PAGE 2—Smoke Signals, October 3, 1985
The Twilight
Zone
By JERRY BUCK
AP XekviskM) Writer
After a 20 year absence, CBS is hop
ing that it can navigate its way bacic to
that “niiddle ground between light and
shadow, between science and supersti
tion.”
That’s how host creator Rod Serling
described “The Twilight Zone” at the
opening of every show during its time
on CBS during the late 1950s and early
’60s.
"The Twilight Zone ,” which has its
debut Sept. 27, joins three other an
thology shows in the fall season. For
years there were no anthology series,
but this year CBS and NBC have two
each. CBS also has “The George Burns
Comedy Week” and NBC has Steven
Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” and
"Hitchcock Presents”.
The original “Twilight Zone,” made
its debut as a half hour show in 1959, but
in its fourth year it expanded to an
hour. It returned to a half hour the
following season, 1963-64, which was
also its last. (Some of the hour shows
were rerun in prime time in the sum
mer of 1965.)
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“The Twilight Zone,” of course, has
never really disappeared from the
home sceen despite its cancellation by
CBS. The show is as big a favorite in
reruns as: “Star Trek,” “MAS H” and
“I Love Lucy.”
The old half hour program presented
just one story each week, but the new
one hour show will have anywhere from
two to four separate stories.
The new edition is presented all new
stories, exept for two remakes: “Dead
Man’s Woman’s Shoes,” and “Night of
the Meek.” On the other hand, the Hit
chcock show largely will present
remakes from the earlier series.
The new editions has attracted well
known film directors, including
William Friedkin (“The French Con
nection,” and “The Exorcist”), Wes
Craven (“Nightmare on Elm Street”),
Peter Medak (“The Ruling Class,” and
“Zorro, The Gay Blade”) and John
Milius (“The Wind and the Lion” and •
"Big Wednesday”).
Science fiction author Harlan Ellison
is executive consultant, and the writers
include Ray Bradbury, George R.R.
Martin and Richard Matheson
Elliott Gould, Robert Klei, Annie
Potts, Bruce Willis, James Coco and
Melinda Dillon are among the actors
starring in various segments.
Entertainment
6th ANNUAL
MTV Video Awards
Don Henley, whose video “Boys of
Summer” won the top honor at the MTV
Video Music Awards, says he did little
more during the making of the piece
than stand in the rear of a pickup truck
that was driven around Los Angeles.
“Boys of Summer” took the prize for
best video and three other awards Fri
day, while the video for “We Are the
World,” the starstudded benefit recor
ding that raised millions of dollars in
aid for African famine victims, cap
tured best group video and viewers’
choice awards.
Two of the participants in the USA for
Africa project, Bruce Springsteen and
Tina Turner, won for best male and
best female videos at the second annual
awards. Henley’s former bandmate,
Glen Frey, won best concept for a clip
that became the concept for a clip that
became the basis for an episode in the
“Miami Vice” television series.
"This is an award for best group, so
we have to thank all 45 artists who par
ticipated,” said Ken Kragen, who
helped arrange the “We Are the World”
recording session and accepted the best
group award at Radio City Music Hall.
“And certainly we have to thank
Michael Jackson and Uonel Richie,
who wrote what has become an anthem
for our time.”
‘Boys of Summer” was honored for
best cinematography, best art direc
tion and best direction, as well as best
video at the awards ceremony in radio
City Music Hall with comedian Eddie
Murphy as host.
“I have to admit, I had very little to
do with this video,” Henley said. “They
just put me on the back of a pickup
truck and I drove through Los
Angeles.”
Springsteen, whose “Born in the
U.S.A.” is in its second year on the
charts after six hit singles, was cited
for best male video (“I’m on Fire”) and
best stage performance (“Dancing in
the Dark”).
Frey, the former Eagles guitarist,
won best concept for his “Smuggler’s
Blues” video.
The Alice in Wonderland parody
“Don’t Come Around Here No More”
from Tom Petty and the Heart-
breakers, captured the award for best
special effects. Art of Noise, whose
“Close to the Edit” clip featured l>and
members using a chain saw, wrenches
and a belt sander on a piano, also won
twice—for most experimental and best
editing.
The award for best new artist went to
the Boston-based band ’til tuesday,
which scored a hit with its first single,
“Voices Carry.”
Former Earth Wind & Fire vocalist
Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins of
Genesis won the award for best overall
performance in the video “Easy
Lover.” ii. :ui
Elton John’s clip "Sad Songs (Say So
Much)” scored a surprising triumph
for best choreography, besting videos
from Madonna, Prince and Tina
Turner.
