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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1978
Page
7
Joe Namath leads the fictional Waverly Wonders basketball team in a new TV series set to join NBC on September 22. The UPI photo accompanies the announcement.
Hollywood veteran Charlie Barnet reflects on the decline of big bands. He cites musicians vanity and high costs, noting his life after leading one of the era’s premier outfits. Barnet jokes about wealth, recalls past engagements, and praises Count Basie while downplaying revival acts. His son, Charles Daly Barnet Jr., works as an agent in Hollywood.
TV lineup features MEMORIES OF ELVIS hosted by Ann Margret at 8, plus HAPPY DAYS and LENIN GRAD ICE SHOW with 80 skaters. Films include MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOWBUSINESS, and THE AMAZING HOWARD HUGHES PART 1. Also CARTER COUNTRY, KEITH JARRETT VERMONT SOLO, BEST OF CARSON, and GRAND PRIX TENNIS CANADIAN OPEN.
Ann Matthews introduces a librarian’s notebook about backstage habits in civic meetings and club programs that will fill the calendar. The piece urges readers to commit to winter reading and offers suggestions to start.
Franklin Sylvester Library shelves Laff-A-Day with pieces from Tallulah to Travolta and profiles of Harold Kennedy many behind the scenes notes. The column covers spirits, rehabilitation medicine, and a look at June Allyson Ginger Rogers and Helen Hayes plus a diver tale The Man Who Rode Sharks. It also notes multiple sclerosis affecting Joseph Panzarella and Elizabeth Gray Vining in her 70th year. A circus history by Alan Wykes closes the feature.
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