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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1975
Page
6
English guitarist Peter Frampton and his band drew 4 500 fans for a 50 minute show at the Lewiston Youth Center. He arrived by camping trailer and praised the venue acoustics while noting his volume setting of five compared with others. He enjoyed local merchants before the sound check and looked forward to returning to Maine.
James Thurber hailed as top American humorist after Twain. Burton Bernstein profiles Thurber in a Channel 26 Book Beat biography airing May 28 at 7:30 p.m. on WMEG-TV. The program uses friends' recollections and letters to explore Thurber's troubled side and prolific cartoons including Seal Bark and Thurber Wives.
Peter Frampton launched a solo career in 1971 after leaving Humble Pie. He has released four albums since, with the latest titled Frampton, recorded near Clearwell Castle in Wales. The 1973 tour runs through the summer with live work planned at Central Park and a follow up live album. Frampton cites Go To The Sun and One More Time as favorites and lists Little Feat Stevie Wonder and Philadelphia sound as influences.
Movie listings cover SACO SACO CINEMA Godfather I 7:30 SACO DRIVE-IN Mrs Barrington 8:15 While Cat's Away 9:45, SANFORD CINEMA I Godfather II 7 CINEMA II Brannigan 7:05 9:05, PORTLAND CINEMA I Shampoo 7 9 CINEMA II Breakout 7 9 CINEMA III Whats Up Doc 7 9, SCREENING ROOM Blazing Saddles 7 9, FINE ARTS I Young Frankenstein 7 9, FINE ARTS II The Great Waldo Pepper 1:30 7 9, PARIS CINEMA Deep Throat 1:30 3 7 8:30, PORTLAND DRIVE-IN EAST Breakout 8:20 Buster and Billie 10, WEST Whats Up Doc 8:15 Class of 44 9:55, KENNEBUNK KENNEBUNK DRIVE-IN Brannigan Mr Majestyk.
Barbara Lamont’s City People offers impressionistic profiles of New York life based on reports she covered as a radio and TV newswoman. The book surveys seniors facing poverty in hotels, drug abuse among Vietnam veterans, and urban crime, noting how crime often rises when drug supplies shrink and prices rise.
A dense broadcast grid shows primetime and late night offerings including The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, Kolchak, The Beverly Hillbillies, Chico and the Man, American style romances, The Rockford Files, Masterpiece Theatre, Mission Impossible, Perry Mason, and late movies. Notable sports include NBA game 3 and reports from Wall Street Week. The schedule also features news recaps with ABC, CBS, and NBC, plus variety shows and public affairs programs.
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