, but we're going to give each and every one a dead fish on their way out." -'Tve Got a Secret." Contestants from the CIA, FBI and the Pentagon try to outwit regular panelists Daniel Moynihan, Jack Anderson and Carl Bernstein. If the panelists can't guess well, host Daniel Ellsberg will just nave to spill the beans! In the same vein as "Family Feud" comes "Family Fool." In this new show supervised by the Utah State Ijegislature, families are given questions. Unlike "Feud" they have to guess, not the most popular answers, but the most decent and moral responses. State Senator Verl - Asay is on hand to make sure Richard Dawson doesn't kiss anyone. Youngsters must get parental approval to push their buzzers. From the producers of "The Newlywed Game" comes "The Newly-Elected Game." A new public official is paired with one of the constitutuents who voted for him and we get to see how well they know each other. Sometimes the comments of the partners are hilarious: "You bureaucratic jerk, whaddya mean you favor strip mining in city parks!" "Uh, sure, didn't I say that all through the campaign?" In the above example, the senator lost the kitchen and dinette set, but at least he has a job for six more years. -"What's My Lie." Each week guests appear who were involved in graft, misappropriation of funds or influence-peddling in city, county and state governments across the land. Join panelists Geraldo Rivera, Chris Smart and Edward Asner as they question these minor-league crooks with perceptive questions. ("Would you need an item bigger than a bread box to stash the money?") The panelists also put on their masks to question a Mystery Guest who's been involved in a major Washington scandal. -"To Tell the Truth." Politicians are contestants. This is being cancelled because nobody can ever win. "Covert Camera." Watch the gags and wacky stunts that Allan Funt pulls on those distinguished folks in Washington, D.C. For instance, you won't believe the fun when we have a U.S. senator ask NASA to put him on a space-shuttle flight. And the only job they can think of giving him is to be the test subject of some "nausea" experiments! Now, look at the expression on the astronauts' faces when the senator throws up in zero gravity! Next week: Whaddyaknow takes you to "The Dumping Game." RADIO NOTES: Last week, the staff called the radio station on a dreary Tuesday night, and asked them to dedicate a record to vacationing publisher Jan Wilking. Honest, Boss, it wasn't our idea to have them play the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" ! |