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"Jennifer and Me" The story of two lonely nine-year-old girls who find triendshlp is told in "Jennifer and Me," he fourth Children's Theatre" special of the season, to on the NBC Television Network Saturday, March 3 00 a.m.). Peabody Award winner June Reig Produced, directed and wrote the special, which is based on' lne Konlgsburg's popular book "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth." P1 TAhcth Jennifer is the only black girl in the class, and eiiMbethis new in the neighborhood and school. Neither has any friends. Jennifer pretends to be a wjtch, and consents to take izabeth on as an apprentice. They gradually come to depend on each other and in spite of the slights of their schoolmate Cynthia, they are happy In each other company.

They go through various "witch" rituals, but when time comes to toss a toad into boiling water, they recoil. Miss Reig chose non-protessional youngsters to play the principal parts. Allison Taylor portrays Jennifer, and Abigail Stone appears as Elizabeth. Cynthia is played by Marcia Ferguson, Michael by Michael Grey, Elizabeths by Marian Primont and the librarian by Pamela Jack Lemmon Likes Show Business- Come Rain Or Shine Jack Lemmon was soaked. Water dripped down and onto his shirt, sweater and trousers.

"Do you think we it again," he asked as he stood, drippmg, on the Market Library in New York where the library scenes were An original musical score was composed and conducted by Robert Maxwell. The film was made on locations in New York City and Connecticut. In her decade with the NBC Television Network, Miss came 1he reply from the control room. scene for he musi dal fantasy, "Timex Presents a Lemmon-Get Happy," had been The special, saluting composer Harold Arlen, wrtl be coloroHt onthe NBC Television Network Sunday, Feb. (8.30-9.30 Lemmon already had undergone two drenchings for the benem cameras as he performed in the seen, Doc Severinsen, Johnny Mathis (who sang Come Ram or and dancer Geri Seignious.

Whlle-Lemmon ne asked about another possible go-round right than worry i te Academy Award Wi A a in her decade with the NBC Television Network, Miss The three years ago, when he was In New Reig has been producer, director or wnter-and in many thing be ore was we sar-ss 1 of Stuart Little," "The Heart of Christmas" anc She also was producer-director-writer of the series Watch Your Child." But I thought itturnedoutwell." For Lemmon, acting isn't work no matter-what the circumstances. He said: "I'm a lucky employed pretty steadily in a business Move. 1 don know 1 t.art ArtfiC 1 jpations TRB iwists and turns of life had "Well, 1 like music very much-which is one reasori why in this about Harden Maybe I'd have been a bad composer or a piano player. Who knows' There's a question young reporters always seem to asTMf you had your life to live over, what would you do? My answer always is: 'Exactly what I'm doing. New Friendship- black girl (Alison Taylor), and Elizabeth, a while girl (Abigail Stone), find friendship while pretending to be witclws, in "Jennifer and Me." Time for Jack Lemmon gets the cue to begin a rehearsal of the song, Happy, with Johnny Mathis..