European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hair mousse and intrigue Are Back on a Falcon Crest if like me you let Falcon Crest s first seven years go by without you you May want to give its eighth season premiere thursday a try it starts out with a bar chested Man in a bed and ends with a woman slapping a Guy s face. In Between you be got Jane Wyman stalking about a Vineyard at Dawn in her High heels other people sweeping in and out of corporate boardrooms chastising each other and extensive use of shoulder pads and hair mousse by characters of both sexes. Sound of on a scale of one-to-10 in the fast fading world of nighttime soaps with knots Landing a 10 and dynasty a 2falcon Crest is probably Worth a 4. Those who watch it regularly Are Likely to give you a More comprehensive review of this thing. As near As i can Tell however from previewing the first episode of this season the series revolves around sad eyed Maggie Channing Susan Sullivan mourning the death of her husband Richard David Selby at the hands of something called the thirteen. Not sure what they Are but they Don t appear to be persons of positive outlooks one would wish to have As neighbors since husband Richard s smiling face appears in the opening credits we can guess that he a going to come Back to life at some Point like Bobby coming out of the Shower in Dallas or Duke coming Back from the plastic surgeon in Brazil with a new face and body in general Hospital. A subplot appears to revolve around Pilar Kristian Alfonso the most extensively hair moussed of the cast Pilar seems to be the daughter of a hardworking Vineyard Foreman and vows to get oven and get noticed by the Rich channings. Lance Lorenzo lamas appears to be her main target perhaps because he s her rival in Mous sing techniques a his hair goes up about a foot while hers goes out by a similar Width. Well enough of that silliness. Falcon Crest starts on an to thursday and comes to Southern european broadcasting in mid november. In the meantime there Are some More important things going on in the world of television. Such As who is the Rabbit who co stars with touche Turtle his picture appears on Page 7 of the Germany Belgium edition for those who want to take a guess and Send us their reply. For those of you in the edition for the rest of Europe the Rabbit is dressed in a three musketeers hat and Cape with a sword. And we at stars and stripes Are stumped. We All know touche Turtle s regular sidekick is dumb dumb the dog so who is this Rabbit now Don t say Ricochet Rabbit. Many grownups Here guessed that but the 4-year-old son of the sunday Magazine editor assures us we re wrong. Alex says Ricochet Rabbit does t Wear a Cape. Monday see the Story on the adjoining Page. A Bob Hope special crops up of course there a a War on on sunday. And if you live in Sebus area you can watch no fewer than three football games. Almost like living in the states. Here s what else s on an a the grim and Brilliant Story of an alcoholic Diplomat in Mexico Linder the Volcano is on thursday night. Albert Finney is great As usual Jacqueline Bisset gives the performance of her career. A Cotton comes to Harlem is getting a Little Creaky with age but just a Little. This nonsense airing Friday about evangelists and other swindlers in Harlem proved in 1970, a Long time before Spike Lee that people would flock to see Black casts making films about realistic if funny Black life. A Topper you might As Well see it. Everyone else has. There Are funnier Cary Grant films though than this 1937 Story of a wealthy pointless couple who become cheerful troublesome ghosts. A two films you la like or not like entirely because of whether you like their Star. Yentl on sunday is a barbra Streisand vehicle Sherman tank. 18-Wheeler. We really mean vehicle Here about turn of the Century jewish girl in East Europe. The Gambler wednesday was created out of the Kenny Rogers song of the same name and stars guess who. Finally there s fun House a super Sloppy Lori mar television As you May have guessed it s a slow week on to. There Are the emmy however at 2 . Lormar television Kristian Alfonso above and Lorenzo lamas Star in a Falcon  double dare clone that adds pre teen cheerleaders and a heartthrob Host in High tops to the Basic repulsive concept. If you be watched As Little of this kind of thing As you have Falcon Crest this basically is a quiz show for Young teens and older elementary school kids in which they win prizes by slopping around in vats of chocolate or Green slime or whatever. It airs saturday. Seb is having a similarly slow week. After All the football sunday there Are a few movies in the week Worth seeing a Gray lady Down airing Friday night is a great adventure show about a . Navy submarine rammed and sent to the Bottom of the sea in an Accident with a Freigher. Charleton Heston who else is the Captain of the ship Stacy Keach Heads the Rescue team who sends an experimental diving vehicle Down to save the Crew. A or. Deeds goes to town. Did Dick Tracy Ever make a bad film in this one he s a millionaire who wants to give away his Money to the needy and gets a predictable reaction from the Quot sensible people of of this world. It airs saturday. A alien predator Friday afternoon ranks As one of the dumbest science fiction thrillers Ever made if that appeals to you. It appealed to me. It concerns teens on vacation in Spain and some Creepy thing that fell off skylab. Remember sky lab a How to murder your wife sunday has not aged As Well As Cotton comes to Harlem but is still reasonably funny. Jack Lemmon plays a Bachelor cartoonist who married while drunk and now feels trapped by wife Verna Lisi. The sexism seems fairly blatant though. With the possible exception of Joe Bob Briggs most of us have come a Long Way since 1965.inside to plus the Nielsen ratings to listings video reviews top 10 videos cafes movie schedules movie reviews top 10 movies 4 5-8 9 9 10 11 11 staff editor Art director production editorial assistance Sarah Bottorff Sharon Kilday Lisa Williams Denise Adams Louis Pierce Marian Hamilton on the cover Bill Cosby is a ghost dad Quot starting this weekend on the cafes circuit along with Quot taking care of business staff writer Chuck Finch reviews the latter on Page 11. A stars and stripes publication Page 2 0 to plus sunday september 16, 1990