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Ratings
Rivers

LOS, ANGELES (AP) —
Five months after Joan Riv-
ers said, “Can we talk?” on
her own show, there is no
clear verdict on whether The
Late Show Starring Joan
Rivers is a success,

According to the network
ratings Rivers’ show is a flop.

As of the 100th show ‘last
week, the caustic

suggest
a flop

had lost half the audience she
had when her show pre-
miered last Oct. 9,

Although she is not in the
same time period, her ratings
are inevitably compared to
those of her former mentor,
Johnny Carson and The To-
night Show on NBC.

Rivers’ average 2.1 rating,
a percentage of the 87.4
million homes with televi-
sion, is only about a third the
audience for Carson.

It is also considerably less
than the 4.0 predicted by the
owners of Rivers’ show, Fox
Broadcasting Co.

If hers was a network
show, Rivers would have got
the axe long ago. But as the
first entry in Fox's syndi-
cation service, the show is
judged under different rules.

RATES LOW

For the more than 100 Fox
affiliate stations, many of
them UHF stations, even
Rivers’ lowly ratings are
double the numbers they
would get without her.

And Fox points out that
while the total numbers are

ming at NBC and CBS.

“Joan's hard to take in long
doses,” said John H, Mitchell,
a television consultant and
former president of Screen
Gems, now Columbia Pic-
tures Television.

Dann added he thinks the
grind of a daily show forced
Rivers to tone down the
outrageousness that had
made her a popular substi-
tute for Carson.

“Her greatest asset was
saying the unexpected, which
got her the laughs,” Dann
said. “But if she goes for the
laughs all the time on her
show the guests will not like
it. They want the laughs and
the attention.”

Rivers was permanent sub-
stitute host for Carson until
she and Fox announced her
own talk show last May. NBC
promptly dropped her from
The Tonight Show and Car-
son reacted angrily to her
plans.

Since Rivers’ debut, NBC
has waged a war of words

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der the Covers,

iscuss one of exhibits. Show features

quilts, both heritage and contemporary, of the region.

Costiews Photo by Rick Gronom

BROOKS

Starr, and Daphne Zunga as Her Spoiled Highness
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lower than it had hoped, the
type of audience is more at-

quently pointing out her de-
clining ratings and Carson's

INVADES

After finally getting Rick Moranis airborne, Brooks
paused to explain why five years elapsed between

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tractive to advertisers than
anticipated.

“Let NBC bulk up its
late-night household ratings
with the old folk,” said Jamie ity.

success.

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The fabled wind quintet of the State Symphony
Orchestra of the U.S.S.R. returns to Canada.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

Trail Junior High — 8:00 p.m.

As a feature attraction of the Performance Concert Series.

“I think her (ratings) per-
formance is a combination of
her overall (lack of) popular-

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History of the World and Spaceballs.

“Well, I have been busy. I made To Be or Not to Be
with my wife (Anne Bancroft), though I didn’t direct it.
Most of all, I have been getting my company,
Brooksfilms, in operation. We've made some very
interesting pictures: The Elephant Man, Frances, My

Having already sent up Westerns (Blazing Saddles), Favorite Year, The Fly and 84 Charing Cross Road. Tat
horror (Young Frankenstein), suspense (High Anxiety) has taken a lot of time and effort, but I felt it was worth
and epics (History of the World, Part I), Brooks is now it.
doing a number on space movies.

His new movie is called Spaceballs, and the
production has commandeered a large number of the
stages on the Lorimar Telepictures lot.

The other day Brooks was working on Stage 30,
which contained the'¢ommand post of the universe's
largest space vehicle — it will take the length of the film
credits to pass before the screen. Brooks was directing a

SPACE

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (AP) — After a five-year
absence, Mel Brooks is once more reigning on a movie set.

ADMIRES KORDA
“You see, my particular idol is Alexander Korda. He
started out asa writer and director, but then he built his
own prod: into hing that was really
great. I'm trying to do the same thing with Brooksfilms,
“Another reason for the delay was that it took two
years to writethis script,” he said. “Most seripts take six
to eight months to write, but we had to work two
scene in which Rick Moranis, in cape and huge black bleeping years. And the script isn't finished yet. I figure
headpiece as the infamous Dark Helmet, flies through the about 20 per cent is added on the set, especially when you
air. have writer-actors like John Candy and Rick Moranis.”
The trick scene required preparations by a small Are there any movie genres left for Brooks to
army of technicians. attack?
“I am the victim of G forces; this is the part of “| don’t know, I just about ruined them all,” he said.
making movies that I don’t enjoy,” said Brooks “What I'd like to do is a movie about where the real
PREFERS ACTORS money is made in the film business: tlie concession stand.
He prefers working with comic actors instead of That's why they build multiplexes with 16 theatres. The
special effects, and he has a rich array in Spaceballs. The concession stands are always busy, and the things they
leads are newcomers Bill Pullman, as the space bum Lone __ sell aren't cheap.”

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‘The Castlegar Branch of
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Address

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Marsh and Anne Zibin at-
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mount meeting. They heard
about Hope — the Cancer
Help Centre, a private or-

the Society. She heard the
new radio education ads on
healthy living and says they
are very catchy.

She also told of a new book
that is out, How to Cope,
which is for schools and is to
help teachers and pupils in
understanding the possible
results of some treatments to

in the V
area.

It is not a part of the

Canadian Cancer Society but
is similar to the Society's
Cansurmount, which helps
people to develop a positive
attitude towards _ fighting
cancer.
... Ida Kosiancic. is a Reach for
Recovery (mastectomy) dis-
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the Slocan Valley.

