The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 28, 1979 Page: 17 of 24
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DEAR DICK: I read that Olivia Walton was gonna die of
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HOLLYWOOD (NEA) .
Martin Ransohoff is back in
TV.
Maybe his name doesn’t
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Gortner portrays a despica- scripture. ■ applying this way in 1973 and longed to star *1 wen* to a original Marjoewasawayy abputdnan the former evangelist grinned
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heavy bigtoe. He‘s making eight o’clock 5
"SoEd Fever,"on CBS, Setback in television, if
which > henresenta. being only *‘th one show, 11 mak- ,
alledasrp-of of . National ing him feel somewhat now I
-mpoon’s Animal House. tafgic. He says the problem
He Says M he ripped any- is to resist the temptations to I
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When his son enrolled in another big company; at its 2
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back, Ransohok was struck than 300 employes
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which he submitted to CBS the big ones of '79 He and I
five months before Animal director Arthur Hiller are 1
House" was released as a -
feature film Ransohoff says
the series was still at CBS,
languishing, when "Animal
House" hit, and he admits
that the success of that film
obviously helped sell his
series
He's a little concerned
that the network has chosen
to schedule the show in the
family hour. He conceived it
for later in the evening, and
says it has bad to be altered
to fit the csaAnaa c family
hour taste restrictions
"I’m not saying it’s not as
good," he says, "only that
it's different.”
But even today's family
hour rules and regulations
are a lot freer than in the
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There's nothing physically wrong with Michael Learned, • /
who plays the part of Olivia. On the show, Olivia has TB 11 / 1
and to in a rehabilitation home, recovering. If the show toll /
picked up for another season (it's already been on for II A
seven years) Olivia will be back, although possibly not on II AS-
every show The reason why Miss Learned asked out for I • MT
part of this season is that she simply felt the need of some 3 F '
time off. On books, the original Earl Hamner works, on’ d
which the series is based, were published as "Walton's
Mountain" and '‘The Homecoming " There have also been al
three paperbacks published based on certain episodes.
DEAR DICK: I know the Oscar scene to a farce with an
politicking, etc. Hooray for Britado and Scott! Paul
mana kaabeea grossly slighted to “Hud,” “Somebody •
Up There Likas Me,” "The Sting" and “Batch Cassidy." 5
What’s wrong — are his eyes too blue, to be too handsome? •
I think somebody up there hates him. No, I’m not to love ft
with him — I'm a s3-yearyoung admirer of both Paul and
Joanne. EDITH M KEEFOVER, Sparks, Nev. IT
You can be 63 and be in love, Edith, but we’ll skip that. I I
think Paul is a fine, blue-eyed actor, but I don’t agree that
he has been slighted by the Oscar voters He has received I
four nominations, but has never won. A nomination to
I, you know, and the final balloting to always 2
'll win one of these days. Oh, and boo to Brando *
— Scott from me — I think they should treat the Oscars d
with a bit of respect It's the only game in town. "
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Gilmore, Robert K. & Hart, Sandra. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 28, 1979, newspaper, February 28, 1979; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123014/m1/17/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.