European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Levision Wiseguy Pilot airs july 13 series starts july 23 _ i of -.�__. _ i of i it. I a Rte. I 11 a i ill pc i i by Wendy Bourland it in t often that a television series revolves around lie bad Guys. They just Aren t that lovable. You la find yourself hooked on the bad Guys however after seeing the Pilot of Wiseguy which airs july 13 at 8 . On an. The series begins july 23 at 9 . 8 . In the United kingdom. Ken Wahl plays Vince Terranova a Young punish looking Fri agent whose assignment is to infiltrate the mob element in new Jersey. This in t a Rush Job As the Pilot movie opens Vince is leaving prison after serving an 18-month term for a series of fictional crimes. Now he s a criminal in the eyes of the Public. His own Mother won t talk to him. Only a couple of colleagues in the organized crime Bureau know his True identity his supervisor Frank Mcpike Jonathan ban Sand his regular Contact lifeguard Jim Byrness wheelchair bound agent with Long Gray hair and a Beard. Vince s task is to get Friendly with a crime family headed by Sonny Steelgrave Ray Sharkey. These Guys order cops and mobsters bumped off before lunchtime then relax Over a Good meal in a fancy restaurant. Occasionally they do the work themselves. Vince meets Sonny his brother Dave Robert Miranda and their Driver bodyguard Tony after securing himself a Job As a Busboy in Sonny s favorite eatery. After dropping a Load of dirty dishes in Sonny s Lap and getting into a verbal confrontation with the mob Leader they agree to meet and Duke it out at one of Sonny s waterfront warehouses. Vince manages to throw the fight without anyone but Sonny the Wiser and Steelgrave offers the Fri agent turned sex con a Job As his personal Driver. Tony a balding ape does t like the new Guy Horning in on his territory and it shows. Catch the first several episodes of Wiseguy because Vince s assignment with the Steelgrave family does t last forever. Sharkey As Sonny quickly developed a following among stateside Wiseguy fans. Tune in and see Why. Wahl As Vince is Sassy Street smart and dedicated. Cool is Cool some kids will do anything for popularity As we see in the two part family ties episode titled it s my party that begins Friday evening on an. Jennifer Keaton Tina Yothers and her Friend Chrissy Are pining for popularity. They re convinced Junior High school will be much easier to handle if they get in with the in crowd of girls a Bunch of Well dressed snobs. To accomplish this Jennifer invites them to her 13th birthday party convincing them that everyone will be there. But while Jennifer is trying to grow up and fit in with her Peers father Steven Michael Gross refuses to accept his youngest daughter s emerging adolescence. He plans to put on a puppet show at her party this year As he has in previous years. Part two of it s my party airs july 15, and ends this season of the show. It s replaced by the next season of growing pains july 22. Beatlemania no it s not about the beatles but the 1985 to movie John and Yoko a love Story begins in the mid-60s, when the fab four reigned supreme. It airs Friday night at 10 30 . The beginning is Sappy. The strains of John Lennon s imagine play Over the opening credits Mark Mcgann As John Kim Miyori As Yoko Richard Morant As beatles manager Brian Epstein other no names As Lennon s band mates. Then the scene cuts to Memphis tenn., on aug. 19,1966, to a Kun flux klan rally where Robed figures Are carrying signs Mona was an afterthought by Jerry Buck associated press Katherine Helmond s Juicy role As the hip Mother with the swinging lifestyle was an afterthought when the hit Abc comedy who s the Boss was being created the actress says. The show was originally written for two Sisters one a working woman and one with lots of children Heli Nond remembers. One of them was a go getter and the other was very Domestic. But they found that combination never clicked. They read a lot of Young ladies but they Felt it turned out to be kind of sour grapes. Each sister seemed a Little envious of the other. No matter How Many times they rehearsed it they could t make it it finally occurred to the producers to give Judith Light a Mother As a sparring partner. Tony Danza stars As an sex Boxer who becomes a housekeeper. When my name came up at a casting session i was doing a play in san Francisco says Helmond who plays Mona Robinson. I asked them what Are you looking for they said a Mother who causes double but in a funny Way. I said she d have to be someone underfoot All the time. I got ideas from my grandmother who lived with us. She was very funny very even handed and right in the Middle of everything. A big strapping Irish woman with red hair one of those Texas women who says whatever she the Pilot for who s the Boss created a Triangle of three totally different people. But somehow that Triangle works she said. This Man who takes care of the House a highly successful woman who can t do a thing at Home and her Mother. I think a lot of families today Are made up of different elements two divorced women living together two fathers. I think the Cost of living today has contributed to these kind of made up Helmond grew up in Galveston Texas and got her Early dramatic training in Houston and Dallas. She moved on to new York where she was nominated for a Tony for her performance in Eugene o Neill s the great god Brown in 1973. She was in Many other productions but is Best known for her role As Jessica tale in the comedy series soap. Her latest movie is Shadey made in England. She has also appeared in time bandits Brazil overboard family plot the Hindenburg and the baby Blue Marine. She is married to sculptor David Christian but lately he has also taken up writing. He recently adapted a Short Story by Somerset maugham for a to film to be called Plain Jane. He had to update it she said. We did t realize How difficult it would be to get the rights. It took 18 months because there Are so Many heirs. And the British Don t move very fast. Ill play Jane. I think we May do it in Texas because we d get some help there. Jane s a woman who goes through a total metamorphosis. She changes As does the world around her. She becomes a woman who can live in the her husband started writing when she enrolled in the women s directing program at the american film Institute. She needed a project immediately so he adapted a Raymond Carver Short Story bankrupt and proclaiming beatles pollute our youth and chanting anti beatles slogans. Lennon and Ono meet later that year at an Art gallery where the japanese artist musician has an exhibition. They Don t quite hit it off Ono does t even know who John Lennon is. Her reaction when her husband tells her Lennon is also married at the time to wife Cynthia Julian Lennon s Mother. Yet he s fascinated with Yoko Ono. He begins Reading her music seeing in her a Kindred spirit another original mind. The movie takes you through their courtship and the breakup of the beatles to the Day of Lennon s assassination on dec. 8, 1980. If you Don t know the history of the Lennon Ono relationship and want to learn watch. If you want to see How insolent the fab four became near the end of their relationship watch. If you can t handle look alike actors lip syncing beatle songs forget it. True life Romance if you want to see How a real life couple acts together watch Friday s designing women at 8 . Gerald Mcraney who plays Rick on Simon & Simon is Delta Burke s Boyfriend and has a recurring role As dash a novelist who is the Beau of Suzanne Burke. In this episode dash is depressed Over his Lack of literary Success while Suzanne frets Over the growing boredom of Anthony Meshach Taylor with his classes. Movie pick the 1980 Robert Redford film Brubaker also starring Yaphet kotto. Redford is a Reform minded prison Warden who Bucks the South s corrupt penal system. It is scheduled As the an late show on july 17. New series new and returning series other than those already mentioned include the equalizer on july 17, featuring Edward Woodward and guest starring Telly Savalas As a terrorist turned Monk and dance fever on july 18. Katherine Helmond landed a Juicy role. Her film was one of six chosen from the course to be shown on the arts & entertainment Channel. They own Homes in los Angeles and Long Island and have apartments in new York and London. We be just gone through remodelling our Home in los Angeles she says. It was a 1932 House and All the wiring and plumbing had to be redone. The City building inspector gave it approval the other Day. It took two years. We re giving a big party for All the workers and our neighbors who also had to put up with All the july 7, 1900 stripes Magazine 27
