European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Profile Valerie by Frky Huc k associated press klan Valerie Pir belie is been Laid to r est i of in it the orld knew her to Rhoda i ust to the unit in Ini Curc Xiii Iai King Tig Side i k on Lac Tylre Misiur so Mihen on the spin off show Khod she had turned Stelle and confident was married and Iben lost or right. It s How Little is Oming up a s i larger ulu is filming a new show for Abc ailed it if i guess enough Lime has elapsed i Lei new a How in who h she plays the wife of an airline Pilot my the Mother of three sons is expel Ted to in Ike its debut on Abc in March. We did seven shows and tame Back after the Honda lot loin More she says. The problem with finding a plate in the he Lufe is thai Abc has an of i Hes. There Aren t Many openings and their Polit y of keeping shows on to find an Audieri e is paying mar Pei a lined the first seven shows at the atm c us studios on stage 1-1, the same stage where she did k he a. I or the next four she had to go to the Mcm a studios to find space. In was wont Lergul to come Back she says. Bui i found in was wonderful not to cling to the Post. I slatted it say this in t the Way Alan and Jim hid in " Al a Burns and Jim Brooks were the creators and producers of Hie Tyler Moore 5/icnvand rho it. But wait a minute that s not the Way to to she says. " Hal was a great experience. I had eight wonderful years of it. I know How a stage runs but this was a different Way of working than what i was used to. In the Days and on Khod i never saw the network people or the studio people. Now i m dealing with she give a Lew examples of the differences then losses up her hands. It s counterproductive to cling to things just be Ause that s the Way you once did them. It s also been difficult to adjust to nol having my i of Slars on the set most of the Day. They re minors Ami have to be in school Harper wants to put the past behind her yet finds in diff it Uli. Those Days at atm were a magic time she says that place thai Lime those people. Bui ibis is just As Good. When i Slop worrying about How to lop myself it gels Jason baseman the fast talking Slicker from it s your Juie and Silva or Suom plays her teen age son David on i hit Danny Ponce and Jeremy an.1 her twin sons Zvillie and Mark. Josh Taylor plays her airline Pilot husband but you la Seldom see him he s usually off flying the Friendly skies a Tigart is a suburban Chicago housewife who also works As the manager of a local auction House. There appears to be no lingering Trace of Rhoda in her new character. I like the character she says. I like her commitment to her kills without losing herself. She has t immersed herself in the kids to the extent that she disappears. I think Valeric Logan is trying to get in a last few licks on those boys before she turns them Loose on the world she lines her husband. She has a lot of Joy As opposed 10 Rhoda. She s More secure and sure of herself. She s willing to take More he show like Roth before it undergone some changes. After the Pilot or instance the t Bari Ter of her sister in Law was turned into a neighbor. She was also a Ken the outside Job in tru ant lion House. I larger says she feels As if she s doing to series of pilots. A lot of what the show vac Rie Harper is Woric no on a now television series. Ends up cling depends on Bow the audience reacts to Harper previously starred in an Abc Pilot called . For theft Ope. It was sort of a Foey Square without laughs. She played a Manhattan Prosi Tutor in the project Ted one hour series. I spent a lot of time at the courthouse talking to tops and bailiffs and lawyers ind judges she says. They have a real callows humor. Vii if coun captures a lot of that. I saw a kid ask his attorney for Maifare. The attorney pulled Oul his Wallet and the kid grabbed it and after fire was passed by Abc the network decided in would rather see her in a comedy. The first writer i worked with wanted to do his childhood she says four boys a Solhei and father. Abc liked it but the writer 40 a movie. The second writer changed the family. Then Linda Marsh and Margie Peters took Over and they created the venue of the auction House and made Jason s character a Little c Learer. The father will not be in Many of the shows. In fact some depend on him not Bein there. It makes me1 a single Parent. Hell he off in Tokyo or Tony cac Catotti Harper s longtime companion is a co executive producer of the series. Cat t Wotli is a physical fitness Trainer who helped Harper loss weight and Jet into shape. "1 hired Tony because i had a bathing suit scene in Clit pts two she says. Harper says she weighed 155 during her Days on thu Tyler Moon show. Then she slimmed Down to 1jo and now she s at 125. 20 strips r y Ani Ary 23, 1986
