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Knox NotesNow, ThaVs TV!by KEN KNOXIf you're getting a little bored, you might want to spend a weekend watching television in Aurora,There’s a TV station out there that’s everything a TV station should be — WLXT-TV, Channel 60, UHF.While catching up on some reading the other day, I was leafing through Channel 60's program schedule, and it struck me that those effete, impudent network snobs in New York should finance a field trip out here to the heartland and see how they do it in Aurora.IT’S REAL PEOPLE television, a some-thing-for-everyone bag that doesn’t make the mistake of shooting for some low common denominator of interest, or intelligence.Here’s some typical fare:“THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL - Camera looks into the inner world of an unmarried 17-year-old girl who finds herself pregnant ” (How’s that for openers?)“CARTOON MAGIC — Basic cartoon drawing is taught as the children join Frank Keith at the drawing board. Today’s guests are Debbie and Kimberly Hauser/’ (Have fun, and learn a trade.)“JAPAN ON WHEELS — An Australian businessman, a Canadian girl photographer, and an American and his English wife tour this beautiful country, admiring both the cultural heritage and industrial advances ” (For those who like hidden meanings, there’s a subliminal theme here about re-uniting the British Empire. Group lacked only a Zulu tribesman.)“THE LEAD MATRIX — By on-site reports from laboratories, factories and research centers, this film shows how lead, a mineral known to man from Biblical times, is more widely used in today’s technology than every before.” (Fascinating stuff.)“HAPPY HOUSE - Pre-schoolers visitwith Miss Mary Jane for fun, games and happy tunes ” (Escapism.)“NANETTE — Excereise with Nanette Wayne to keep physically fit and lose pounds at the same time.” (Toward a lovelier you.)“MOVIES THEY SHOULD HAVE SAVED — Episodes, 9,10,11 and 12 of ‘Kmg of the Rocket Men,’ in which Jeff Kmg (played by Tristram Coffin) continues to frustrate the countless sinister plans of Dr. Vulcan.” (Who needs Flash Gordon^)“THAT SHOW - C. Northcotte Parkinson, eminent writer on maie-female relationships, explains why marriages often go sour after two years with hostess Joan Rivers and guest actress and TV personality Renee Taylor.” (What is it about Miss Rivers and Miss Taylor that makes them incompatible after two years?)“CHICSIDE — Hostess Carol Viola presents a bridal fashion show with the Jacqueline Shop of Oswego.” (Who hasn’t been there?)“HUNTING AND FISHING IN SOUTH AMERICA — An excursion into one of the world’s last wilderness frontiers — Guyana. Head for jungle streams and marshes in search of game, see herds of wild horses. Watch a struggle that yields a 250-pound, 6Vi-foot arapima taken with bow-fishing equipment, for the first time in history!” (More than that, learn what an arapima is.)“THE CRAZY CONRAD SHOW — Conrad and his friends, Jane and Mr. Roberts, bumble their way through thirty minutes of fun and merriment.” (Typical day at the office.)Even more intriguing are tbose programs listed without any comment on their content, like “CHANGING ANGEL,” “SHEEPMAN USA.,” “B’WANA DON AND JUNGLE LA,” “DOWNSTREAM” and “WHAT WILL POOR ROBIN DO THEN?”There’s still hope for television.
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