European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Scarecrow is Back in the Saddle by Jerry Buck associated press has another series in the works but in Iho Lull Between jobs he s Back in the Saddle with no cameras turning i m taking advantage of it Ordo and hum and play the rodeos says Boxleitner. Whose last series was scarecrow and mrs. King and whose next is a wild comedy adventure called the Road raiders in Tho meantime Box Zeilner starred with Lindsay Wagner and Diahann Carroll in. Iho two part Abc miseries from the during his time of he s going Quail Hunting in Georgia and. Will enter the culling horse and team loping contests at the Ben Johnaon pro celebrity Rodeo in Phoenix. Ariz. Al inc presidential inauguration in Washington Boxleitner was Host of a. Sattlr to Iho Fust lady Al the Kennedy Center and was a guest Lor dinner Al Ifie Home of Vox president Dan Quayle. I was up on stage in Irun of he Foj Lional symphony and i had to introduce Tatj conductor Milislav Rost Povich he says. I had la keep saying his n Slais the Hollywood celebrities might idol a Smy mention in the newspaper. Which is the Way it should be " Fisit. The dead of night is Heror Librn Foi Boxleitner who s merest Ixl tie in inc Saddle. In his first set ies Hoke lne West was won which so aimed James Arness he played a Furj Tiv forced to become a gunslinger. He co starred with Kenny Rogers in three Gamb St movies As Billy Montana a role he has described As an airhead out he Laler teamed up again with Arness for a remake of red River. He also starred Brielly in the series bring in Back alive based loosely on animal wrapper and adventurer Frank Buck and Mosi recently to spent four years co starring with kale Jackson in state cow and mrs. King. Boxleitner recently completed the movie Pilot for a new series for lbs called tie Road raiders k s a world War it comedy adventure he Calls a combination of one flew Over the cuckoo s nest m a s a Tiea team and the Fload warriors i feel like i m More a part of this because i helped put it to says. I play a wonderful character matted Charlie Rhodes. He s scarecrow and Frank Buck rolled into one when we first meet him he s running a Saloon in Manila just before the japanese invasion he s totally unpatriotic. He s out for himself. He s like Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. He s Lough rough talking and always has a in his Mouth. People will say i m doing Don Johnson. I say i m doing Clark Gable. Clark Gable in Clyde Kun Salsa who was his right hand Man in bring Emback alive will be a regular in the flood Rait Lars As the villain and Rhodes chief rival Clyde and i Are really the same Guy Box Litnor says we re both con men trying to outdo the Box a incr cays he thinks the timing for the series is ought because the third Indiana Jones movie the last crusade is due on memorial day.1 1 Thero s nothing i Eil on to today he says. I m sol cd of All there in l any comedy ave Oruro on the air i think this will fill thai Bruce Box Zeilner of scarecrow and mrs. King stars in a new to series. To rent or to buy chaos on the video charts by Jane Maslin new York times there s a world of difference Between Heones Worth having of ver and the ones that arc Only Good for an evening of fun1 refer of course to video Casselton and to the ice arable Lack of overlap Between titles thai become popular rentals and titles that Are sold what is it that makes Elhaj weapon no. 25 on billboard s top 1q sales Chart this week a candidate Lor anyone s permanent Library whereas Bio hard his week s no 1 rental s Only a one night stand does the person willing Lorenl Arthur 2oij Tho rocks no 32 Enlal have anything in common with the one who buys top gun no 24 sales 1 who s been tenting return to snowy River or buying permanent copies of or. Zhivago whatever the explanation for these and other Rusa cd Phenomena it doubtless cases some Light on the video customer s Ever mysterious slate of mind. The More Lime one spends in video stores the More dallied Ono is by inc decisions that arc made there the very same store ofter All must Caler both to nations who remember titles Thal Dale Bact further Iha Rusis , impulse renters whose attention can be caught by Uny Lhrig that Loohs Lively and the More that retailers try to soil out things Tor such customers the More they May add to the a collusion one Manhattan video store or to glance has resorted to a helpful looking system of titles and slickers. Cassettes Are labelled "comody".6r Romance special but who decided that top gun and quiet Africa should jail into the Romance category or that to interns starring Michael Callan and Cliff Robertson should be considered classic Why Are Bogart and Brando filed Roget Harvand Why should Chevy Chase have As much shelf space in the comedy Section As Woody Allen while Bill Murray surely Chase s peer rates fio special category at All and what can be Dona with the great like Blue particular store Calls it special interest who ctr puts it in the Sec boat with u. Colonel Oliver Nortrip his Story. In the face of this is no wonder sales and reflect similar chaos. But they also reveal a Corl Airi amount about the functions that Home video fulfils not surprisingly a lot of the Besl selting cassettes Are titles of the practical up usable Surl whether they re exercise tapes Jane Fonda has our lilies i the top 40 or video Calendar Art. And a lot of the repeat viewing Market is governed by children who make Cinderella lady and the tramp. E to Tho wizard of of and the sound of music hell Sellers and by music ans Michael Jackson Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd respect Ivory occupy 1st. 6th and 10th positions feature Litas Are inclined to sell if they have the Woight mess of classics Ben hut the ten commandments. Platoon and both godfather films Are currently envying Usk sales. Pop Phenomena when they reach a certain monday March 13, 1989 breakthrough status Alao qualify As classics of a kind. So hat fatal attraction and Beverly Hilts cop it arc big Sellers. Add some built in repeat worthy entertainment value and you re sure to have , Good morning Vietnam is doubtless ally Active As a collodion of Robin Williams comedy routines add a nil. Soundtrack and things gel even belter dirty dancing has been on the charts for 57 weeks and is now no. 5. But when u comes to rentals the video customer emerges of a split personality. Children s films and exercise tapes become insignificant after All who wants to work out Only Onca or loll a child that stooping Beauty is going Back to the store and the action and horror genres Lako Over Ono need t want Freddy Kruger around the House on a permanent basis to think that Nightmare on Elm Street 4 the dream master has the makings j an evening s entertainment dubious works like the Blob and phantasm Figat a whole now lease on tile when they reach the video Market. What makes ass senso is the durability of Catly bad comedies films idol play in tvo Attical release Only momentarily before coming Home to Roost in video stores a lame sequel like she t circuit 2can become the no 10 video rental hit and a loser he hoi to Trot which Learned Bob cat Goldthwait Wilh a talking horse can have a second Chance the rental Markel on a degree of escapism that goes Well beyond what even theatrical audiences Wilt tolerate. It is shaped by the and disposal Italy o Enlal movies no double and by the feeling that there s hardly anything at the stars and stripes Pago 17
