Eight Is Enough gains top ratings for family drama
Herald report notes Eight Is Enough in its second season with Dick Van Patten as the father of eight children aged 8 to 24. Changes include David moving out, Mary in med school, Joni aged 19, and Aggie joining the family as Tom's wife. Audience reactions praise the show's realistic family life and emotional moments.
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David
Mary
Joni
Susan
Nancy
Elizabeth
Tommy
Nicholas
Dick van Patten
The
Waltons
Diana Hyland
Joan
Tom
Aggie
Bradley
Hassels
Oh God film spoof offers lighthearted divine visit
Damon Seacott reviews Oh God in which God appears to supermarket supervisor John Denver to urge moral reform. Denver doubts the miracle but faces courtroom chaos as belief wavers until his family believes, delivering light entertainment with Burns and Denver.
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Damon Seacott
George Burns
John Denver
John
God
Denver
Travolta Shines in Saturday Night Fever Dance Focus
Tony battles a dull Bay Ridge existence to find self confidence and love in a disco era story. John Travolta delivers electrifying dance that defines the film, even as critics note the familiar coming of age arc and updated Urban mood.
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Tony
John Travolta
Travolta
King Cisco
Bay Ridge
New York
Vinnie Barbarino
Stephanie
Karen Lynn Gorney
Rod Stewart album review highlights love, loss and social themes
Rick Madewell surveys Rod Stewart 1977 and the album A Night on the Town. Songs like The Killing of Georgie and The First Cut Is the Deepest mix heartbreak and protest with melodic tunes. Side two shifts to faster numbers while themes of love, violence, and yearning echo across the record. Stewart’s vocal emotion is noted and Kiss Alive II is previewed as proof of ongoing appeal.
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Rick Madewell
Rod Stewart
KISS Alive II and ELO Out of the Blue reviewed side by side
A concert snapshot of KISS Alive II highlighting Detroit Rock City Shout It Out Loud and Christine Sixteen with crowd energy. ELO Out of the Blue is hailed for Lynne penned tracks 17 strong songs and space themed production using Moogs vocoder tape delays and harmonizers.
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Detroit
Christine Sixteen
Beth
Simmons
KISS
David Scott
Space
ELO
Earth
Turkey
Birmingham
Lynne
Amityville Horror reviewed by Herald youth scribes
Youth reviewers praise Jay Anson’s The Amityville Horror as a gripping true story of a Long Island house plagued by unexplainable phenomena. They note chilling events, a haunted 112 Ocean Ave address, and historical ties to local occult and burial-ground lore, warning readers not to read on stormy nights.
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Herald
Jay Anson
Amityville
George
Kathleen Lutz
Danny
Chris
Missy
Long Island
Lutzes
Ocean Ave
Jodie
Lutz
Salem
Mass
Anson
Boz Scaggs shifts toward disco on Silk Degrees followup
In his latest album Down Two Then Left Boz Scaggs leans from soul toward disco with an easy to dance to beat and piano variations over strings. He writes or co writes most tracks including Hard Times Watcha Gonna Tell Your Man and Still Falling for You and Hollywood along with the standout tracks Lowdown Sido Shuffle and the new title track.
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Bill Masterson
Boz Skaggs
Total Soul
Skaggs
Hollywood
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