European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse By Richard Harrington Washington posts Ince their picture is plastered on the cover and their distinctive voices ring Clear in Iho my Iii Tho track no a lbt irys Otis Nelson Charlie t. Jr., lefty and Lucky May to Tho worst kept sorrel in Rock n Roll no it s not the reborn Rullus it s none other than Bob Dylan George Harrison Roy Orbison Tom Petty and Jolt Lynno Iho Las ii to also produced the album the All Star quintet originally got together casually at Dylan s House in Malibu last april bul Hood what they heard so much that they decided logo into the studio and expand it into a full hedged album. Lynne who produced Harrison s clot a nine album and Polly who worked Wilh Dylan on his 1986-87 tour have Given the wilbury a delightful pop Sheen in which Orbison a Dylan s and Harrison s Larr Eliar voices stand out the record is Eul on a new Warner Bros custom Label wilbury records and allo the songs Are credited Cost actively in the wilbury. Orbison s. Showcases include the rockabilly of. Rallied and the swooping Ballad Wol atone anymore Dylan turns out a Catalon Al Nul Molive imagery on dirty work along with a languid congratulations and a pop parable Tweeter and Ine Monkey Man. Harrison sounds terrific on heading tar the Light and handle with care and everybody joins in on end of the line a gently grooved Celebration of longevity old wine in old bottles thai deserves to become a hit. When the wit Burys sing it s All right even if you re old and Gray. Well it s Ait right you be still got something to say you la be hard pressed not to agree. And Rullus like there will be a historical or perhaps Hysle Encale television special Early next year. Is mtg losing its outlaw spirit by Steve Mckerrow Baltimore evening Sung. Ood Golly miss Molly what is happening to mtg the Brash 7-year-old. Cable television network that once basically offered non Stop Rock n Roll music videos. Has slowly begun to look More like a conventional network. In its 168 hours of weekly programming mtg. Has scheduled .19 non video hours such As a movie preview show a weekend news show a half hour land up , a dance show a daily game show comedy repeats and now even a nightly talk show. Mount to Mouth a live hour monday through. Thursday evenings is the latest addition a Lalk show. Thai premiered on halloween and is hosted by affable stand up comic Steve Skrovan. Interviews with guests. Live musical performances and some audience inner action Are supplemented by incoming Telephone questions to guests from viewers across the United states ". The Rock oriented one would not if. Say the. Tour Grid Snow with Johnny Carson but it still sounds like a talk show of fairly familiar formal. And Remote control a Kicky nightly game show now in production Tor its second season is even being talked about As a potential syndicated product to be sold to regular. To just like wheel of Fortune and family feud the Nickelodeon Channel s double dare did the same thing and in should be noted thai. Nicke Odeon is an Arm o mtg networks. Bui a look Al those shows prompts this question Are they really changes or perhaps just an encroachment of mtg s outlaw spirit into conventional territory they May be familiar in format bul they somehow hit. The viewer As to reflected Back in a Gunhouse minor. Geezers at play Toto travelling wilbury with Jeff Lynne Bob Dylan Tom Petty George Harrison and Roy Orlton it s just a natural evolution for us contends Doug Herzog mtg vice president for programs and development who is Quick to assure . We always wont to do music videos that s what we Are and always will be.". The difference is thai we re on mtg Mouth to Mouth Host shr Van says. Thai s a specific audience and a specific vocabulary.". In truth Rock n Roll has never been just about music. Rather the music was an expression of attitude compounded of such Youthful mood swings As rebellion irreverence humor and fun. It s hard to put your linger on it the Atli Lud but Remote control is Delini lety it says Herzog for instance of the half hour game that has become mtg s most watched show is really a parody of game shows and shares common ground with mtg s targeted viewers in Tho 12-34 age group that is the argot and culture of to Iseli from Tho mock 1960s club basement Sel to. Tho subject of the questions asked of contestants it is a show Lor to babies. And Why not Rock n Roll was born just As the glowing Blue Box tightened its hold on America s living rooms. So rather than put together a game show built around Rock trivia that would just be lob Herzog says it was decided to tap the treasure trove of to lore mtg viewers have been soaking up since infancy. Flo mole control is especially popular on College. Campuses Lor instance and College students Are also the game s players. In each game three players lounge in equipped with Seatbelt and Tluck remole controllers to select trivia categories hidden in an array of to screens Why Seal Belta because eventually the player. With the lowest Point total gets ejected from the set chair and All. And the categories things like i love Lucy taxi no witness news and Twig Flintstones. In one show for example contestants had to know the color of Fred Linstone s pet Dinosaur Dino what business e Thel once opened in downtown new York and what Job taxi Driver Elaine Nardo held on " " ". -. Mtg is really a marriage of Rock n Roll and \ television television is everybody s language Herzog says. People can Leet stupid watching jeopardy but i Don t i hunh anybody deals stupid watching Remote. Control because this is stuff we All actually the to trivia is treated somewhat top of the charts top singles i. Babr i love your was free bind Medley 3. How Cam i fall brmltn4. 1 dont want tour love Duun irim 5. Deb1he us giving you the he Seth to Dot Mil blk7. Waiting for a Star to fall boy Mien pm �. Blow Elicine by jovl9. Kissing it fool Owen Mth flt 10. Every Rose has its Thorn past Tolp s i Hatile and huh a. Giving you the Best that t qut a. New Jenser ban pm s. Hysteria 0.1 it Ppd id. Appetite for destruction gun n boil reverently. But irreverence slips in through such things As Ona week s Salute to Dairy products celebrated by the studio presence of a huge Holstein cow. And Tho show s regular stars Host Ken Ober announcer Colin Ouinn. Obligatory Lynx Kari Wuhrer kind of Vanna while As Madonna might do her and musician Steve Trecasse coma across As Tho kids at the Bach of n High school classroom who crack All the Lime on Tho teacher and tha resident brains. It is often hysterically Tunny too Lor it plays like an extended saturday night live skin. But it is Lili mtg so the final game winning quiz for the loading contestant is an identify the porformers-in-15-seconds music video montage although it is too Early to Tell How Many viewers Are catching onto Mouth to Mouth Programmer Herzog says that he Lalk show is another natural Extension of what we re and heat Skrovan whose video audition won out. Over 700 others says that the hour is a talk show geared to this culture the youth culture a video equivalent Al one of the bibles of hip such As a toting Stone Magazine. Thus live music is More than a break Belicen segments have already seen performers such As Mike Rutherford and the mechanics premiering new videos on Mouth to Mouth. An entertainment show with phones i another Way Skrovan describes in although the phone in component had some Early Rocky moments. At 30, Skrovan is approaching the upper end of mtg s 12-34 viewer profile and As a stand up comic is. Perhaps a surprising Choice for a Rock n Roll network whose deejays certainly would be More conversant with the nuances of musical trends. M being sort of to rip cd jokes Skrovan noting my music is sort of 60s and .70s." but to sees that As an advantage because i m somewhat removed from it someone who car offer a Point of and his stand up experience in comedy clubs Means that the live part of it is not really the unique feature Lorma because that s How i work All the time. It s the technical slut i m having to learn Mouth to Mouth certainly premiered with Stylo the quests were Kenny logging and Cher and a coven of East Village witches made up the studio audience. Themed audiences area part of the show s format. A later audience was largely staffers from new York s hard Rock cafe. Wednesday. November to 19bb the stars and stripes Page 17,