David Iee Roth, the flamboyant
former Van Halen lead singer and MTV
favorite, did not capture any awards
despite six nominations, more than any
other artist.
The winners were selected from videos
first screened on MTV between May 2,
1984, and May 1,1985
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The dream to “strut your stuff” in front of a national televi
sion audience or crowd of 50,000 enthusiastic jazz devotees is
not as impossible as it first appears. In fact, it’s as easy as
whistlin’ Dixie.
The sixth annual S6uthern Comfort Collegiate Dixieland Jazz
Competition—a national talent hiuit to discover America’s best
new collegiate Dixie troupe—offers what most college musi
cians consider a dream come true.
Past Southern Comfort Champions, two of whom had never
played a Dixie tune prior to the competition, have had the op
portunity to perform with the likes of actors/musicians Hal
Linden (“Barney Miller”), Conrad Janis (Mindy’s father from
“Mork & Mindy”(and Tommy Newsome, assistant musical
director of “The Tonight Show.” Most of the musicians also
received tremendous media exposure on such national TV
shows as “Good Morning America,” “Today Show” and the
“Merv Griffin Show.”
In addition to a national concert/media tour, the winning col
lege group receives $1,000 individual scholarships and a $1,000
grant to their school’s music department from contest sponsor
Southern Comfort, a distilled spirit whose heritage parallels
that of Dixieland jazz. The National Association Of Jazz
Educators (NAJE) co-sponsors the annual competition.
‘ Any college musician can assemble a jazz ensemble and cc»n-
pete. Based on audition cassettes which must be less than 20
minutes and include rendition of the Dixieland standard ‘ South
Rampart Street Parade”, three bands will be selected to com
pete in a live “Battle of the Dixie jazz bands” in Anaheim,
California January, 9-12.
Audition cassettes must be received no later than Friday,
November 15. For more information and an entry kit write the
competition at; 211 East Ontario, Chicago, IL 60611 or call
(312)280-7000.
Fall TV Favorites
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Bobby
Ewing is dead, the cast of “Dynasty”
has been leveled by bullets, Sam is
chasing Diane in Italy and Capt. Frank
Furillo may be back on the sauce.
That’s where we last left our televi
sion favorites last spring. With summer
reruns about over, the top-rated shows
can get back to the businesss of tying up
last season’s loose ends while unravel
ing some new ones.
When we last left Moldavia, stars
Joan Collins, John Forsythe and Linda
Evans and practically everybody else
from top-rated “Dynasty” were on the
floor after a devastating attack by ter
rorists. Who survived? Whose contract
wasn’t renewed? ABC will have the
answers Sept. 25.
Poor Bobby, Patrick Duffy tired of
the role, and the “Dallas” producers
had Bobby run over by a car. Is there
life after Bobby for “Dallas”?
“There could be a falloff,” said Bob
Igiel, senior vice president at the NW
Ayer advertising agency. “Bobby Ew
ing was a very key character.”
The good-guy foil to slimy J.R. may
be long-lost cousin Jack Ewing (Dack
Rambo). Barbara Bel Geddes returns
to the role of Miss Ellie after a one year
absence because of poor health. Donna
Reed performed the role last season.
The premiere of CBS’ “Dallas,” last
season’s No. 2 series, is Sept. 27 when it
runs into a two-hour premiere of the
surging “Miami Vice” on NBC. Detec
tives Crockett and Tubbs bring thei'r ex
pensive threads to New York for the
opening episode. Music will include
Glenn Frey’s new song, “You Belong to
the City.”
Back at the bar on NBC's “Cheers,”
Sam, after a fruitless search for Diane
in Italy, learns that she dumped her
wimpy fiance and now is working in a
convent. With the death of Coach (actor
Nicholas Colasanto died earlier this
year), Sam hires a young, wet-behind-
the-ears farmboy as the new bartender.
On NBC’s “Hill Street Blues,” the
season ended with Furillo, a recovering
alcoholic, showing traces of alcohol in
his system.
After executive producer and co
creator Steven Bochco was fired by
MTM Productions for budget overruns
last spring, new executive producers
have been asked to shore up the declin
ing program, which has won more Em
my s than other drama series.
“Hill Street” is against the same
competition as last season, CBS’
“Knots I.anding” and ABC’s "20-20,”
and industry observers note how dif
ficult it is for a show in its sixth season
to reverse a slide.
There will be changes on the hill. Ac
cording to David Milch, co-executive
producer, the opening roll call no longer
will be a weekly fixture, storytelling
techniques will vary and only Furillo,
Hill, Renko and Belker will be in every
episode.
