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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1988
Page
8
PBS launches its March pledge drive with a two week lineup aimed at boosting viewer support. Expect a string of specials, many musical, including a notable Sesame Street program highlighted by Los Angeles critics.
The screening features Paul Simon Danny DeVito Rhea Perlman Itzhak Perlman Ladyship Black Mambazo and about 80 stars in one song Kris Kristofferson hosts Buddy Holly and the Crickets A Tribute with the Crickets the Jordanaires Carl Perkins and Teresa Brewer Lerner and Loewe Broadways Last Romantics hints Paint Your Wagon My Fair Lady Camelot Brigadoon and Gigi James Taylor in Concert DJ Cousin Brucie Morrow hosts Shake Rattle and Roll with Chubby Checker Jerry Lee Lewis Brenda Lee Leslie Gore and Carl Perkins Country Music Crossroads signals pledge time as PBS leans populist.
A jumble of 1950s stars and 1980s PBS style mentions appears. The piece lists John Darling and Rowan guest hosts, performers like Marie Osmond Leona Mitchell and Peter Martins, plus a nod to Grace Kelly Alec Guinness and audience pledge drives.
Tammy Faye Bakker wants Oscar winner Sally Field to portray her in NBC and CBS TV films about the PTL fall from grace. NBC and CBS race to be first with Fall From Grace and God and Greed stories, with first drafts due in three months as Jim Bakker faces ongoing fallout from the 1980 Hahn incident.
At 8:00 P.M. a Candor Camera special returns with Allen Funt and stars including Paul Newman Pam Dawber and Dinah Shore paying homage to the long running prank show. At 9:00 P.M. the Miss USA pageant airs from El Paso Civic Center Theater featuring 51 contestants and hosted by Alan Thicke among others.
Frontline examines a Missouri couple's bid to remove their brain damaged daughter from life support in a emotional installment. Crime Story revisits mobsters Ray Luca and Pauli Taglia after a nuclear explosion with Pauli detailing their escape.
Interviews with Madelyn Rhue reveal she hid multiple sclerosis for years to keep work. Producers allegedly avoided hiring disabled actors. Rhue became a spokeswoman for the National MS Foundation in 1987 amid ongoing debate over authentic casting.
Daily astrological notes for Pisces through Aquarius highlight opportunities in friendships, career focus, market demand for knowledge, joint ventures, written negotiations, and financial trends. Promises of advancement, timely actions, and achieving secret ambitions are emphasized for various signs.
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