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Show LIGHTER SIDE ; humoiouslookotsPi'Oustopics Allen's Lose Family Feud By A Cucumber CYCLOPS Guest Writer " - We print journalists love to see the errors of our television televi-sion colleagues. Newspaper folks don't have the luxury of receiving $100,000 salaries for reading cue cards, so many - of us are jealous of the boys with wind blown hair on the evening news. We laugh at the weatherman who go into. " spasmsofjoy as they announce the "Nevada Low" swirl-! swirl-! ing across our borders. We laugh at the inane interviews of many sports broadcasters ("You lost the game by 34 points, Bubba Joe. . . Now how do you feel about the i fame?") Now a Bountiful family has faced the television camer-as-and they have a tale to tell. Charles and Suzy Allen recently appeared on the syndicated syndi-cated "Family Feud." That's the show where a contestant I getskissed repeatedly by Richard Dawson and can get rich by blurting out "marshmallow" at the appropriate time. The Aliens (appearing as the Livingston Family: : Charles and Suzy, Suzy's sisters Dru Brewer and Mary Livingston, and Mary's husband Scott) found the program was "snakebitten" from the very start. They auditioned locally with KTVX Channel 4 and received a call last October inviting them to Los Angeles to tape an evening edition of Feud. The producers of the program paid their airfare, housed them at the swanky Hyatt Regency on Sunset Boulevard and gave them $300 in spending money. - But the night they were to tape the program they received acall: Richard Dawson had a toothache and the taping was cancelled. They were to return in January. Hooked nose delays taping In January they received other airline tickets, another room at the Hyatt and another $300. They were to tape the show on Jan. 21 but two days before they left for California, Califor-nia, they received another call: A conestant had become so thrilled over winning $10,000, she had thrown up her hands and hooked Richard Dawson's nose. Since the host as among the walking wounded, the show would be postponed again for several days. Two days later they finaily taped the show competing a family from St. Louis. The Livingstons lost. ''It was the word 'cucumber'," saysSuzy. "When they wd for a refrigerated vegetable, we came up with green peppers, mushrooms and broccoli. We were wrong." The "Show Me State" family said 'cucumber' and alked to the bank. The Livingstons enjoyed their stay in Los Angeles and flew home with a $350 prize, noting that had just experienced the most expensive cucumber in history. Now came the problem with actually viewing the prog- The show's producers told the Aliens the program ldbe shown on Wednesday, Feb. 20, so Suzy invited b Si and famiy members to gather at the house I tllle her Primary class also planned a party and grouped around the rabbit ears.) Sorry, no copy ' "We turned on the TV and all we got was a blank creen" laughs Suzi. An electrical outage was the culprit, ouen the signal reappeared at the end of the program j w'ng the Aliens to see Suzi, Dru and Mary receive a (! on the cheek from Richard Dawson. They then called -i P Uanne, 4 where officia,s apologized for the power oolem and agreed to televise the show on March 1. So 'i ce. again the Aliens called family members and planned sitting down for a "Family Feud" television party. 7ce again the Primary class bought popcorn and planned - c'rown party around the TV set. uneday prior to the announced re-broadcast, the Aliens having dinner when they received another telephone '.!' was from a neighbor. 1 J S 8reat l see you on TV,"they said. "We assume c : ,k Watcrling." The Aliens said no, then scrambled to 1 Ce r'ends and relatives' most of whom werC Jut they could always contact Channel 4 and receive a W the taPe for their own home use. The station "tive told them to come down-but that was before the ' der phone ca: "I'm sorry, but the tape has been Tkfn per company policy." , , , Aliens were saved when a neighbor told them he : ,lVldeotaped the program. At least something had gone C" vWe11' at least two olher things had gone If i Cg their frst visit to Los Angeles Suzy's sister Mary , j, Je Pregnant; one week later, Suzy also became pre- -j &1 know if Richard Dawson's kisses had such an SProutfiUt Wha do 1 know " 1 would haVC guessed J |