Over at "St. Elsewhere,” also an
MTM series. Dr. Westphall, the head of
the hospital who walked off the job at
the end of last season, will begin the
season in Ethiopia, where he’s been
spending the summer helping famine
victims.
Still making house calls, though, is
the most famous doctor in televisoin to
day, Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable, also
known as Bill Cosby.
Renovations at Ahoskie’s Gallery Theatre
The curtain isn’t the only thing going
up at The Gallery Theatre.
Wallboard has been going up,
wallpaper has been put up and an ex
ecutive director goes up the stairs to the
handsomely decorated community
room which is serving as a temporary
office.
As other renovations are completed,
Gayle Pipkin will move into her office.
Pipkin, who took the executive direc
tor’s job last fall, feels the theatre has
come a long way over the past two
years. She lists several ac
complishments with a smile on her
face.
The paint has been removed from the
front of the theatre, in an attempt to
return the facade back to its original
appearance. The marquee from the
theatre is expected to be in place before
(^ristmas.
As for other changes at the theatre,
Pipkin says the future is based on
“things we’ve worked on for so long and
are on the threshold of doing.”
The Gallery’s board of directors
adopted a master plan for renovations
back in February 1984. The master
plans calls for phases of work to be done
to the theatre. Included in those plans
are office spaces, overhaul of the stage
area and improvements in the dressing
rooms and technical areas.
Board members and others con
nected with The Gallery are anxiously
awaiting the installment of the heating
and air conditioning systems. Pipkin in
dicated the installment of the systems
would improve attendance at functions
and said the systems would make a
marked difference in the ability to in
crease the number of activities at the
theatre.
The number of persons involved with
the theatre, especially the young peo
ple, has improved and their interest is a
positive factor for the future of the
theatre, notes Pipkin. Because of the
improved interest, the board recently
approved plans to establish an auxilary
support group for the theatre.
The three major goals of the support
group will be to encourage more
volunteer participation and conmiit-
ment, broaden the Gallery Theatre’s
base of support and provide a readily
available pool of production resources.
The theatre’s board of directors
would retain its present responsibilities
and privileges.
Pipkin says she hopes the image of
the theatre has changed and will con
tinue to change. She would like for the
public to realize the theatre is not just
for a few people. Pipkin says she has
been encouraged that the image is
changing, because of improved interest
in young people and others not
associated with the theatre in the past.
For the first time since the early ’70s
the season’s productions have been an-
Dance Guild
announces new season
The Louisville Ballet, the Lar
Lubovitch Dance Company, the Alvin
Alley Repertory Ensemble and
Balletap U.S.A. will perform as part of
the 1985-’86 triangle Dance Guild series
at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
The Louisville Ballet, the state ballet
of Kentucky, opens the series Oct. 13,
performing from its repertoire of
classic and original works. The New
York Times has called the company’s
presentations “theatrical magic”.
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company,
performing at UNC on Feb. 5, was
founded by Juilliard graduate l^r
Lubovitch in 1968. The group is known
for the musicality of Lubovitch’s
modern dance choreography. It has
toured the United States extensively,
including appearances at the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, the New York City Center and
Carnegie Hall.
On Feb. 12, the Alvin Alley Repertory
Ensemble will make a return ap
pearance at UNC. The group is the of
ficial school of the Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater.
Balletap U.S.A., performing April 17,
is a new troupe that utilizes all forms of
dance with ballet and tap as the focus.
Founded and headlined by Maurice
Hines and Mercedes Ellington,
Balletap U.S.A. gave its first per
formance in 1984 at the Philadelphia
Academy of Music. Hines’ credits in
cludes roles in the movie “Cotton Club”
and the Broadway musical “Eubie,”
while Ellington has been involved with
television and Broadway shows as per
former, assistant choreographer and
choreographer.
All Triangle Dance Guild series per-
, formances will be at 8 p.m. in Memorial
Hall.
Season tickets for the series, spon
sored by the Carolina Union, are
available at the Frank Porter Graham
Student box office. For more informa
tion call 962-1449.
nounced in advance and season tickets
are available.
The season includes a musical, a
comedy and a mystery. Hopes are this
will go over with the audiences, which
have traditionally showed more sup
port for musicals. More and more
shows and functions have been brought
in from the outside productions.
Becoming a regional center tor
cultural events is high on the list of
priorities at the theatre, which has at
tempted to offer a more balanced
season and offer a variety.
Once the renovations are completed
and the heating and air conditioning in
place to make the theatre more com
fortable, Pipkin feels the progress of
the past two years will establish a solid
foundation for progress in the coming
years.
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