8D ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SATURDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1993 TELEVISION SATURDAY TELEVISION TMC Movie Channel USA USA Network WGN Chicago Independent WTBS Atlanta Independent KETC WHSL sttions KNLC ArtsEntertainment KDNL BET Black Entertainment DSN The Disney Channel ssr -TSfsssa HBO Home Box Office LIFE Lifetime MAX Cinemax NASH Nashville Network NICK Nickelodeon SHO Showtime TDCThe Discovery Channel ST. LOUIS STATIONS KTVI KMOV 0 KSDK 'Hee Haw9 Still Lives In Hayseed Heaven By Joe Edwards Of the Associated Press NASHVILLE, Term. THE cornfield from "Hee Haw" has been placed in storage.
Nurse Good Body has treated her last patient. The Empty Arms Hotel has accepted its final guest. "Hee Haw," the cornball TV show that's out of production for the first time since 1969, has gone to hayseed heaven. But cable TV's Nashville Network gives another saaaaaaaaa-lute to the hour-long show by airing reruns every Saturday at 9 p.m. Ridiculed by some but embraced by others because of its Dogpatch look and outlook, "Hee Haw" became one of the longest running programs in TV history.
There are 600 shows in the vault for rebroadcast. The last syndicated "Hee Haw" show aired in June. Except for seven months in 1971, the program had been broadcast constantly for 24 years. It is tempting to say that there will be no more new "Hee Haw" jokes, but then, no joke ever broadcast on "Hee Haw" was new. An example: Grandpa Jones to Junior Samples: "Junior, I saw you riding on a mule and your wife was walking behind you.
Why was that?" Samples: "My wife ain't GOT no mule." Nearly every major country music star appeared on the show at least once. Singer-actress Gunilla Hutton, who played the fetching Nurse Good Body on "Hee Haw," believes the reruns will draw strong ratings with help from the twang. "Country music has gotten so much more popular lately," she said. "I think the audience will be larger for that reason." She was among a bevy of Southern belles on the program who always showed ample cleavage. The men, often characterized as harmless yokels, wore strawhats and overalls.
A superimposed cartoon donkey flashed across the screen as the program's unofficial symbol. The show's most famous prop was a cornfield where stars would swap jokes. "It was simplicity," Hutton said. "It was a return to the good ol' days. You tuned in like you were a member of the family." George "Goober" Lindsey, who was on "The Andy Griffith Show'; before reprising his rube's role for 22-years on "Hee Haw," also said the.
format was a flashback. x'-lt "It was the closest thing to vaude ville we'll ever do," he said. Viewership last year was an estimated 3.5 million in 140 markets." The show, which traditionally aired on early Saturday evenings, counts former President Bush among its ardent fans. "There were no issues," Hutton said. "People loved 'Hee Haw' for its sweetness and kindness." However, women's advocates ac- cused the show of sexism for portray- ing women as sex objects.
1 "The feminists are loosening up," said Hutton, who wore a skimpy nurse's uniform on the show for more than 20 years. "I've had to deal with it. We were poking fun at the stereo- types. It was all meant in good fun." During tapings at a Nashville studio, there was always a casual atmosphere: no tension, no egos, no pretense. Just front-porch frolics.
Lulu Roman and Gailard Sartain used to have food fights on the set after taping segments set in a truck stop. One segment that never aired showed Archie Campbell's toupee tumbling There was a hush in the studio because few knew he wore one. Another time, Junior Samples fell asleep just off stage. "All the cameras took shots of him snorin'," Roman recalled. Samples, in fact, was really a coun- try bumpkin as portrayed on the show.
"It took 43 takes for him to say Roman said. Cast members often didn't even get scripts to rehearse. "Our mistakes were funnier than what was scripted," Hutton said. The show will now be aired on cable TV, whose viewers tend to be slightly more upscale than other1 watchers. Not to worry.
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Your first problem comes at trick one. You know all about holdup plays. Should you allow the queen of clubs to hold the first trick, or should you" win? You have passed your first test if you realized clubs was not the only danger suit. You might not be able to stand a heart shift at trick two, so you should snatch the trick immediately. Next in your labors is which suit to tackle, spades or diamonds? And, if you selected diamonds, do you take the safety play of cashing the king and ace or do you finesse? The trouble is you don't know how many tricks in diamonds you need until you know how many spade tricks you are destined to take.
So move to the head of the class if, at trick two, you cashed the ace of spades (the queen could be singleton) and then finessed. If the spade finesse wins, you need only three diamond tricks, so it behooves you take the safety play. Cash the king and ace of diamonds in that order and, if the queen doesn't drop, continue with a diamond toward the jack. You are home if the suit splits 3-3 or, if not, whenever West holds the queen. If you did all this, nine tricks and the respect, of your peers will be your reward.
