European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Io1lol Oprah s guests audience debate welfare Issue by Wendy Bourland did you know. Bobby Don t worry be Happy Mcferrin sings the instruments in the opening and closing credits of the Cosby show. That s right sings them. Watch for Mel Errin s at the end of the show or pick up the december Issue of Esquire which should still be available at and stripes bookstores. The Magazine did a Short feature on him. Egypt s Channel 2 has been banned from showing Falcon Crest reruns. An associated press report from Cairo says a judge in the Nile Valley town of Shibin Al Kaw ruled that the series undermines Public morals further Cable and satellite Europe a Trade publication reports that saudi Arabia also is trying to manipulate egyptian to which is seen in that nation. An article in this month s Issue on television in the Arab world notes censorship is often however As much religious As political. The thought of their citizenry watching belly dancing from licentious Cairo disturbs the saudi authorities.". Pal Sajak Star of wheel of Fortune has left the daytime version of the show to nighttime talk show. He will however do the syndicated evening version of wheel. Taking Over for Sajak in daytime is former san Diego chargers kicker Rolf Benirschke. This is a Good week for watching the american forces network. Viewers can choose from Lively specials interesting episodes of various series and heated talk show topics. Money for nothing most people have Strong feelings about welfare whether they re on it or paying into it. It s the topic of Friday s Oprah Winfrey show. Is welfare the Refuge of the Lazy Oprah asks or can people use it to better themselves guests include a woman who swindled Money from welfare and went to prison for four years an office worker who used to be on welfare and makes less Money now and a waitress with three children Ages 12,11 and 9 who is trying to go to school and support her family on minimum wage and expects to go Back on welfare. The discussion gets ugly As loud and angry members of the audience lash out at the guests and each other. But potential solutions Are kicked around As Well As accusations and Oprah keeps a fairly Good handle on the dialogue. Bruno Bruno when moonlighting costar Bruce Willis became famous he looked around himself and saw it was Good. Then he decided to Cut an album. Most to and movie stars can t pull that one off but Willis did. He became Bruno Tadolini Jeader of a new Jersey band called the bad boys. And after the album came the to special the return of Bruno which airs on an saturday at 7 . Willis can t sing to save his life. But he s got Star Appeal and he has rounded up an impressive roster of actors musicians and other celebrities including Elton John Jon Bon Jovi Ringo Starr Michael j. Fox Phil Collins and wolfman Jack to help Tell Bruno s Story. It s silly but it s fun. Bare truth things get crazy on St. Elsewhere Jan. 17 As a handful of doctors agree to perform an experimental surgery that Calls for cutting in the nude an aids patient who left St. Eligius a year ago returns As his health deteriorates and is reunited with Griffin Bruce Greenwood the doctor who hated him but who has since discovered religion or. A Schlander Norman Lloyd finds a Surprise visitor in his office and nurse Rosenthal Christina pickles lands in the chemical dependency Ward with a seasoned alcoholic As a Roommate. College Days Michael Ken Olin and Hope Mel Harris prepare for the visit of Michael s College Girlfriend Emily Chelsea Fielland for their daughter Janey s first birthday on the Jan. 16 episode of thirty something. Hope s friends Are prodding her for signs of nervousness jealousy and or insecurity and Aren t hitting pay dirt Michael who has kept in touch with Emily for the past 15 years is excited at the Prospect of seeing his old Friend and Emily has intimate conversations with both Steadmann. Reunited Maria Gibbs became popular As wisecracking maid Florence on the Jeffersons which starred Sherman Hemsley As wealthy dry cleaner George Jefferson. Now Gibbs is Mary Jenkins a housewife in Washington d.c., who is married to construction company owner Lester Jenkins Hal Williams on 227, and Hemsley makes a guest appearance As a male chauvinist lawyer representing a company that May buy Lester s business. The episode airs Jan. 19. Gibbs and Hemsley still Bicker Back and Forth with the same venom As they did on the Jeffersons. The Only weak spot is a thinly disguised reference to Gibbs old role As Florence Mary is vacuuming when Hemsley shows up at her door. Tacky Tacky. Viewing tips fans of Peter Sellers won t want to miss 1978 s revenge of the Pink Panf Verjan. 