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iNSIPgj/ I _IcttiT Wft*}8 IJffl S-SSCINSIDE THE TUBE Carroll O’Connor says the kiddies* hour will force Archie Bunker to play to a new audience — the kids just couldn’t take the reality of “All In The Family.” The show has been moved from its 8 p.m. Saturday time slot to 9 p.m. Monday, in accordance with TV’s new purity hour policy. ‘T assume the reason we can't live with the 8-9 time slot is the purity policy,” confides the actor, although the network denies the charge. “I don’t think we could keep the show the kind that it is in the 8-9 time. If Archie can’t say 'What the hell is this?’ as he sits down to eat. he isn’t Archie.” O’Connor is quick to point out that even last year the number of “hells” his character could use was drastically reduced. “Some of the shows we’ve done in the past wouldn’t be possible at the 8 p.m. time now that they've changed it to the children’s hour. I think the move is better for the content of our show. I don’t think it will affect our ratings,” said O’Connor. “They may be affected by natural attrition. We’ve been on for five seasons and how long can a series run?” . . . Time-life Multimedia and the Modern Language Association have undertaken an experimental project to make films of humanistic content available through public libraries. The program is funded by a grant from The National Endowment For The Humanities to the MLA. Time-Life will provide the films and service the libraries from its distribution center. “The Six Wives of Henry VIH” (six segments), “The Search For The Nile” (six), “Tom Brown’s School Days” (five) and “The Spoils of Poynton” (four) are the initial films for exhibition by ISO libraries across the country during 1975 and1976. ___ON THE TV SCENE Burt Lancaster still fumes when he thinks of himself as “Moses: The Lawgiver” on television this past summer which was viewed when half the nation was away on vacation. The veteran actor’s reasons for his disappointment and annoyance are two-fold. First of all. Burt saw his portrayal of Moses as being the high point in his 30-year career. And secondly, he felt many people were deprived of seeing the S5 million epic film which was offered by CBS-TV as a summer replacement for the Caro! Burnett Show. “It’s a shame this could not be shown under the right auspices at the right time for the maximum audience — it’s such a valuable work.” . . . Some upcoming episodes of ABC’s new daytime dramatic series, “Ryan’s Hope,” may remind many viewers of some of television’s numerous gourmet cooking shows. The colorful, modern and efficiently designed kitchen on the set of the Coleridge family’ brownstone home is as practical as it is attractive. Sy Tomasboff, the show’s scenic designer, insists on authenticity and he has planned the kitchen to be completely workable. Actress Faith Gatlin, w ho plays Faith Coleridge, is an amateur gourmet cook in her off-camera hours, and when she discovered the workable electric wall oven and gas range, she could not resist asking the show’s writers-to create some scenes in which she can use her culinary skills on the set. So the show may be cooking up more than just a good story line!. . . Don’t believe everything you hear about copsj not making any money.’ Some do, and Lt. Columbo of the Los Angeles Police Department (and NBC television) may be the best paid of the lot. Not long ago. Peter Falk, who plays the popular detective, collected $280,000 for a day’s work. No. he didn’t prevent the heist of Fort Knox. He made it by doing something entirely out of character for the man whoportrays Columbo — he modeled men’s clothing for a Japanese television commercial. Not bad for a day’s work. And after he takes out for all the necessities. Falk should have enough left over to buy Columbo a new raincoat . . . It’s a story that would bring tears of admiration even to the eyes of Archie Bunker. For Archie’s wife, Edith, played by Jean Stapleton, is in real life married to a man who has cancer. But a most unusual cancer patient is her husband, Bill Pulch. So unusual. in fact, that he simply refuses to die. And he’s still alive and vigorous seven years after doctors told him he had cancer of the lymph glands. There appears to be no explanation besides the power of positive thinking. “Bill and I are strong-willed,” Miss Stapleton told me. “We said we weren’t going to let the disease lick us. Through all the pain, through all the endless doctor’s visits, hospital visits and tests, we’ve maintained an air of optimism. That’s how we’re licking the cancer. We're not giving in to it. We haven’t given up on life.”
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Bucks County Times
Levittown, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Sep 13, 1975
Page 101
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University O.
MI, USA 10 Nov 2018
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