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Statesman-Journol, Salem, Friday, August 15, 1980 Cheaper than fictional episodes best on tv today fretwork penny-pinchers push 'real life' programs Daytime news Schedule for daytime news: 6:55 7:25 II 8:25 flCD 12:00 OO0D Morning Channel 6. On the CBS prime-time schedule for a mercifully short trial run, this show turns reality into absurdity in its quest for ridiculous occupations for viewers to snicker at. Adding to the general abasement of taste, Bob Barker hosts the program with all the zeal and class of the ringmaster of a Chuck Barris-inspired game show. Trotted out in this episode for our edification ere the all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo dance troupe, a blindfolded sharpshooter and a guy who milks venom from tarantulas. And these are as typical examples as any of television's celebration of the common man and its depiction of real life.

People" can be made for one-fourth of that. Exercising the industry's general contempt for viewers' intelligence and taste, the networks naturally are going to opt for reality. It doesn't matter that particular reality has the same relation to real life as a circus sideshow. The important thing is that it is cheap. AS THE PENNY-pinchers solidify their positions in the network decisionmaking process, viewers are likely to find the present so-called real series joined by the likes of "All-American Pie," scheduled by ABC Sunday night at 8- Slightly less inane that most of the genre, this mildly comic pilot hosted by ex-footballer Joe Namath consists of a collection of oddball situations that people find themselves in during the course of ordinary life.

While a lot of the segments are patently contrived man-on-the-street interviews and speeded-up film sequences some are amazingly and genuinely interesting and downright human. There are looks at the hazardous job of being a driving instructor on the hilly, twisting streets of Youngstown, Ohio; running a Chicago phone answering service; the frustrations of an amateur coach of a New York City juvenile basketball team; and Sunday dinner with a large South Philadelphia family. AS RAGGED AS this hour is, it appears an Emmy Award candidate next to "That's My Line," Saturday night at 8 on By BILL HAYDEN Guinea Newt Service Whether we want it or not and I have the feeling most of us don't commercial television appears determined to inflict its own peculiar version of reality on the viewing public. Despite network claims, such shows as People" and "That's Incredible" aren't on the air because they are celebrations of the common folk. Nor are such series as "Speak Up, America" and the still-to-premiere "Those Amazing Anirials" being added to the prime-time schedules because network programmers have found that real life is much mor fascinating than fiction.

TrfESE SHOWS ARE a celebration of the Accountants taking over deciding what we will or will not see. The CPAs have found that real life is significantly cheaper than fiction. After all, what real choice has to be made when an hour episode of a program Rogers in the 25th Century" can cost $800,000, and an hour of "Real 9:00 0 AM Northwest -Guests will include representative from the League of Women Voters and the Eagle Forum to look at the current status ot the Equal Rights Amendment. What are the implications of passing or not passing the ERA. "Plant Doctor." CD Donahue Children of divorced families talk candidly about the divorce experience and how it affected them.

Phil explores ways to make the child's adjustment easier. 10:00 CQ The Mike Douglas Show Co-host: Barbara Mandrell. Guests: Larry Hagman, Chip Tolbert, Fernando Escadon, Victoria Principal, Charlene Tilton and J.R. Duncan (owner of the ranch used for the series Gentle storyteller plays 'heavy I 7. V- w) Rising Sun Records Pkk'of-the-Month 1 JOHN PRINE'S "Storm Windows" By RON COWAN Statesman-Journal Reporter In John Hunsaker's most recent movie role, he played a demented, machete-wielding, mongoloid killer.

And he was killed not once, but twice. Before that, he played a football player-kidnapper in "Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend," a heavy in a "CHiPs" TV episode, the killer of a Mormon leader in "Brigh-am" and the man who devoured a Big Mac for McDonald's. Although he has a mountainous presence at 310 pounds and 6 feet, 6 inches tall, Hunsaker is anything but fearsome. But when casting directors think of him, they don't think of a gentle, funny storyteller. He is always, he says, "the biggie." HUNSAKER, A 33-YEAR-old actor from Hollywood, is staying in Salem between movie roles.

