European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Playboy Hopes . Fits in with video fans by Dennis Hunt los Angeles times of does the notion with . Simpson grab you no doubt for obvious reasons some people will find it weird or offensive. But Playboy video is guessing that Many will ?y the idea. As a result play boy decided to go ahead with marketing . Simp son Mimi num fit Esfi for men. It came out last week. 1 " this is not for men who going to the gym or me who heavy weightlifters said Jeff Jenest Playboy s senior vice president. The tape has information o i diet and nutrition and nudges men into being Niobe fit r " actually it is a Good exercise tape., assembled under the guidance of fitness expert Richard Walsh geared to toning with minimal exertion. There Are cardiovascular and stomach Back workouts plus sections with exercises to do in hotels offices and Ajr for 70 minutes Simpson is at his personable Best particularly on the amusing outtakes at the end oath Etapa. This in t some old video that Playboy dusted off and marketed to take advantage of Simpson s recent notoriety. He filmed it May 25-27, not Long before he was charged with murdering his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. Rely Asung it now amid jury selection for Simp son s trial is not exploitative Jenest insisted we had planned All along to put it out about now he said. Fitness tapes sell Best in the fall be cause they re Good Christmas gifts. We had plans to do an infomercial starring . To launch the tape but we never had a Chance to shot it " did Playboy consider not releasing the tape for a few weeks after the events of june 12, we pondered our options put we decided in the final analysis it was Worth putting out Jenest replied. If there had been a against him we might have thought twice about putting it out. But the response was balanced enough that we did t feel it was risky to put it out. We finished editing it and it looked so Good we fell it deserved to be released. Also we had invested a great Deal of Money in producing it and we wanted to recoup our Playboy chief Hugh Hefner did screen the tape for representatives of Simpson s defense team. If they had said to us the tape will do great harm to . In some Way and please Don t put it out i think Hefner would have gone along with that Jenest said. But the defense had no Jenest would t comment on Playboy s financial arrangements with Simpson. It is typical with these Soi is of videos that the Host like the author of a Book would share in the profits. As to How Playboy settled on Simpson As Host he said we needed a Star for the project someone men could relate to someone who was not too Young but not too old a Nice everyman kind of Guy. We considered Nolan Ryan and Joe Montana but . Was our first Jenest said interest in the video is Tough to gauge at his Poi it. Retailers Are being cautious about stocking it he said they Don t know How custom ers will react. They have to be sure customers won t be picketing their stores. So far though no retailers have said they won t carry the tape also will be available through mail order. Sik3 sweat of. Special interest one of the most fascinating documentaries to come out in recent months is a 90-minute tape shove . Simpson juices up his thunderbird in 1979. Ing choral director Robert Shaw at work readying a group for a Carnegie Hall concert. Robert Shaw preparing a masterpiece vol. 4is on Carnegie Hall video 212 -247,7800. T if you want to Bone up on etiquette or instruct someone probably your kids lacking in social graces an invaluable guide is it s not just eating a guide to american table manners. A one hour tape on Allan Fine productions 212 879-0805. Fans of Veteran comedian Alan King should find most of the jokes on his two new comedy tapes amusing the very funny world of Alan King is available from consumer video marketing 800 ,66-music." ./-.,- kids might tune in to recycling after watching a 25-minute documentary called garbage Day from child vision Oduca tibial films 800 488-1913. New video releases the inkwell Touchstone. Typical summer resort tale love affairs and hanging out with pals except with a Black cast. Larenz Tate has the Lead role As a reserved Well to do teen Ager coming of age in Martha s Vineyard mass., in the mid-1970s. Young director Matty Rich s comedy drama is Only fair spoiled by lots of overacting. Phantasm Iii lord of the dead Mca uni Versal. Fifteen years after directing the original Don Tosarelli returns with a film that is just As gruesome nightmarish and barely coherent As the first two Fea Turing a colourful villain the tall Man Angus Scrimm and those Skull piercing Chrome balls. Mainly for fans of the first two. Puppet master 5 Paramount. The killer dolls in this a horror series Are heroes this time tackling a villain from another dimension. Quirky off the Wall touches make this a Delight for series fans. Upcoming releases George Balanchine s the Nutcracker tuesday. The Hunsucker proxy the Cowboy Way guard ing toss Clifford and Jimmy Hollywood wednes Day. Snow White and the seven dwarfs Friday. Baca a can by nov. 1. Brain scan nov. 2. The Flintstones nov. 8city slickers u and with honors nov. 9. Speed nov. 15. Wyatt Earp when a Man loves a woman Beverly Hills cop Iii the favor and cops and Rob Mons nov. 16. Little Buddha nov. 22 baby s Day out dec. 14.the client and wagons East dec. 21. 3 video rankings rentals 1 Jurassic Park Mca Universal 2 Trie Crow Cuesta Vista. .-.,. 3 four weddings and a funeral poly ram 4 naked gun 33tt the final insult Paramount 5 the nigh Mare before Christmas Touchstone 6 Schindler j list Mca Universal. V 7 Badger Lafox v 8 the ref Touchstone ,. 9 threesome Columbia tristan. V 10 serial mom Hob a sales 1 Jurassic Park Mca universal2 the Nightmare before Christmas Touchstone. 3 the 3 tenors in concert 1994 Carreras Domingo Pavarotti Aviston. /4 sleepless in Seattle Columbia tristan 5 d2 the mighty ducks Disney 6 Playboy celebrity Centrefold la Toya Jackson Playboy /. -., 7 Beethoven s 2nd vicar Universal ".8 Hondo Mph a. X. 9 an affair to remember Fox 10 beastly boys sabotage Capitol children 1 thu Bellna Warner Bros. " 2 the return of Jafar Disney 3 the Princess and the Goblin hem Dale 4 Aladdin Disney. 5 my neighbor Totoro Fox 6 Barney live in new York City Lyons group 7 it s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown Paramount 8 Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen logical i ranch dual Star 9 Beauty and the beast Disney. 10 Barney s imagination Island Lyons group complied by billboard. The top 20 stateside to shows of oct. Long according to the . Nielsen co. Season to Date ranking an n for first time showing an x for one time Only presentation or a u for unavailable is in parentheses .".-. -.". 1 1 Home improvement 2 3 Grace under fire . 3 2 Seinfeld 4 5 Ernic ". 5 8 60 minutes lbs 6 6 monday night football Minnesota at new Yor giants ". 7 4 Roseanne by 8 7 9 10 murder she wrote lbs 10 13 Farsi Ernic .11 11 Ellen abc12 x frasier rerun 12 14 i lad about you 12 15 Murphy Brown lbs 15 x mad about you rerun 15 12 madman of the people . 17 20 20/20 18 18 Dave s world lbs 19 17 friends 19 u wings Page 18 sunday october 23, 1994