Mae Moroso gave a report
on the Public Relations
Workshop in Kelowna. She
saw a display of the new
posters and no smoking signs
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Hudson widow didn't know

LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Breaking a 30-year silence,
the widow of Rock Hudson
tells in a new-book that she
had no knowledge of his

homosexuality during their
three-year marriage in the
1950s.

Phyllis Gates also reveals
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that Hudson once tried to
choke her and twice slapped
her during their marriage.

Gates is an interior decor-
ator in Palm Springs, Calif.
The book will be published in
April

Gates, 61, never remar-
ried. Nor did Hudson, who
died of AIDS in 1985.

Gates was working as a
secretary and later assistant
agent to Henry Willson, who
discovered Hudson, Tab
Hunter and other actors.

Gates wrote that after a
few dates, she moved in with
Hudson for a few months be-
fore their wedding on Nov. 9,
1955. The marriage seemed
like a happy one until he
slapped her during an argu-
ment in a Rome hotel.

In the book, Gates con-
cludes: “To me, Rock seemed

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like the Laurence Harvey
character in Room at the
Top. Using people as step-
ping stones until he himself
was totally corrupted, an
empty human being incap-
able of feelings.”

She recalled on the night of
their honeymoon, Hudson
told her: “We must always
stick together and not let
anyone try to pull us apart.
Hollywood is full of a lot
of vicious people who spread
stories and rumors. You must
never believe any of them.”

Gates writes that she was
still unaware of her hus-
band’s homosexuality until
they had separated. Then,
she says, a friend told her
that Hudson had remained in
Italy after the filming of A
Farewell to Arms to stay
with his lover, an Italian ac-
tor.

For five months, she had
been pleading with him to
return to Los Angeles, where
she had been seriously ill
with hepatitis.

Gates last saw Hudson in a
Santa Monica divorce court
in 1958. She won the divorce
and collected $250 a week in
alimony for 10 years,

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Hats went off to Salmo's
graduating class who are 100
per cent non-smokers.

Bob Sharples of CBC's
Daybreak radio talk show
from 6-9 a.m. will discuss
cancer, but had no date for

dren and their parents cope
with eny kind of treatment
that may be difficult or scary
relating to any health prob-
Jem.

Another film is Never Give
Up On A Dream, which is 20
minutes long. This film has
Terry Fox in it and has to do
with research and technical
information on cancer cells.

The third new film Moroso
was shown was I Can Make a
Difference. It is 10 minutes
long and is about volunteers
and gives some history of the
Cancer Society.

Copies of the Cancer Soci-

this... wewety’s cookbook Smart Cook-
Dave, .Hodge. of... Hockey_ing for Healthy Living. bas

Night in Canada will be
honorary chairperson ‘of the
Cancer Campaign for two
years and the 1987 Canadian
objective will be $36 million
C.’s objective will be
us $3.6 million.

New videos or films avail-
able include No Fears, No
Tears, which won an award
in the United States and was
paid for by Steve Fonyo's
Journey for Life. It is 27
minutes long and is to be

‘been: reeeived-by Joan
tini and a tax receipt is to be

given for half of the cost.”
The meeting made plans
for the fast approaching 1987
campaign. Joan Martini, cam-
» Plans on it

Kinnaird
students
speak out

Kinnaird elementary

Peace tax
meeting
planned

By SANDRA HARTLINE

Taxes for peace will be the
focus of a public information
night in Nelson Thursday.

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and it also includes Vancou-

ver endocrinologist, Dr. Jer-
ilynn Prior, who was ordered
by the Tax Court of Canada
to pay her back taxes which
were diverted to the Peace
Tax trust fund.

Supporters intend to ap-
peal to the Federal Court of
Canada.

Also appearing at the free
lecture, which is slated to
take place in the Reading
Room of David Thompson
Library, will be Nelson resi-
dents Hagbarth Sorenson;
former. chairman. of the

Mar- Fumanitjes Department at

Malaspina College in Nan-
aimo and Irene Mock, a dis
tance education teacher for
Selkirk College.

The event is hosted by

paign

starting April 1, and. is
hoping to have receipt books
back by April 15.

The campaign will be more
like a blitz so as not to inter-
fere with Rick Hansen's visit.

It was suggested that all

shown on the Ki dg
Network April 2 at,7 p.m.
Shaw Cable Channel 10
will also be showing this in
the future and the local
branch has the video avail-
able now thanks to the
Castlegar Selkirk Lady
Lions. The video helps chil-

Author

put
their name and phone num-
ber on any dropped off en-
velopes in case the donors
have any questions or would
like their tax receipts in
person instead of by mail
from Joan or Dorothy Mar-
tini.

to give

writing workshop

Richard Wright, author of
17 books, will hold a work
shop on book publication
Parch 28 at the Kootenay
School of Writing in Nelson.

‘The author of Overlanders,
Discover Barkerville, The
Bowron Lakes, and several
back road B.C. books, Wright.
has presented the workshop
more than 26 times, lecturing
at the Banff School of Fine
Arts, Selkirk College, Univ-

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Many of his students are
interested in writing local
biographies and histOries.
“Tm finding there's all
kinds of stories that en't
been told here,” he saidjdur-
ing a workshop in the Cari-
boo. “In the West we nééd to
develop our At

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and peace activist in Victoria.

Contributors to the Peace
Tax fund base their actions
on Section Two of the Can-
adian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms.

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