He just finished a 5'-week stint in the dual role of killer brothers in "Just Before Dawn," which finished filming in the Silverton area Aug. 9. And he anticipates a role as a football player in "Pigs vs. Freaks," a television movie that will begin filming here Wednesday. If he does get the second film role, he will remain one of the few movie actors in the country still working during the current strike by the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, both of which he belongs to.

Both the Silverton and Salem Afternoon 1:00 Movie "Mother Wore Tights" Betty Grable, Dan Dailey. CD Opera Theater "Fai-staff." Guiuseppe Verdi's last work, "Falstaff," a comic opera, is based on the conceited machinations of Shakespeare's irrascible Sir John Falstaff, who unsuccessfully tries to woo not one but two of the ladies known as "The Merry Wives of Windsor." This production is sung In English with a translation by Eric Crozier and Joan Cross. (2 hrs.) CD Movie "The Glass Web" Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Marcia Henderson, Richard Denning. 2:30 Movie "Captain Newman M.D." Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Bobby Darin, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert.

3:30 0 Over Easy (R) Dr. Dement talks about causes and treatment of in- somnia. The John Davidson Show Co-host: Polly Holliday. Guests: Dom DeLuise, Dusty Springfield, Robert Pine of "CHiPs" and the mayor of the town where Polly Holliday grew up. 0 Merv Griff In Guests: Charlton Heston, Randi Oakes of "CHiPs" and karate expert Chuck Norris.

4:30 0 Conversations "Once Upon a Time." Eugene storyteller Cynthia Orr talks about the re-emergence of this folk art and the importance of transmitting culture through this art form. Hosted by Linda Posell. Statesman-Journal photo by Bob Sever! Mentzer singing "Non se piu" from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro," and Tonio de Paolo singing "Ouesta. quella" from Verdi's "Rigoletto." OCD Wall Street Week "The Crowd Is Always Wrong." A leading Texas broker talks about his strategy tor success in long-term investing; picking stocks the experts and pros don't like and holding on for long term. Guest: O.

Craig Fecel. vice president, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith. Guest host: Carter Randall. 9:00 0 FlambardS William has his leg operated on and gets to test fly his first plane to France. Christina is promoted to receptionist at the hotel and is able to accompany William on his trip.

(Captioned) CD Masterpiece Theatre "Lillie." Lillie is in disgrace with the Prince of Wales and her indiscretion has turned society against her. But at a party arranged by her artist friends, the prince, overcome by her beauty, forgives her. (Captioned) Benson The laughs march on when a mystified Benson reports as ordered to the local military base, then discovers that he was the unknowing victim of secret tests with germ warfare which sets Benson off on a rampage against the Army. 9:30 0 Goodtlme Girls The girls go all out to put on a wild and funny USO show for the boys in uniform, but when Camille falls through on getting the Andrews Sisters as headliners, the girls come up with a desperate and hilarious substitute to keep the Gls happy. CD When Havoc Struck "Bel Air Fire." 10:00 0 Special "Whatever Happened to Lori Jean Lloyd?" Lori Jean Lloyd ran away from her home in Dayton, Ohio, four years ago.

She was 14, and she has not been heard from This film takes a look at some of the worst aspects of the runaway problem and some hopeful prevention programs. 0 Great Performances (R) "Dance in America: Balanchine III." Vir-" tuoso performances by four of the New York City Ballet's principal Mikhail Baryshnikov and Karen von Aroldingen are seen In "Prodigal Son," and Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins dance "Chaconne" to the music of Gluck. CD Firing Line "Marijuana Update: What's New?" Guests: William Novak, author of "High Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, psychiatrist and president of Phoenix House, a drug-free rehabilitation center. 0 CD Special NBC News Report "Migrant Labor: Revisited." A follow-up of previous news specials on the plight of the migrant workers who come to the United States to seek a better life for themselves and their families.

