The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 155

THIS OPENING ROOF very rigid corpse and a manic Bruce Spence as an artist convinced he can revive his flagging career if he wins the Archibald Prize for portraiture. So he paints his old school chum (Crocker), now a prominent real estate developer. In a frenzied artistic tantrum he destroys the painting, OEM C-D ill!) Neighbours IS FOR REAL FAMILY LIVING but when he realises what he has done he is panic-struck and desperate to repaint it. At that very moment across town his old school chum chokes on a chicken bone and dies. Spence has a problem how can Crocker pose for him now? Then he comes up with the bright idea of stealing the corpse and painting from that.

Crocker's acting as the stiff, over-painted corpse is admirable he gets dragged across floors, tossed down stairs and, in a hilarious scene. Monday, Channel 10, 630pm Welcome back to Neighbours, where the cast return this week to see if they can recapture some of their long-lost ratings sizzle. Tonight gets off to a dramatic start when Mai suffers a near-fatal injury in a work accident and his father, Karl, has to carry out emergency surgery. Harold hasn't become any less of any old woman since his return and he creates a scene at the iiTril on a gazebo simounding your pool MwwwBumKMi mmam mm. wmiwu umrwn liibi.hi mm wm covering large, outdoor areas in style and filtered light Your whole famih-will benefit evoy day of the If it rains in summer or winter, simply press year with an Eclipse you control the amount the button to adjust or close the louvres of sunlight, shade and ventilation with a they're made of solid aluminium- and are gentle touch of a button.

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