16 a six part bbl production of Heidi begins on the 16th and runs in half hour segments and the 1988 Bio drama my father my son about chief of naval operations Elmo Zumwalt or. Karl Maiden and his son Elmo ii Keith Carradine airs Jan. 18. It s based on the Book of the same name. New returning series the game show jeopardy returns Jan. 16. Married. With children an irreverent hit for Fox by Mark Schwed King features Syndicate Are you sick to death of those Cosby perfect to families where dad has a great Job mom is fantastic the kids get straight a a everyone loves everyone else and even the dog smells Good Well then have we got a family for you. Meet the Bundy family dad s a Slob mom does nothing the kids Are maniacs and the dog smells like a dog. Married. With children the Slob n tart sitcom from the Fox network has returned to the air for its second stateside season. It airs mondays at 8 05 . On an 7 05 . In the United kingdom. If the Cosby Are the Gucci of the airwaves then the Bundy Hail from the hallowed Halls of k Mart. Last year they got away with killing Santa Claus and shooting the neighbor s dog. But Early in the second season trouble is brewing. One show that was supposed to air where Al and the girls go on a fishing trip Only to have the women come Down with their periods was yanked by Fox top dog Barry Diller because of the subject matter. Maybe America was not ready for it. Beats the hell out of us Why they pulled it. It s no less disgusting than we Are generally week in and week out says Ron Leavitt co creator and co executive producer of the show. Michael Moye the other half of the creative team can t understand the decision especially in Light of Geraldo Rivera s recent show on Devil worship. This happens at the same time Geraldo is showing sacrificed babies on Abc Moye says. Why of Why did t we sacrifice a child i m telling you Leavitt says to Moye we should have mutilated cattle like 22 stripes Magazine january 12, 1989 and then have everybody hug in the end Moye kicks in. If these two television producers sound a bit irreverent then you have an idea of the wicked humor to be found each week in married. With children. This year even Elvis gets into the picture. Peg the tarted up shopaholic housewife played by Katey Segal thinks she spots Elvis Presley in the mall. At Home she finds one of her husband s to shirts has a sweat stain that bears a remarkable resemblance to Elvis. The Bundy House becomes a shrine and people come All the Way from Memphis to see the sweat. As Peg Segal is a Hoot and a half. But the heart and soul of married. With children is her husband Al Bundy otherwise known As the the beast played to perfection by de o Neill is the Best when he s moaning about his bad kids whining about his wife s housekeeping skills or pontificating on the glories of manhood. Everybody knows a Slob like Al. He s a Man s Man if you re talking about the Stone age Days. He likes his Beer cold and his television warm. He makes love to his wife Only on holidays. He is unusually outsmarted and always outnumbered. And that s Why we love and Root for him even though he s a bum and a Slob. Everywhere o Neill goes malls or Bowling alleys the chant follows him by Uzun Dee he is beloved and treasured by his fans. You know it s funny o Neill says. When you re a Young actor coming up when you think in terms of being recognized you always think in terms of Al Pacino. You know you la be recognized As a really Cool actor. And i think it s so funny and so ironic he pauses Here and begins a Low rolling chuckle that i m recognized As a Slob. They yell out Bundy Bundy i get that everywhere which i really like. I really enjoy it. I really get a kick out of the show has proven so successful luring in hordes of men in the perfect demographic of age 18-34, that it is no wonder other networks Are starting to play the Bundy game. This season Abc s most successful new show is Roseanne about a Blue Collar family that in effect switches the roles. Roseanne Barr plays the Al Bundy character and her husband is Lazy unemployed Peg. O Neill is in hot demand too. During the summer break he did two features and a to movie he was a cop in All three and squeezed in an episode of the new Abc show Midnight caller in which he played a maniac in a wheelchair. But the bread and butter role is Al Bundy and Fox television. You know we re not stars. We Don t have a show where we say of let s buy that big House we re in a situation that s an ongoing struggling thing. Even though our show is doing very Well within the scheme of things i Don t think any of us consider ourselves like a big top show o Neill says. So in a Way i m saying that might be Good. Nobody gets complacent. Nobody says of Well we got it made everything is like it was As before. We have to do As Well As we can every time so while the actors toil the producers and Fox decide whether or not the period episode will run. By Many accounts it is one of the funniest Ever done. We did t go into the period show saying hey How can we stretch the Bounds of tast Lessne is this year this was in our opinion As they go a fairly tame one says producer Leavitt. We be dropped Santa on his head we be blown a dog s head off so we figured women on their period Kinda mild " i told you we should have mutilated that cow adds Moye
