Hollywood Look-Alike Vicki Lawrence Eyes Future After Burnett Show
Vicki Lawrence, Carol Burnett’s look-alike and sister on The Carol Burnett Show, says her career has come easily and she plans to think ahead past the series end. She recalls how a fan letter and Miss Fireball contest led Burnett to invite her to audition for the sister role, and notes her philosophy of not fearing unemployment. She keeps dancing and characters sharp while balancing family life and future prospects.
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Morningside High School
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Barnet predicts new big band era after prewar swing revival
Palm Springs California star Charlie Barnet foresees a rebirth of the big band sound blending rock and jazz led by today's young musicians. He cites bands like Chicago and notes postwar reissues of Cherokee helped sell over three million copies. Barnet recalls early venues, partnerships with Basie and Hampton at Disneyland, and the shift from concert halls to fewer regular dance venues as the new generation seeks its own leaders.
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Pay as you view hotel TV reaches travelers in room
A study finds the average hotel guest is 42, stays two days and rarely goes to movies. Trans World Communications plans to sell uncut films to rooms at 3 dollars per title, two channels, via a hotel cable system. Debut was in Atlanta last December, expanded to New York hotels, with 166,000 rooms wired by end of 1973.
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Knoxville
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Actors tone their muscles in Hollywood Television Theatre
Hollywood AP report notes actors must stretch to avoid stale performances. Nor man Lloyd, KCET TV producer and actor director, discusses three weeks of rehearsal and six days of taping for The Hollywood Television Theatre new season opening October 2 with Lilian Hollman’s Another Part of the Forest starring Barry Sullivan and other stars.
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Tiffany Bolling
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Robert Foxworth
Lloyd
Orson Welles
John Houseman
Mercury Theatre
Alfred Hitchcock
Lincoln
James Agee
CBS
Tony Franciosa
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