0 Special Through Human Hands 11:30 0 Movie "The Bramble Bush" 2 Richard Burton, Barbara Rush, Jack Carson, Angie Dickinson. Doctor reluctantly returns to his Cape Cod hometown at the request of his Incurably ill boyhood friend who wishes him to perform a mercy killing and marry his wife. Adult drama concerned with mercy killing and other seamy aspects of illicit romances. (1960 dra) (2 hrs.) i 0 CD The Tonight Show (R) "The Best of Carson." Dick Cavett and Carson recall growing up in Nebraska. Guests: Carnac, Martina Arroyo sings "Ernani Involaml" and George Gobel tells why he sports a crew cut.

12:30 CD Movie "The Secret Ways" Richard Widmark, Senta Berger, Sonja Siemann. An American adventurer goes behind the Iron Curtain into Hungary to bring out the leader of the anti-Communist forces. (1961 dra) (2 hrs.) 1:00 0 CD Midnight Special (R) Hosts: Gladys Knight and the Pips. Guests: Linda Ronstadt, Frankie Valli, Randy Newman, The O'Jays, Herb Alport, Glen Campbell and a salute to Elton 1:35 0 Movie "Mirror of Deception" Kim Darby, Jam.es Maxwell, Julian Glover. A woman gets suspicious when 1 her two roommates disappear after accepting the same Job.

(1975) (1 12 hrs.) 1:50 0 Movie "The Prince and the Showgirl" i2 Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Sybil Thorndike. An American showgirl appearing In London at the time of the 1911 coronation of George is invited to a private supper by the roving-eye Prince of Carpathia and falls in love. Filmed In England. (1957 rom-com)(2 12 hrs.) LP or Tape $4.44 Good Thru Aug. 31, 1980 i ph.585-0109.

311 COMMERCIAL NE DOWNTOWN SALEM Evening Actor John Hunsaker invokes the loony look of his latest film character, the demented killer of "Just Before Dawn." films have made separate agreements that permit production during the strike. Hunsaker; a professional actor for five years, has built his career as a character performer to the point that he is one of the few minor movie actors earning a living wage. His first year he made $1,500 acting and. the next year $2,000, necessitating cab driving and other fill-in work. But, this year, he has had to do odd jobs for only two months.

Of course, that has meant some odd parts. "IF YOU'RE GOING TO be an actor, you have to really shatter your soul," he said, and that goes both for getting a role and playing it the way you have to play it. "You have to have one role you worship the god of thespians." His "Dawn" part cast him as two horribly deformed, non-speaking brothers who slaughter several innocent people. First one brother is shot to death three times, once in the forehead. The second one also is killed, but in an unusual manner that the film producers prefer to keep secret.

HeAs a memorable man, and not just physically. His voice fills a room; his stories fill your interest. But people remember him more for his looks. Sometimes that bothers him. "I think I make the best of my size.

"I WISH I WAS 200 pounds. I never want to be 6 feet." He has been an actor since he was in school. "My father was kind of a comic. He was in vaudeville. "I like entertaining.

I like to tell stories. I like to make them laugh and cry, too." His dream, he said, is to have someone someday turn on television to catch a classic old film. There will be Hunsaker playing some notable character role. He'd like the viewer to say "that was one of the all-time greats." That chance, he thinks, may be coming. "I'm up really tight for a role in the John Steinbeck 'Cannery Row' film." It's a "really, really big super part," he says.

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7:30 0 PM Magazine First visit some armadillo races in Texas; then, a look at some young vigilantes who protect New York's subways from crime. 8:00 0 Old Friends, New Friends Edgar Tolson, 75, wood sculptor from Campton, Kentucky, is considered by some art critics to be among the 20th century's greatest sculptors. Tolson lives with his wife and several of his more than 20 children in rural Appalachian where he whittles his primitive Biblical scenes. (Captioned) CD Movie "Impasse" Burt. Reynolds, Anne Francis.

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