TOMORROW when the word went out was amazing," Sabatino says. "But I had an idea of it because of the turnout of fans I've gotten on personal appearances around the country. I played a villain, but no fan ever called me a creep, as has happened to a lot of other soap opera stars. "My first thought when I was fired was 'You guys are really dumb. This will come back and kick 7 Time will tell whether that's true, but Sabatino's fan mail includes a fair smattering of letters promising to switch channels along with him.
The reason, he believes, is that he made Lawrence into more than just a murderer and rapist. "He could be. brutal," Sabatino notes. "But I zl-ways played him in a vulnerable wayr as someone who did what he did be: cause he'd been hurt." As for his character, Sabai tino says, "I'm not sure just where Anthony will go. He is at first seen as despicable, but I'm sure his fashion designs will eventually redeem him." MOVING SALF! -Ll wtwrr SAVE (fll sLiffi gift far IJTOM FOAM FABRIC CENTER I By Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch Neither vulnerable.
South deals. NORTH KJ2 954 KJ72 K76 WEST Q53 VK6 10 98 3 QJ102 EAST 10 8 74 QJ102 Q6 4853 SOUTH A96 A873 A54 A94 The bidding: South West North 1 NT Pass 3 NT Pass Pass Opening lead: Queen of East Pass Having a sound knowledge of the fundamentals of dummy play is only the first step to becoming a skilled declarer. Once you have mastered when to apply each technique, you have arrived. To understand what we mean, cover the East-West hands and decide how you would play three no trump after the lead of the queen of clubs. TUNE IN By Thomas D.
Elias Scripps Howard News Service MICHAEL SABATINO says goodbye to NBC's "Days of Our Lives" and the character of Lawrence Alamain on Monday, but he's already started appearing on CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful." "I've done things against myself before, just not on TV," Sabatino says. "It is an odd feeling. In real life, I only had three days to make this transition from show to show and character to character." The character that Sabatino, 38, plays on fashion designer Anthony Armando, will be completely different from the villainous-yet-vulnerable Alamain. "I don't think I smiled for the whole three years I was Lawrence," Sabatino says. "My new guy has already smiled a little in the first few days.
Actually Lawrence does smile on his very last day, when he finally gets what he wants most and I thought my face would crack when it finally happened." Something else might crack, too the ratings of "Days." After a new producer came in, Sabatino was written out of the show as were two other popular actors Crystal Chappell (Carly), Sabatino's off-screen love interest, and Matthew Ashford (Jack). "The support I got from the public iMIDNITEl 12:30 1 AM 1:30 2 AM 2:30 I 3 AM 3:30 4 AM I 4:30 I 5 AM 5:30 To Be Announced (71678) Ebony Jet Barney Mite Night Flight (354036) Taxi (98253) The Jeffersons Wall St. Journal Jesu'itJoumal TheCrusaders American Gladiators (68253) Real StoriesT" Court TV News(27494) All News Night (9273920) All News A.M. (861348) Emergency PaidProgram HBO Comedy Showcase (86524) It's Showtime at the Apollo Paid Program NigWside CNN News Nightside CNN Mews Nightside Paid Program Your Busirress" Swiss Rail Journeys (Parti of 2) Charlie Rose (70611) EB2S I Man Who Knew Too Much" (529388) EB23 "The Son of Monte Cristo (423765) Nature (908746) CD Comedy Theatre I1 1:30) Comedy Theatre (49497) Highlander (163746) Cobra (51 8272) Renegade (243456) Love Boat (99381 4) (f Paid Program Roy Rogers Gospel Video Saturday Night Sing (214765) Music (331949) NLECWorship WWF Superstars (312765) PaidProgram Eig3 The Long Hot Summer" (313494) Perry Mason (983794) Three's Comp. Company.
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Fox: My purebred co*cker spaniel rather suddenly began losing her sight and hearing about one year ago. She is 10 years old. She can see somewhat in good light but has no peripheral vision and often bumps into walls and trips over items in her path. Her hearing is not only dulled, but she has trouble identifying the direction of a sound. Our vet did not find cataracts or any other causes for our dog's problem, so we are wondering if these conditions which I describe are perhaps common in co*ckers.
Should she be tested for other problems? Would vitamins or nutritional supple you suggested. Tender loving care and an unchanged environment are the answer. And make sure your dog doesn't wander off the property where she might be hurt if she doesn't hear or see cars approaching. Write Dr. Fox in care of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. 63101. The volume of mail makes personal replies impossible, but letters of general interest will be discussed in the column. ments be advisable? Could lead poisoning from a water bowl be a cause? Your dog is showing signs of old age a little earlier than normal.
Why senility develops so soon in some individuals is a medical mystery. Heredity may play a significant role. My advice is to be patient and understanding and help your dog adapt by keeping the home environment, including your yard and walk routine, unchanged. I doubt that any nutritional supplements are going to help alleviate her condition, and I would not suspect lead poisoning from the water bowl, as i.
